Crystalwell

The track ?Crystalwell? is a cautionary folk tale, loosely based on the 18th century poem by Robert Southey ?The Well of St Keyne?. St Keyne is a small village in Cornwall with an ancient holy well associated with St Keyne. The story of St Keyne is that she was one of the daughters of the legendary King Brychan of Wales. She did good deeds in the West of England. Around the well named after her, she planted four trees - an oak, an elm, a willow and an ash. The waters are said to hold a strange power: If a married couple drinks from the well, the one who drinks first will be the master in their marriage. Is it a Prog Ballad? maybe originally but it rocks out with that big tune.