Alison's (from Dunoon) songs at the Solstice Session!
CAULD WINTER Iain Ingram Cauld Winter’s here again, and the days are short and dreary Wi’ bitter winds an’ snaw, that aye chill the hearts o’ many For some auld folk their plight’s a bare existence tae sustain Wi’ scrimpin’ through necessity, and strugglin’ on their ain
Cauld Winter’s here again, aye severe an’ penetratin’ Nae quarter will it gie the hameless or forsaken Nor pensioner who canny heat his hoose and eat an’ all The frailest o’ society are aye the first tae fall
Cauld Winter’s here again, come are days when many suffer In damp and draughty hames, on the road, doon in the gutter A time when those wi’ troubled lives through hardship and despair Need a helpin’ hand frae their fellow man tae greet the Spring once mair
Cauld Winter’s here again, ah but we’ve nae cause for girnin’ We’ve heat and comforts all, for it’s luxury we live in Compared tae those o’ lesser means wi’ nae escape, nae favours free Hinging oan tae life, prayin’ they’ll survive – or pey cauld Winter’s fee.
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SUFFER THE CHILDREN Eric Bogle
Suffer the children to come unto me The man who said that died on Calvary And as we remember this day of His birth The children are suffering all over the Earth
From the African jungles to the hills of Vietnam There are thin hungry children, black, yellow and brown They’re starving to death on their millet and rice And they don’t know Santa Claus, or Jesus Christ
Suffer the children to come unto me The man who said that died on Calvary And as we remember this day of His birth The children are suffering all over the Earth
As you sit at your tables at this Christmastide And you stuff the roast ham, and the turkey inside Won’t you think of those children in lands far away And the two thousand children who will die today?
Suffer the children to come unto me The man who said that died on Calvary And as we remember this day of his birth The children are suffering all over the earth.