Skipman Posted 4 July , 2013 Share Posted 4 July , 2013 I found this song today, and it has to be ' right up there ' with the worst of them. I know this tune as the (Celtic Football Club) song " The John Thompson Song " Ray Kernaghan singing Landing at Suvla Bay Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 6 July , 2013 Share Posted 6 July , 2013 I am currently re-assessing my objection to the death penalty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 July , 2013 Share Posted 6 July , 2013 I am currently re-assessing my objection to the death penalty... For me, for posting it? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 6 July , 2013 Share Posted 6 July , 2013 Worse than west country and western Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 July , 2013 Share Posted 6 July , 2013 Some songs are so bad, they are good, but this one isn't. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 July , 2013 Share Posted 6 July , 2013 I've found another one. Christmas in the trenches Lyrics Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tn.drummond Posted 6 July , 2013 Share Posted 6 July , 2013 It's what Country is all about. Heart on sleeve, bare emotion, tragedy and hope. It's a different lyrical tradition to our own and is of course a heap of crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 July , 2013 Share Posted 6 July , 2013 " and is of course a heap of crap. " Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 July , 2013 Share Posted 6 July , 2013 I'm sorry but. War Heroes Song Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 6 July , 2013 Share Posted 6 July , 2013 Mike. Stop it. Now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 July , 2013 Share Posted 6 July , 2013 Mike. Stop it. Now. You love it really. I think I have just tapped into a rich vein or artery? The search continues Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 July , 2013 Share Posted 6 July , 2013 Just for you Ian. A good song. By Hairy Higgins Meadow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anjFBWBtxBg Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 6 July , 2013 Share Posted 6 July , 2013 Just for you Ian. A good song. By Hairy Higgins Meadow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anjFBWBtxBg Mike Can't argue with that. Mind, I might if I could hear any of the lyrics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 July , 2013 Share Posted 6 July , 2013 " Can't argue with that. Mind, I might if I could hear any of the lyrics... " Aye, not very clear. It's a bit of a rough recording, but I thought that might be deliberate, to put over the shell-shock idea? I had a look for the lyrics, but can't find them. I think it might just be a local bloke, uploading his home recording. There's something about it, and I'd buy it. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 6 July , 2013 Share Posted 6 July , 2013 There's something about it, and I'd buy it. Puir wee mannie. Ah hope ye get better soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 July , 2013 Share Posted 6 July , 2013 Edit 22:38 Published on Dec 27, 2012 A folk song about a WW1 veteran, who returns home shell shocked , as time goes by people forget his story , he becomes a down and out. War veterans should not be forgotten. Words around the toon, around the toon you might see my shadow In the pends and vennels ower the hill by Higgins meadow a goan aboot man, jist hurlin, jist hurlin the barra listenin fur the shells that fly and freeze you to the marra.. summer ahint the auld pit bing, in brummle flower`s and briars bilin nettles in ma billy can ower ma wee bit fire in dreams I tramp Flanders field wi ma freends an brithers quickened by machine gun fire, as thoosans fa` the gither winter I wid billet warm in some fermers bothy and bother nane that leaves me alane , tae camp doon by the Brothy blawn tae hell we hunker doon , yin nixt tae the ither tink and toff, man tae man , greets sair fur their mither the folk today shout go away, I wish, I wish in vain that I had fell among my friends far fae torment and pain around the toon you micht see ma shadow in the pends and vennels ower the hill by hairy Higgins meadow Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
River97 Posted 6 July , 2013 Share Posted 6 July , 2013 After playing post 6, my cat is now hiding in the cupboard and the wife's not speaking to me. Cheers Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 7 July , 2013 Share Posted 7 July , 2013 Am currently in agreement with IanA in post #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 7 July , 2013 Share Posted 7 July , 2013 Another one for the gallows. Sheesh! A young end Oh dear. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 7 July , 2013 Share Posted 7 July , 2013 I assume the lyrics are appalling and he has decently made them unintelligible? Good man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 7 July , 2013 Share Posted 7 July , 2013 difficult to know it this is good, or bad. I suspect bad. Interesting video though. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 7 July , 2013 Share Posted 7 July , 2013 difficult to know it this is good, or bad. I suspect bad. Interesting video though. It is immensely superior to the load of guff preceding it. The shawm playing is very fine and Johnny Turk has an uncanny knack for shooting at the lorries carrying huge quantities of petrol. Where were the Aussies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 8 July , 2013 Share Posted 8 July , 2013 I assume the lyrics are appalling and he has decently made them unintelligible? Good man! Unfortunately, they are available. A short story I wrote about a teenage Irish american boy who is facing his imminent end on a field in WW I turned into a song. It's the end of my road And dark's the fate of man The devils run in fear From God's sweeping hand The sky are filled with fire As riders take their souls and pain is all I feel Under these bloody clothes Take me away Give my soul to this wind I am afraid to die today In my heart I know I have sinned All I can do now is pray in this cold, wetted field I lie It soil pulls me down Anyone who would hear our cries? Would know this is wrong My cross held tight in my hand The powder's smoke' so strong All my mind can see Is my mom's saddened frown She says son get up and run for the hills Mom I am afraid to try today I don't think that I will be home in the spring I'm so far away And in this distant land Our lives were felled too soon My body weakening still From this mortal wound Our story it ends tonight We braved our enemies In this field in a country not ours Now alone here we bleed Take me away Give my soul to this wind I am afraid to die today In my heart I know I have sinned All I can do now is pray I'm maybe being a bit harsh on all the lad, but it all seems a bit contrived? It's probably quite difficult to write about the Great War, but I reckon the man in post #16 made a great job of it, with great, honest lyrics. So it can be done. Shawm Is that what it's called. That's the one the snake charmers use? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 24 August , 2013 Share Posted 24 August , 2013 Is there a thread somewhere for "Best song of WW1"? I would like to nominate "Keep right on to the end of the road" by Harry Lauder, written for his son K.I.A. I wonder if my footballing allegiance has influenced my choice. K.R.O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazelclark Posted 24 August , 2013 Share Posted 24 August , 2013 Mike, do you have a death wish or are you feeling not quite well? Maybe you should get out more. Hazel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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