Grace Petrie (born 1987) is a British folk singer-songwriter and guitarist … Read Full Bio ↴Grace Petrie (born 1987) is a British folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Leicester, UK. She was hailed in The Guardian as “a powerful new songwriting voice” in 2011.

Petrie writes indie folk rock songs (a couple with an acoustic punk twist), plays the guitar and sings with a voice that has been described by listeners as similar to Laura Marling, Kate Nash. From the humble beginnings of small gigs in her hometown in 2006 and a home-recorded debut album, Petrie has acquired a reputation as one of the best artists on the flourishing Leicester music scene, and a following of dedicated listeners. In 2007 she supported Frank Turner and Mark Morriss (The Bluetones) and released a second CD, Feel Better, to critical acclaim. From there onwards she began to break onto the festival scene, playing Leicester’s acclaimed folk weekender, The Big Session Festival, and the more commercial Summer Sundae, as well as the main stage at Nottingham Gay Pride 2009, where she played to over 10,000 people.

In 2010, folk legend (and Petrie’s personal hero) Billy Bragg heard her music and invited her to play at Glastonbury on the Leftfield stage, sharing a stage with Bragg and Frank Turner. At Leftfield she went down a storm and, in Bragg’s own words, “stole the f@!#ing show, sister!”, leading to more shows on the same stage as the likes of Bragg and Emmy the Great.

Her third album is entitled Tell Me A Story.

Emily Davison Blues
Grace Petrie Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Grace Petrie:

A Young Woman's Tale At the ending of last century I thought I knew the…
Baby Blue Pale moon, baby blue Are you looking at the same sky…
Black Tie Well, it's a jungle out there The year 2018, I didn't…
Departures Another morning that you're stirring at the crack of dawn I…
Farewell To Welfare It's never too late to recapture the benefits of Section 28.…
God Save The Hungry Am i an agitator For not thinking it′s cool That some were…
I Wish The Guardian Believed That I Exist Well I don't believe that aliens have ever come to…
Iago You know that I'm my own worst enemy Always tryna wreck…
Ivy It was Glastonbury 2014 Me and my best friend We'd had aweso…

Maggie Thatcher's Dream I could forgive you if you thought you've been sold short. I…
Nobody Knows That I'm a Fraud I don't watch PMQs as often as you might expect I…
Overheard How've you been? It's been a long time Since you've been in …
Pride Well we're a long way from the Stonewall Inn I'm standintg…
Revolutionary In The Wrong Time Well i'm not cool enough for camden, i guess by…
Rise Can we meet your blood with kindness Can we meet your…
Romance Addict Mayday mayday, SOS Got myself into a mess There's a spr…
Storm To Weather Batten down the hatches love, the night is rolling in The…
The Distance I hope you never shed a tear Over wishing I was…
The Last Man On Earth Another friday night when your plan A has fallen through A…
They Shall Not Pass You're not my brother nor my countryman Not my sister or…
This House This house is like a cemetery All the things he built…
Tom Paine's Bones As I dreamed out one evening By a river of discontent I…
We've Got An Office In Hackney You've got your first real six string Got your heart fu…
You Build A Wall I know it's hard to keep the flame But tomorrow's …
You Pay Peanuts You Get Monkeys Julie′s in the car park Waiting for her shift to start At…

You Pay Peanuts You Get Monkeys (You Pay Nothing You Get Nowt) Julie's in the car park Waiting for her shift to start At…

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Comments from YouTube:

@JohnCraig007

6y↑5

Grace is my new obsession. I just love those lyrics. She hasn't a single song that's not amazing.

@LampAndPancakes

11y↑8

I doubt you'll read this, but I just wanted to say that I found your show last night genuinely moving. You were fantastic. And singing "Farewell to Welfare" in Josie's 1940s detective voice really works.

@GracePetrieMusic

13y↑3

Thank you so much for all the lovely comments - I can't believe how many views this has had since I've been asleep! Maybe it'll get all the way to Nick Clegg! ;) Thanks so much to everyone who has shared it somewhere, I really appreciate it. As for a US version - i'll try anything once... :D xxx

@JDFeral

12y↑6

Hi Grace. First of all, brilliant song! You couldn't have chosen a better figurehead for your political message. Secondly, I'm going to show your video to my Year 8 class as an example of Emily Davison's legacy even this far into the future. I look forward to seeing more from you in the future. Yours, a very appreciative History teacher.

@diarmaidrankin

5y↑1

Why have i not not heard this girl before, Just loving it! Well, Billy Bragg is back!! Just Fab! Massive thumbs up from me.

@andydalessio939

7y↑3

How have I only just seen this? It's bloody fantastic!

@diarmaidrankin

5y↑1

well you were a year ahead of me. Isn't she brilliant!!

@Nenner7

11y↑3

You were sooooo amazing at latitude, with your new band. Thanks for the signed cds too. Xx

@DrRichardPiper

7y↑7

this is a genuinely fabulous song in my opinion, on so many levels. Looking forward to seeing more constituency office performances. Perhaps you could serenade some voters in line at polling stations...?

@shinbane

12y↑1

wow! i love grace petrie!..i mean not in a weird way, i hope, but just the music and the sincerity and integrity behind it move me a lot..cant wait for the next album :-)

@kdogra1

13y

I cannot stop listening to this song. Brilliant stuff.

@SpellingMystake

10y↑2

I love this song so much :) also loved your performance at NUS women's conference <3 thank you

@johnbradley560

When no one's listening only Grace Petrie makes the news; We've got the Grace Perie Blues

@geoffreykerr-morgan3128

8y↑1

I saw Grace in Middlesbrough last night what a lovely person

@TheOfficialRrckless

9y↑2

such a good song- amazing sound and brilliant message. plus grace is so pretty!

@Amy-fz2yo

Ik right?? Shes beautiful👌👌🌈🌈

@ElMufro

10y↑2

Love this song!

@poetpilot

13y

The age of the protest song is NOT dead! Excellent stuff Grace!

@GracePetrieMusic

12y↑1

Thank you! There is a video for Rise being filmed next week, it will be on here ASAP :)

@katieboath4997

9y↑4

i know its crazy but Emily Davison was actually related to me. Shes my great great great auntie.... im going a project in school soon based on her and im tempted to put your song in it because its really good, i enjoyed it loads! :p x

@Myniog

13y

This is excellent! I'll post it on my wall....Well done! All the best!

@Auwyn

13y

Awesome. Great song Grace.

@alisonpage7922

13y

well done Grace, a fine and moving performance

@rachelnash06

13y

Can you release this, I want it to be Chrismas number 1. I know they still won't listen but it's worth a shot!

@_TheHarmacist

10y↑1

Great song!

@halloikbenkelly

12y

grace I really love your song Rise, but I can't find it anywhere! you should do a video of that song, it's utterly amazing. much love

@zenoist2

13y

@GracePetrieMusic God bless you girl and your music

@SGist96

12y

I just wanted to say if you get the chance to read this I saw you recently when you were at Summer Sundae, it was the first I'd heard of you so to be honest I wasn't sure what to expect it was absolutely amazing, as jokey as you are before/after songs you can just hear in your voice that you believe in what you sing about which puts you above most (if not all of the acts I've seen over the weekend)

@rockchicklottie

12y

you were amazing at Greenbelt Festival the other day <3

@DeviousAlpha

13y

Grace this is incredible! Saw your stuff for the first time today and have spent the entire day linking it to just about everyone I know, your ability to blend powerful political lyrics with heart-wrenching chords is truly incredible. Keep singing and people will listen. This song, or possibly Farewell to welfare could easily be adopted by the masses as their anthem in these awful times.

@Bopsable

13y

Brilliant song!

@semii.operatiional

13y

Grace I love your song socialisms dream I heard it on tumblr keep up the good work love your music wish i could sing lol

@kaneandcompany

13y

Brilliant! Can you please adapt this song for us in the USA? I love this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@sisterofmercy02

13y

Great song. You were also brilliant at the Leftfield this year, hope to see a return in 2011 :)

@anointedpoet9773

6y↑1

She's really good

@halloikbenkelly

12y

awesome! truly can't wait :)x

@sunderlandgrl

13y

I have the same guitar as you! Brilliant song :)

@GracePetrieMusic

13y

Thanks very much - If I get an invite then I will definitely be at Leftfield next year, come hell or high water :) xxxx

@GhadaHijjawi

12y

Original and entertaining, love it. Your lyrics reflect much of what's going on in my mind. Do you think I can have permission to use it in a non-commercial video on the suffragettes for my facebook page: "Nelson Mandela: I Dream"? I have a 5-minute section dedicated to Emily. Please let me know either way.

@bamfonk

13y

good song love it

@rlbgibbons

13y

Release it as a single, if we can get RATM to number one and CATM in the charts (maybe number 1), we certainly can get a protest song there too.

@2321loulou

13y

Amazing! You remind of billy bragg.

@GracePetrieMusic

12y↑3

Wow! You make some really valid points, and I can tell from your comments and your interesting Youtube name choice that you're a really rational and reasonable person worth listening to. I can only envy your life, which must be full of wonderful things and people if you have a surplus of time to spend on researching me and my Twitter account, when you clearly don't like me very much.Thanks for your opinions! They sure showed me.

@wordweaver58

13y

Stark political wallop delivered perfectly. So heartening to see young people writing and performing this type of music. Makes this old folk singer feel more hopeful.

@wk4max

12y

take no notice gracie, i was wondering when youd arive wonderfull!

@germanyliberty7474

12y

Great song! But you are not Emily Davison, you already choose another way to "spread the message". The people just dont understand it yet. But with the collapse of our financial system they will wake up .....well forced to wake up. We need people like you to be there when it happens. you will be a freakin rock star , believe me ^^

@Marthio

13y

@rlbgibbons Ooh! Let's get Phil Ochs's 'I ain't marching anymore' there! That has to be a number one!

@anthonyernest1

13y

@prigg88 His job as far as his voters are concerned, is to represent those votes in parliament. It is not to wash his hands of those votes and go his own way, we vote to be represented not sold down the river! I am not a student and have no vested interest but If I promise something, I stick to it, unless I really am unable to make good my promise through no fault of my own! Clegg is supposed to be a man of belief in his politics but chooses to toady to Cameron and has defaulted on peoples trust

@PaddyWright

12y↑1

Holy Shit, we should jam sometime! :)

@iMoorelander

12y

owned !

@prigg88

13y

@anthonyernest1 I'm pretty sure he was true to the second half of the pledge of making the system fairer because i'm pretty sure the Tories would have abolished the cap altogether and made the system like the US. He's ended child detention, raising people out of tax etc. and the four main manifesto commitments are in the coalition agreement & being implemented.

@locouk

13y

@NKwame25 No, they didn't slip.. that was our countrys coalition leaders.

@prigg88

13y

@anthonyernest1 The only way Clegg could prove without a shadow of a doubt that the country wanted his policy or opposed a rise in tuition fees would be a referendum on only that issue & considering the Tories want the policy they'e not going to do that. The only other way it could be on the table is if the LibDems had proper leverage on the Tories or Labour. That could only happen if Clegg had a significantly larger (or the most) number of seats. That's y changing the voting system is important

@rockchicklottie

12y

...despite the problems with guitars at first :p xx

@plutoreturns9630

4:25 the dog agrees.

@prigg88

13y

@anthonyernest1 Do you even know what you are talking about? There is a difference between a lie & what Nick Clegg did. A lie is when you knowingly at the time tell someone something that you have every intention of betraying. That is the opposite of what Nick Clegg did! Clegg meant it at the time. The pledge was in 2 parts. 1. to vote against a rise in tuition fees (ok he broke that but he didn't sign it knowing he would) 2. To lobby govt for a fairer alternative which he didn't break.

@prigg88

13y

@anthonyernest1 what does it matter that i like Torvill & Dean. They are national treasures. Details matter in politics just as much as the big picture stuff. I believe in justice for all just as much as you do & i know you'll only get it by changing the system & the only party that want to do that are the LibDems! As long as the system stays the same then govt & parly never have to listen to you or me.

@anthonyernest1

13y

@anthonyernest1 Ok I mis-spelt win!! Rather mis-spelling than dodgy politics!!!

@daniellemills8269

It's sad that we have the same name 👿

@prigg88

13y

@anthonyernest1 You clearly don't understand what happened at the election or coalition government. The election resulted in a hung parliament i.e. no party had a majority of representatives. No party could pass legislation on their own. Do you honestly think a party with 57seats could persuade either the Tories (with 307seats) or Labour (with 258seats) to scrap tuition fees or stop a rise in fees when they're both diametrically opposed to no tuition or a rise in fees. Of course not.

@anthonyernest1

13y

@prigg88 The point surely is many people voted LibDem on their pledge not to increase tuition fees and to abolish them if possible.Those votes were based on a, not if, but or maybe manifesto, but a signed pledge. He is under no illusion that he gained many votes on this pledge alone, but has cynically decided to support a party that is diametrically opposed to liberal values. if the man can't be true to his own pledges, what can he be true to?

@prigg88

13y

@anthonyernest1 The only voters he represents in parliament are those of Sheffield Hallam. yes the students in that seat will probably not vote for him again. We all vote to be represented but the fact is that we're not. i would have voted LibDem but it wouldn't matter coz Lab still would have got in. i would have contributed to a Lab govt. Clegg couldn't make good his promise through no fault of his own. Do you want to know that he's making a difference - look at the Tory right they hate him

@elizabethwills9473

11y↑1

wow have a voice on you and your really cute :-) xx

@prigg88

13y

@anthonyernest1 BTW i'm Scottish & know your language better than you do! Says something about your education system. I have huge respect for you & what you've been through but i don't think the LibDems deserve what everyone's putting them through. The Tories should be getting more stick than they're getting. I'm not Tory but at the same time i'm not Labour even though i believe in clause 4 of the Lab party. I don't believe Lab do.

@GracePetrieMusic

12y

LESBIAN? Omg how dare you. And I think you'll find I AM Emily Davison, as the song clearly demonstrates.

@milliebossgirl1654

yep, the last time this country had a chance to become a great example to the world, our votes got sold out by a leader who was only really liberal in the way he threw our hopes away.

@anthonyernest1

13y

Prigg, Go Back to Torville and Dean! You ought to be a politician, The point is not based on the detail of the british language. But in justice for all! We Will fight you every step of the way and you will lose!! You have a modicum of Knowledge of the English language, but if Torville and Dean rock your boat, you are irrelevant!!!!!