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10 Mar 99 - 04:59 PM (#62290) Subject: Ewan McColl -lyrics for song about Time From: izzy I can only remember the start: when I was a young lad I used to wonder what happened to time when it passed then I discovered time lands in prison and there it is held fast Does anyone know the rest? |
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10 Mar 99 - 06:29 PM (#62298) Subject: RE: Ewan McColl -lyrics for song about Time From: Rick Fielding Believe it's "The Lag's Song". Can't find it on the DT. But Oh lordy, did MacColl ever write some fine songs! |
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11 Mar 99 - 01:03 AM (#62359) Subject: RE: Ewan McColl -lyrics for song about Time From: Barry Finn When I was a young man sometimes I'd wonder What happened to time when it passed Then one day I found out time lands in prison And there it is held fast
When I was a young man I used to go courting
Look out of your window, look over the roof (....?)
The prison is sleeping, night watches keeping
Oh write me a letter addressed to my number
I've got time on my hands, I've got time on my shoulders izzy, that should be fairly close aside from the few questions marked. Can't remember who I have singing this on tape. My brother in law plays with him from time to time but never wrote his name when he sent the tape to me. Barry |
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11 Mar 99 - 07:41 AM (#62398) Subject: RE: Ewan McColl -lyrics for song about Time From: Philippa third and fourth verses above, minor corrections: Look out of the window and over the roof there Ove the wall see the sky just one flying leap, and you could make your getaway If only you could fly The prison is sleeping, the night watch is keeping His watch over 700 men And behind every cell door, a sleeping lag is dreaming, "Oh , to be free again!" note- a 'lag' is a long-term prisoner second verse - dreams are broken "on" those hard iron bars; 'oh' was probably a typo. |
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11 Mar 99 - 02:49 PM (#62459) Subject: RE: Ewan McColl -lyrics for song about Time From: izzy brilliant - many thanks |
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24 Sep 02 - 04:47 PM (#790528) Subject: The Lag's Song by Ewan Macoll From: Dave4Guild While we seem to have our collective Ewan Macoll heads on I wonder whether any-one has the words to "The Lag's Song". It was a song I used to sing some years ago and seem to have forgotten most of it. It starts "When I was a young man I used to wonder what happened to time when it passed, Then one day I found time lands in prison and there it is held fast." I was unable to find it in the digitrad! |
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24 Sep 02 - 04:56 PM (#790531) Subject: Lyr Add: THE LAG'S SONG (Ewan MacColl) From: Joe Offer Got that one. -Joe Offer- THE LAG'S SONG (Ewan MacColl) When I was a young lad, sometimes I'd wonder, What happened to time when it passed. Then one day I found out that time just lands in prison, And there it is held fast. When I was a young man, used to go courtin' And dream of the moon and the stars; The moon is still shining, the dreams they are all broken On these hard iron bars. Look out of the window, over the roofs there, And over the wall see the sky; Just one flying leap and you could make your getaway- - - - If only you could fly. The prison is sleeping, the night watch is keeping Its watch over seven-hundred men, And behind every cell door, a sleeping lag is dreaming, O, to be free again! Go write me a letter, addressed to my number, But say you remember my name, So I'll be reminded of how the world outside goes, And feel a man again. Got time on my hands, I've got time on my shoulders, Plenty of time on my mind, There's no summer nor winter when once you land inside here, Just that old prison grind. Words and Music by Ewan MacColl, © 1960, by Stormking Music Source: The Ewan MacColl-Peggy Seeger Songbook, Oak Publications, 1963 |
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24 Sep 02 - 06:32 PM (#790583) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Lag's Song by Ewan Macoll From: curmudgeon I believe it was also recorded on one of the two "New Briton Gazette" albums. I'll try to have a look later this evening -- Tom |
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24 Sep 02 - 07:12 PM (#790600) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Lag's Song by Ewan Macoll From: Dave4Guild Thank you, Joe et al!!! 9 minutes! Ain't Mudcat good? Dave Bennett |
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25 Sep 02 - 12:51 AM (#790760) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Lag's Song by Ewan Macoll From: Joe Offer Dave, we have people around here who respond in ONE minute. I used to have a reputation for speed, but the young studs have surpassed me. -Joe Offer- |
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25 Sep 02 - 06:06 AM (#790857) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Lag's Song by Ewan Macoll From: Dave Bryant I sing a first verse which goes: When I was a young man I often would wonder, What happened to time when it passed. Then I found out that time just ends in prison, And there it gets held fast. I learnt it from Ewan at one of the sessions he used to hold at his house in Beckenham many years ago, so I think it's correct (subject to memory and the "folk process").
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25 Sep 02 - 11:42 AM (#791032) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Lag's Song by Ewan Macoll From: Jeri Dave B, I have the song, with that verse, on a recording somewhere. Tom Lewis maybe? |
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25 Sep 02 - 11:43 AM (#791033) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Lag's Song by Ewan Macoll From: Jeri Or Lou Killen, or both... |
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25 Sep 02 - 05:46 PM (#791281) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Lag's Song by Ewan Macoll From: Susanne (skw) Luke Kelly also sings that verse on 'Together Again'. |
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25 Sep 02 - 05:55 PM (#791289) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Lag's Song by Ewan Macoll From: Leadfingers Was that one written for a Radio Ballad about the Prisons or am I suffering Brain Fade again? |
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26 Sep 02 - 07:17 AM (#791594) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Lag's Song by Ewan Macoll From: Hrothgar Written for the documentary film "In Prison" made in Strangeways prison, Manchester, in 1956? Copyright Stormking Music Inc 1960 |
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23 Jul 10 - 09:24 AM (#2950607) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Lag's Song (Ewan MacColl) From: GUEST,asm Excellent version by Luke Kelly. Have a search. cheers
-Joe Offer- |
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02 Nov 11 - 10:57 AM (#3249112) Subject: Chord Req: Lag's Song From: GUEST,Daniel Hi all - I'm just requesting chords for Ewan MacColl's version of the Lag's Song. I think his guitar is out of tune on the recording and it's throwing me way off! I think it's in Cm, but I can't seem to get it. Help please? -Daniel |
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02 Nov 11 - 04:30 PM (#3249313) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Lag's Song From: GUEST,johnmc IMOP In between Cm and C sharp m; guitar sharp or flat; capo at third fret (or 4th); Am to Em to Am to get started. Then G to C perhaps. |
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03 Nov 11 - 07:47 PM (#3250021) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: The Lag's Song (Ewan MacColl) From: GUEST I sort of worked out Cm G When I was a young lad Eb ? ? Sometimes I'd wonder but am unsure of anything else - in fact, I'm unsure of that... |
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19 Nov 11 - 08:34 PM (#3260241) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: The Lag's Song (Ewan MacColl) From: GUEST Still nothing? |
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20 Nov 11 - 12:33 AM (#3260281) Subject: Chords Add: THE LAG'S SONG (Ewan MacColl) From: Joe Offer Sorry, Daniel, I should have paid more attention to your message when you first posted. Here are the chords from the Oak Publications songbook that provided the lyrics I posted above. Key: D minor
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20 Dec 11 - 03:13 AM (#3276987) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: The Lag's Song (Ewan MacColl) From: GUEST,Daniel Joe I could kiss you!! (If not for the gaping void of cyberspace which separates us). Nonetheless, the gesture stands. -Daniel |
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20 Dec 11 - 04:35 AM (#3277011) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: The Lag's Song (Ewan MacColl) From: ossonflags Has anyone the guitar chords please? |