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30 Jun 10 - 05:30 AM (#2937114) Subject: Lyr Req: Scarecrow by Graeme Miles From: Eye Lander Can anyone help please, with the lyrics to this wonderful song. Other wise I shall have to play silly buggers with the cd, pencil and paper!! Thanks peeps. Jillie |
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30 Jun 10 - 05:56 AM (#2937123) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scarecrow by Graeme Miles From: MoorleyMan Brief answer... Proper title is The Woeful Scarecrow. It's published in the book Songscapes (mentioned in other Graeme Miles threads), still available I think and well worth the investment as it contains some exceptional photography as well as the lyrics to a number of G's wonderful songs. |
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30 Jun 10 - 05:56 AM (#2937124) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scarecrow by Graeme Miles From: maeve It must be a good song , having been made by Graeme Miles. Here's a songbook worth getting: http://www.zyworld.com/red_scarecrow/songscapes.htm |
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30 Jun 10 - 06:10 AM (#2937132) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scarecrow by Graeme Miles From: maeve Here is the contents list for "Songscapes", as listed in: Earlier thread, thanks to nutty: _____________________________________________________ Subject: RE: Graeme Miles -Songbook Launch From: nutty - PM Date: 06 Dec 02 - 08:39 AM Here is a list of the songs in the book .................. Across the Shingle Along the Guisborough Road Ballad of William Davidson Banks of the Tees (The) Birds among the Reeds (The) Coriamgo Coronach for a Young Man Creekwaterside Day of the Torrey Canyon (The) Drift from the Land (The) Eagle and the Dove (The) Exercise Number 69 (Looks like summers nigh now) Exercise Number 77 (You are the light) Fair Rosedale Farewell to the Cuillins and Crags Farndale Daffodils Gardens of the Moon (The) Goodbye Ironopolis Green Banks of Grain (The) Heath of Luneburg (The) Hills of Yatton (The) Horumarye Iron Moulders Wedding (The) Ironmaking Town Jacko the Shunter Lapwings Feather (The) Levenside Life of William Bellringer (The) Marion Gray Merry Little Hop (The) Moor of Hograh (The) My Eldorado Northallerton Town Old Man of the Sea (The) Old Workhorse (The) Otago Over Yonder Banks Path by Eskwater (The) Running Fox (The) Sad February Salt People Sea Coal Shepherd on the Fell (The) Shores of Old Blighty (The) Sqaddie's Lullaby (The) Waiting for the Ferry Wealden Men (The) Westerdale When the Green Man Walks the Forest When the Snows of Winter Fall When the Tees Ran Warm Where Ravens Feed Woeful Scarecrow (The) Wolviston Rook (The) Yarm Fair Young Engineer (The) ____________________________ |
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30 Jun 10 - 07:57 AM (#2937179) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scarecrow by Graeme Miles From: My guru always said Hi Jillie, think I've got that book, I'll bring it to the Island for a lend if you like! xx |
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30 Jun 10 - 09:01 AM (#2937227) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scarecrow by Graeme Miles From: GUEST,Ed Otherwise I shall have to play silly buggers with the cd, pencil and paper!! I don't know this song, but I think that listening over and over with a pencil, paper and recording device isn't playing 'silly buggers'. In my experience it really gets you into the song. I have great memories of doing the same in years gone by with all sorts of songs. I find it a shame that you wouldn't enjoy doing it. Each to their own, of course. |
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30 Jun 10 - 02:03 PM (#2937409) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scarecrow by Graeme Miles From: My guru always said I agree Ed, for me transcribing helps me to really learn a song. Sorry Jillie, looks like I've got a different book! |
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30 Jun 10 - 03:15 PM (#2937450) Subject: Lyr Add: THE WOEFUL SCARECROW (Graeme Miles) From: MuddleC I first heard this sang by Jan at an Oakthorpe folk club (Scrag or the Gate), can't even remember if John played I was listening to Jan so closely THE WOEFUL SCARECROW (Graeme Miles) Who would have the scarecrow's life For even just one day-o With less than a pauper's clothes to wear And not a penny in pay-o No-one comes to talk to me And I've never scared one crow-o My lament I'll sing to you With a heart that's full of sorrow CHORUS: Airum Cairum darum Airum cairum go-o Airum cairum dairum Sang the scarecrow full of woe My hat and coat have gone to rot And not without good reason Since I have stood in this very same spot For season after season And when the next hard winds do blow My leg will snap off rotten The farmer stood me here to stay And then to be forgotten I've stood and stared at this five bar gate With eyes turned ever so sore-o With arms outstretched I never can rest After eighteen months and more-o The sun has never tanned my face But burnt my neck so raw-o Is it any wonder that my heart Is so full of sorrow When winter's rain comes gushing down To seep in through my coat-o I shiver and I quiver in the biting cold As slowly I am soaked-o The brim of my hat is torn away So protection it gives me none-o With two legs I could turn and run But alas I've only one-o So I stand and face the icy blast Since I cannot turn my head-o The birds just jeer at me and laugh And tear my coat to shreds-o Yet to the farmer I'm still loyal Though he uses me most cruelly He'll bury me when I fall That he must do–o surely So who would have a scarecrow's life For even just one day-o With less than a pauper's clothes to wear And not a penny in pay-o No-one comes to talk to me And I've never scared one crow-o My lament I'll sing to you With a heart that's full of sorrow -she said she thought I'd like it! |
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30 Jun 10 - 03:31 PM (#2937463) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scarecrow by Graeme Miles From: GUEST,Suibhne Astray Along with Sea Coal, this is my favourite of Graeme's songs; fits perfectly with Robin Dale's legendary scarecrow photographs - who also sings it to perfection, of course... |
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01 Jul 10 - 12:28 PM (#2937961) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scarecrow by Graeme Miles From: Eye Lander Bless you, bless you, Bless you, MuddleC. I heard on a Keith Kendrick cd. Bloody wonderful song. Jillie |
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01 Jul 10 - 05:11 PM (#2938111) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scarecrow by Graeme Miles From: SylviaN Yes, Jillie, it's on Keith's "Well Seasoned" CD. Great song, great songwriter and I also love Keith's rendition. Sylvia |