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Thread #84692   Message #1564545
Posted By: GUEST,Shanty Kees
15-Sep-05 - 04:44 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Drift from the Land (Graeme Miles)
Subject: Lyr Add: DRIFT FROM THE LAND (Graeme Miles)
From the recording by Martin Wyndham-Read I have the following words for "Drift from the Land" by Graeme Miles. As English is not my native tongue I am not sure if these lyrics are correct and in the 3rd verse I don't know which name is used. I would appreciate it if anyone can check this for me. Thanks.

DRIFT FROM THE LAND – GRAEME MILES

All the young fellows have gone to the factories,
To learn a new trade making iron and steel,
When they pickup their wages they wonder how ever,
They managed on the money they made in the field.

And it's all the young fellows have gone to the city,
All the young fellows have gone to the town,
Where they'll be earning nearly double the money,
They'll ever earn at the harrow and plough.

Down in the valley the sound of a tractor,
Young Jimmy Dickinson sat at the wheel,
But this time next week he'll be in some hot foundry,
Pasting the iron or rolling the steel.

Well down in the hedgerow Billy ……. is working,
Laid off his sickle glints in the bright sun,
But in less than an hour he'll pack up his gear,
His last day of working the land will be done.

Well you can't blame young hands throwing the towel in,
They'll be much better of making iron and steel,
But the drift from the land it will always continue,
Till the money gets better for the man in the field.