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Lyr Add: The Spark Among the Heather (Jim Reid) Related threads: Lyr Req: The Greylag Geese (Jim Reid) (12) ADD:Wild Geese(Violet Jacob/Jim Reid)-Norland Wind (36) Obit: folksinger & songwriter Jim Reid-July 2009 (18) Jim Reid, Scottish singer (6)
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Subject: Lyr Add: The Spark Among the Heather (Jim Reid) From: Joe Offer Date: 18 Jul 15 - 11:33 PM The Spark among the Heather Sung by Jim Reid on Jim Reid: I Saw the Wild Geese Flee Words and music by Jim Reid/Springthyme Music © 1984 From the early 18000s onwards, thousands of ordinary men, women and children were driven from their homes and their land in the highlands and islands of Scotland. These 'clearances' allowed the landlords to introduce sheep and gain greater profit. The crofters of Glendale in Skye formed a Land League in 1882 which eventually (by 1887) resulted in an Act of Parliament to stop such evictions. THE SPARK AMONG THE HEATHER (Jim Reid) When they brought us all together Told us that we had to go Leave our homes that we were born in Leave the only life we know. We were poor but honest crofters Working hard so we might stay On the land our fathers gave us Ne'er thought we'd be forced away. We replied, "We'll never leave home, Never set sail o'er the sea; Let the police come and the soldiers, To leave home we won't agree." Others have been put on board ships Sailed away out o'er the deep; Then the landlords burned their houses To make way for flocks of sheep. Then along came John McPherson, Humble crofter from Glendale; Held a meeting, formed a land league, For his efforts thrown in jail. But the spark amang the heather Soon became a burning flame; And the highlanders united Vowed they'd never leave their hame. But the glens still show the scars Of those evictions of before; And the shells of empty houses Echo laughter sounds no more. c p 1984, 2009 Springthyme Records Source: http://www.springthyme.co.uk/1015/cd15_Pop11.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAGQPRjFzQo |
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