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Lyr Req: The Greylag Geese (Jim Reid) Related threads: Lyr Add: The Spark Among the Heather (Jim Reid) (1) 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 Req: Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese From: GUEST,PMcK Date: 23 Oct 15 - 07:39 PM Hello all! Anybody have the lyrics to this song? From what I've heard Jim Reid would sing it before The Wild Geese Thanks! Paul |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese From: maeve Date: 23 Oct 15 - 09:31 PM While you wait for the lyrics, here's the youtube recording of both songs. Lovely! Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese, The Wild Geese (Norland Wind) |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese From: maeve Date: 23 Oct 15 - 09:44 PM The lyrics are in Jim Reid's songbook, available through Greentrax: Jim Reid - The Better O' A Sang (Songs, Tunes and Life Stories) Looks like an excellent value- I plan to buy a copy. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese From: GUEST Date: 24 Oct 15 - 02:50 AM thanks Maeve |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese From: maeve Date: 24 Oct 15 - 02:41 PM You're welcome- and thank you for asking about it. I'd never heard the song before. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese From: Joe Offer Date: 25 Oct 15 - 11:49 AM In the YouTube video above, "The Greylag Geese" is used as an introduction to "The Wild Geese (Norland Wind)," a better-known song that has been posted in one of the threads crosslinked above. Anybody have time to transcribe "Greylag Geese"? -Joe- |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese From: maeve Date: 25 Oct 15 - 01:06 PM Joe, I've transcribed most of it, but am waiting for his songbook to arrive to be sure I've written it out correctly. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese From: GUEST Date: 25 Oct 15 - 07:34 PM Excellent! Thanks everybody |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE GREYLAG GEESE (Jim Reid) From: maeve Date: 13 Nov 15 - 03:39 PM Here you go- Do get the songbook, it's wonderfully rich in song and story. THE GREYLAG GEESE by JIM REID Words and music written by Jim Reid as found in his songbook, "The Better o' a Sang', Scottish Arts Council, 2004 The summertime is bonny, an' maist fowk say they like it best o' a'. But o' there's ae thing missin', the graylag geese have a' flown far awa'. When autumn comes aince mair, the wind blaws cauld an' nichts are growin' black There's ae thing sent tae cheer me, the soond that says again the greylag's back. When winter clouds blaw ower and fowk wi' heids doon collars turned up high My een they aye stray upward, lookin' for yon lang skein in the sky. And then when days grow langer the springtime urge is tae be movin on But roots can haud ye stranger an' then ye realize the geese are gone. I envy a' thae wild geese that can jist fly tae countries ower the sea Tae Norway, Iceland, Greenland they ken the way o' livin' wild and free The Greylag Geese- Jim Reid (YouTube) |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese From: maeve Date: 14 Nov 15 - 10:55 AM Refresh... for those who requested Jim Reid's correct lyrics. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Greylag Geese (Jim Reid) From: GUEST,Paul McKenna Date: 19 Nov 15 - 07:46 PM Excellent! Thank you |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Greylag Geese (Jim Reid) From: maeve Date: 19 Nov 15 - 11:15 PM You're most welcome, Paul. |
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