Lyr Req/Add: Calum More (Andy Mitchel)

Subject: RE: req/ADD: Calum More/Moore (?) (Andy Mitchell)
From: GUEST,#
Date: 12 Aug 15 - 05:40 AM

Damn. OK, back to plan B.

Subject: RE: req/ADD: Calum More/Moore (?) (Andy Mitchell)
From: GUEST,kenny
Date: 12 Aug 15 - 05:35 AM

Different Andy Mitchell, by at least 30 years.

Subject: RE: req/ADD: Calum More/Moore (?) (Andy Mitchel)
From: GUEST,#
Date: 12 Aug 15 - 04:08 AM

Perhaps someone with a Facebook account could try asking at

https://www.facebook.com/thehazeyjanes

I'm guessing the AM mentioned in this thread is the same as the AM there.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Calum Moore (Andy Mitchel)
From: Reinhard
Date: 11 Aug 15 - 09:53 PM

In the thread Lyr Add: WHAUR WILL WE GANG (Andrew Mitchell) Lesley Hale wrote about the song she sang: "written by a fine singer/songwriter called, Andrew Mitchell who hails from Ullapool".

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Calum More (Andy Mitchel)
From: Reinhard
Date: 11 Aug 15 - 09:23 PM

Jim, you're right. The spelling is "Calum More" on Garbutt's album. I wonder about the author's name though - in the sleeve notes it's Andy Mitchel but on the record label it's Andy Mitchell.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Calum Moore (Andy Mitchel)
From: Gallus Moll
Date: 11 Aug 15 - 06:56 PM

the name 'More' (not Gaelic) is common in Caithness, maybe
Sutherland- - and perhaps as far down as Ullapool?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Calum Moore (Andy Mitchel)
From: Gallus Moll
Date: 11 Aug 15 - 06:53 PM

I used to sing this Andy Mitchell song a long time ago, learned it by ear - I think from a tape - - pronounced Calum Mhor /Mor(Gaelic?) I would need to listen to it again to recall the words - - but I think I was given it by Sheena Wellington? or- maybe it was on Sheena's (cd? cassette? - the one that had Last of the Great Whales on it)
Powerful song.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Calum Moore (Andy Mitchel)
From: GUEST,kenny
Date: 11 Aug 15 - 04:28 AM

Not 100% sure of this, but I would have thought that Andy Mitchell's title was "Calum MOR", "mor" being the Scots Gaelic for "big".

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Calum Moore (Andy Mitchel)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 10 Aug 15 - 08:01 PM

"Little Innocents" is also on Spotify. And the spelling there is CALUM MORE. I'd like to verify the spelling, but neither the song nor the album is mentioned at Vin Garbutt's web site.

I listened to the song, and I think there are some significant differences compared to the lyrics posted above by Dave Barnes, especially in the 4th verse, but they are difficult to understand.

Anybody else want to make some corrections?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Calum Moore (Andy Mitchel)
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Aug 15 - 09:41 AM

Vin's album Little Innocents is available on I tunes incuding Calum More

Subject: RE: Lyrics please for Calum Moor
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Jan 05 - 07:46 AM

If memory serves me, the name of the song is Calum More, which is roughly the pronunciation of the gaelic Mhor, as in big.
The implication being there's nothing "Big" about this particular Calum!

Subject: RE: Lyrics please for Calum Moor
From: erinmaidin
Date: 20 Jan 05 - 07:01 AM

good job spot! I bow my head in humility!

Subject: RE: Lyrics please for Calum Moor
From: tog
Date: 19 Jan 05 - 06:34 PM

Thanks one and all, Spot the Dog got it! Will contact strupag, his song deserves a much wider airing. tog

Subject: Lyr Add: CALUM MORE (Andy Mitchel)
From: Dave Wynn
Date: 19 Jan 05 - 03:31 PM

CALUM MORE
(Andy Mitchell)

Oh Calum Moore are you home drunk again.
You've broken your promise for the millionth time
Your family are living near on the breadline
While you fill your belly with whisky and wine.

Do you mind when we married a good time ago
We often shared laughter and seldom rowed
I respected you more than you'll ever know how
But Calum oh Calum just look at you now.

Your beatings I've learned to treat with disdain
My body has hardened and I'm numb to the pain
But I'll never forgive you for hurting my bairns
Oh Calum the drinking has altered your brain.

Then you wake in the morning remorseful and sore
And you promise again that your drinking is o'er
And I want to believe you as often before.
But oh Calum Moore are you home drunk once more.

Oh Calum Moore are you home drunk again.


With max respect to Andy Mitchel for writing this superb song and hope that this version is near to the original. I asked Andy if I could sing it and he said he was more than happy for me to, but it may be good etiquette to ask him before you do. He is on the MC as Strupag as Noreen says.

Hi Noreen. When will we two meet again? Don't even hear from you these days...
Spot the Dog

Subject: RE: Lyrics please for Calum Moor
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 19 Jan 05 - 11:01 AM

Do you want me to ring Spot and get him to post the lyrics for Andy Mitchels Calum Moore, tog?

Or is erinmaidin right and and you don't know your Calums from your Calebs?;-)

Or I could post them if you really mean Country Roads by John Denver...

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: Lyrics please for Calum Moor
From: erinmaidin
Date: 19 Jan 05 - 06:14 AM

check out Gillian Welch's website....she recorded this song and was quite successful with it and you probably can access the chords and lyrics. The proper title is Caleb Meyer and she wrote it. Of course , I could have the wrong song altogether. Is the chorus something like
Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear those rattlin' chains
But when I go to sleep at night don't you call my name"

Subject: RE: Lyrics please for Calum Moor
From: Noreen
Date: 19 Jan 05 - 04:05 AM

Calum Moore was written by Andy Mitchel of Ullapool, (Mudcat's own Strupag) and is a powerful ballad about drunkenness and wife beating.

The song was recorded by Vin Garbutt on his LP "Little Innocents", but no lyrics have been posted here, and no references turn up on Google.



Perhaps Spot the Dog who sings this, might look in to post?

Subject: RE: Lyrics please for Calum Moor
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Jan 05 - 05:09 PM

You probably mean Calum Mor (big Calum)

Subject: Lyrics please for Calum Moor
From: tog
Date: 17 Jan 05 - 06:40 PM

Can someone provide the lyrics and cords for Calum Moor?

Subject: RE: callum moore
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 18 Mar 01 - 09:32 PM

Talking about Vin Garbutt, here is a bit from an email his wife Pat sends out to people who've asked to be on his mailing list for Vin's gigs - and I think it'd be of interest to a lot of Mudcatters:

Vin and I were sad to hear of the death of Isaac Guillory. He was a good friend to Vin. Isaac and his wife Vicky have given a lot of support to Vin over the years not least by turning up at concerts whenever they could and this must have been a bit of a busman's holiday for a busy musician. Isaac was a unique artist who's talents we will miss so much but also we have lost one of life's perfect gentlemen.

Isaac and Vicky have two small children and anyone wishing to pay their respects by donating towards their support can do so by contacting us at Home Roots Music. Vin will be only too happy to pass on any mail personally to Vicky Guillory.

And here is the link to Home Roots Music and so forth:

Home Roots Music, PO Box 6, Skelton, Cleveland.TS13 4YT England
Vin's web site:
vingarbutt.com
Vin's Agent:Speaking Volumes:Tel[phone] Fax [phone]
http://www.speakingvolumes.co.uk

Subject: RE: callum moore
From: Noreen
Date: 18 Mar 01 - 08:27 PM

Refresh, for Jeri and Spot.

Subject: RE: callum moore
From: Noreen
Date: 13 Feb 01 - 01:23 AM

Thanks, McGoH, for the attribution.

Noreen

Subject: RE: callum moore
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 12 Feb 01 - 02:48 PM

The song's on Vin's powerful album Little Innocents, with the name spelt as Calum Moore - here's what Vin wrote about it:

Written by Andy Mitchel of Ullapool in Scotland. This song is about the perennial problem of wife-beating. When the moral foundations of society are beginning to crumble, the ensuing frustration must lead to violence. Wife-beating, like baby-battering, is on the increase. So do we do something to alleviate the situation? Or do we make wife-beating and baby-battering legal?

There are a few variations from the text Dave gave - but pretty minor, apart from the last verse which Vin recorded as:

You'll wake in the morning remorseful and sore,
You'll promise again that your drinkin's o'er,
And I'll want to believe you as often before,
But I know in my heart you'll come home drunk once more.

Subject: RE: callum moore
From: Stewie
Date: 11 Feb 01 - 09:51 PM

Dave, to solve your disappearing carriage returns, consult the teal thread at the very top of the threads - 'Mudcat FAQ - Newcomer's Guide'. Consult 'Basic HTML' under 'technical advice'. You need to put a line break command - the letters 'br' between angle brackets - after each line of the song posted. Joe explains it all in detail in the FAQ thread.

--Stewie.

Subject: RE: callum moore
From: Noreen
Date: 11 Feb 01 - 09:23 PM

Searched for this after hearing it sung on PalTalk tonight. Powerful song...

Noreen

Subject: RE: callum moore
From: john U.K.
Date: 26 Jun 97 - 03:21 AM

Dave,thanks for the lyrics to callum moore.You might be able to tell that I,m not yet too familiar with the system but having found this site I,m sure I,ll improve. Thanks again John.

Subject: RE: callum moore
From: Dave U.K.
Date: 25 Jun 97 - 12:13 PM

P.S. I wish I knew where all the carriage returns keep disapearing to... Dave.

Subject: Lyr Add: CALUM MOORE (from Vin Garbutt)
From:
Date: 25 Jun 97 - 12:08 PM

Hi. These are the lyrics, as best as I can remember, that I learned from a Vin Garbutt recording a very long time ago.

Oh, Calum Moore, are you home drunk again?
You've broken your promise for the millionth time.
Your family are living here on the bread line
While you fill your belly with whisky and wine.

I mind when we married a long time ago.
We'd oft times share pleasure and seldom rowed.
I respected you more than you'll ever know how,
But oh, Calum, oh, just look at you now.

Your beatings I've learned to treat with disdain.
My body has hardened. I'm numb with the pain,
But I'll never forgive you for hurting my bairn.
Just look how the whisky has altered your brain.

I know what you'll say as I walk out the door,
You'll swear and you'll promise that your drinking's o'er.
You'll say that you love me like oft times before,
But I know in me heart you'll be home drunk once more.

Regards. Dave

Subject: callum moore
From:
Date: 25 Jun 97 - 04:30 AM

Does any one have the words to the song callum moore