I'm feeling grumpy (and a little pished) but return after so many years.

The truth about modes is this. If there are no sharps or flats, it's in C. One sharp is G. Two sharps are D - and so on. It matters not where the song starts or finishes. Like all other religious inventions they are nothing but fantasy.


Silkie

An [D]earthly [A]nourris sits and [D]sings
And aye, she [G]sings, "Ba [A]lilly [D]wean;
[G] "Little ken [A]I my bairn's fa-[D]ther.
"Far [A]less the [C]land that he dwells [D]in."


Black Leg Miner

[x]It's (Em)in the evening (D) after dark
The (Em) blackleg miner (Bm) goes to work
With his (Em) moleskin pants and (D) dirty shirt
There (Em) goes the (Bm) blackleg miner

Break - chord round notes G E F# G Repeat