🕯 The Blacksmith – Caitlin Grey | Gothic Folk Retelling

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A blacksmith courted me… false was his tongue.
This is The Blacksmith as you’ve never heard it before.

In this Gothic retelling of the traditional English folk ballad, Caitlin Grey transforms the usually up-tempo tale into a slow-burning, subversive lament. With the eerie tones of balalaika, distant thunder, and a chilling vocal performance, the scorned woman doesn’t just mourn — she haunts.

🕯️ Dark, theatrical, and steeped in folklore, this version walks the line between heartbreak and witchy revenge. A sonic world where betrayal brews beneath stormy skies — and purity gives way to power.

✨ For lovers of Sandy Denny, The Unthanks, Wardruna, Loreena McKennitt, or dark folk cinema.

🎧 From Caitlin’s latest folk EP 'Sky West & Crooked', available now:

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🎥 Directed and performed by Caitlin Grey | Witchcraft not included... or is it?
🖤 Lyrics available below

A blacksmith courted me nine months and better
He fairly won my heart, wrote me a letter
With his hammer in his hand he looked so clever
And if I were with my love I would live forever

Oh where has my love gone with his cheeks like roses
He is gone across the sea gathering primroses
I'm afraid the shining sun might burn and scorch his beauty
And if I were with my love I would do my duty

Strange news is a-come to town, strange news is carried
Strange news flies up and down that my love is married
Oh I wish them both great joy, though they cannot hear me
And may God reward them well
For the slighting of me

A blacksmith courted me nine months and better.....



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