How many songs can you think of where the songwriter has a philosophical interaction with a
burrowing mole? If the answer is none, then now it is one. This is one of the many charms to be relished in Bridget St John’s rousing “Curl Your Toes.” After studying in France for a time in the late ’60s, St John found herself floating around in the English folk atmosphere with many scene-makers of the time. She soon met musical champion and promotional extraordinaire John Peel and went on to release her fully acoustic debut album, Ask Me No Questions–on which this song is found–through his Dandelion label in 1969.