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Thread #68960 Message #3699703
Posted By: Joe Offer
05-Apr-15 - 03:11 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Rolling Home (not all at sea!)(Tams)
Subject: ADD Rolling Home(Tams)-author's version
Here's my transcription of the YOuTube Video. But he omits the two verses in italics. Wouldn't somebody like to send me an MP3 of a studio recording by Tams of this song? joe@mudcat.org
ROLLING HOME (John Tams)
Round goes the wheel of fortune, don't be afraid to ride There's a land of milk & honey waits on the other side There'll be peace & there'll be plenty, you'll never need to roam / When we go rolling home, when we go rolling home
Rolling home, when we go rolling home, when we go Rolling, rolling, when we go... D - A D / G D - A / / 1st // D - G A / D G DA D
The gentry in their finery do prosper night & morn While we unto the fields must go to plough & sow their corn The rich may steal the power but the glory is our own When we go…
The summer of resentment, the winter of despair The journey to contentment is set with trap & snare Stand true & stand together, your labour is your own...
The frost is on the hedgerow, the icy winds do blow While we poor weary labourers strive thru the sleet & snow Our hopes fly up to glory up where the larks do go...
So pass the bottle round & let the toast go free Here's a health to every labourer wherever they may be Fair wages now & ever, let's reap what we have sown…