Lyr Req: The Sailmaker - dan mckinnon??

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Sailmaker - dan mckinnon??
From: breezy
Date: 21 Sep 04 - 06:26 PM

The clarity of lyrics is fine, its the size of the print in the sleave that I hadnt a hope of reading.

Good to hear from you.

Our george has a CD launch on 29th October in St Albans, its attracting great revues.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Sailmaker - dan mckinnon??
From:
Date: 21 Sep 04 - 05:25 PM

Whee!!! Paul Mills yet! Great news! Thanks for the update, Dan!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Sailmaker - dan mckinnon??
From: GUEST,Dan in Nova Scotia
Date: 21 Sep 04 - 05:20 PM

Well, thank you all!!

I'm glad I could help. And John, I'm happy to hear your son was able to decipher the lyrics. But am I that unintelligible when I sing?

And just for the record, I'm in the studio in January of 2005 and the new one will be recorded and produced by Paul Mills. So I'm busily writing for another and with luck will have ample for the new one. Anyway, again, many thanks and I'll see you all very soon, and George, most likely sooner than the others.

If there's any other questions I'm in Mudcat periodically and will do my best to answer any and all queries.

Cheers,

Dan

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Sailmaker - dan mckinnon??
From:
Date: 21 Sep 04 - 03:58 PM

Thanks Dan for the full lyrics.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Sailmaker - dan mckinnon??
From: GUEST,lady aelfleda
Date: 21 Sep 04 - 02:23 PM

Dan
I love you...many, many thanks for the lyrics - it was the Bluenose & the Cape Anne that I couldn't work out.
I owe you a pint at Moor & Coast next year
Cheers
Jude

Subject: Lyr Add: THE SAILMAKER (Dan McKinnon)
From: GUEST,Dan in Nova Scotia
Date: 21 Sep 04 - 11:07 AM

I'm so happy that you enjoyed the song. Here are the lyrics:


Been 60 years a sailmaker
Learned from my father's hand
We sewed up slips of canvas
Double stitching every strand
We worked from dawn to dusk
Making 50 cents a day
But now the time of sailing ships is all but gone away.

We sewed up sets of mainmast sails
For the Bluenose and Cape Anne
And when we couldn't use machines
We sewed them all by hand
Bare masts sat there in the harbour
While we worked both night and day
But now the time of sailing ships is all but gone away

Chorus:
And I wander sometimes down to the workshop
Just to watch the daylight pass away
And wipe away the dust from the benchtops filled with rust
From broken needles left where they lay

I've watched the big fleets come and go
The schooners anchored in the bay
They glide without a sound
But for the slapping of the waves
I've watched the ships go proudly out
I've seen the men obey
But now the time of sailing ships is all but gone away.

_____


Can't wait to be back in England next April. See you all soon.
Best Wishes
Dan

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: dan mckinnon
From: Red and White Rabbit
Date: 21 Sep 04 - 02:14 AM

sorry Breezy - got caught short!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: dan mckinnon
From:
Date: 20 Sep 04 - 05:14 PM

Yes, I know the Guest just asked for the first verse.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: dan mckinnon
From:
Date: 20 Sep 04 - 05:13 PM

I just wondered if you'd or Dan would mind putting up the rest of this wonderful song.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: dan mckinnon
From: breezy
Date: 20 Sep 04 - 04:05 PM

yes of course there are

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: dan mckinnon
From:
Date: 20 Sep 04 - 03:54 PM

Breezy, are there more than 4 lines to the song?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: dan mckinnon
From: breezy
Date: 20 Sep 04 - 06:38 AM

whats 'subscrition' all about?!!

anyone gone for a 'P'?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: dan mckinnon
From: Red and White Rabbit
Date: 20 Sep 04 - 03:09 AM

Dans doing Sheffield Red Deer( Folk Music Subscrition Rooms)in May and Moor and Coast again and I have sent him some other folk clubs that hewanted to try and get booked in to so lots of people should have the chance to see and hear him

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: dan mckinnon
From: breezy
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 06:37 PM

Ive got dan booked for my club next April

I busked with him in Stourbridge last Easter.

hope you get to see and hear him again

Lovely man, great voice and not a bad guitarist too

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: dan mckinnon
From: breezy
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 06:34 PM

thanks to my 10 year old son Joe who wrote it out so I could read it.

all the best

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: dan mckinnon
From: breezy
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 06:33 PM

We worked from dawn to dusk making 50 cents aday
but now the time of sailing ships is all but gone away

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: dan mckinnon
From: breezy
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 06:32 PM

We sewed up slips of canvas,double stitching every strand

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: dan mckinnon
From: breezy
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 06:31 PM

Been 60 years a sailmaker learned from my father's hand

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: dan mckinnon
From: GUEST,lady aelfleda
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 07:52 AM

Cheers everyone - will email Dan

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: dan mckinnon
From: Rasener
Date: 18 Sep 04 - 02:07 PM

d drd dum Breezy to the rescue :-)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: dan mckinnon
From: breezy
Date: 18 Sep 04 - 01:32 PM

Yes, but then why not contact him at [e-mail]

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: dan mckinnon
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Sep 04 - 01:29 PM

You can ask Dan directly M'Lady   http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dan.mckinnon/

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: dan mckinnon
From: Rasener
Date: 18 Sep 04 - 01:17 PM

Breezy is a big mate of his, he would surely know.

Subject: Lyr Req: dan mckinnon
From: GUEST,lady aelfleda
Date: 18 Sep 04 - 06:04 AM

If Dan McKinnon or anyone else who has the lyrics to The Sailmaker is out there, please can I have the words for the first verse...Sewed up sets of main mast sails for the ????
Cheers
Played the CD over & over but still can't get this bit
Cheers
Jude (Moor & Coast)