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Meet The Congo Cowboys: World Famous Band Photographer "Hanz Feldershmicht" shoots a series of promotional portraits in preparation for their first European Tour. To follow The Congo Cowboys check out https://www.instagram.com/congocowboys or visit www.congocowboys.com "The Cuckoo" Conceptualised and Directed by Mickey Struwig Shot by Abigail Thompson Styled by Fotini Babaletakis Big thanks to Giant Films and Grinder Studios The Cuckoo is a traditional English folk song. An early notable recorded version was performed by Appalachian folk musician Clarence Ashley with a unique banjo tuning. Lyrics usually include the line: The cuckoo is a pretty bird, she sings as she flies; she brings us glad tidings, and she tells us no lies. from Congo Cowboys, released July 26, 2019

Filmed & Directed by Simon Attwell & Daniel Hargrove Edited by Guillaume de Villiers http://www.madamspeaker.tv/ Styling by Kim Winter Song mixed by Duane Lundy http://duanelundy.com/ Mastered by Justin Perkins at Mystery Room Mastering @mystery_room_mke Big thanks to Sue Hoppe x Follow Congo Cowboys: SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2T1V9A46C608uGpZQmtGAE?si=vUS-RZZkSwC_Xj3PyS2nQg INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/congocowboys/ www.congocowboys.com "Pretty Polly" is a traditional folk song found in the British Isles, Canada, and the Appalachian region of North America, among other places. This is our version. The song is a murder ballad, telling of a young woman lured into the forest where she is killed and buried in a shallow grave. Many variants of the story have the villain as a ship's carpenter who promises to marry Polly but murders her when she becomes pregnant. When he goes back to sea, either he is haunted by her ghost, confesses to the murder, goes mad and dies, or the ship will not sail, he denies the murder and is ripped to pieces by her ghost.