ADD: Vimy (from Tanglefoot)

Subject: lyr req 'Vimy'
From: GUEST,Les B
Date: 17 Sep 00 - 01:35 PM

Lyric required for 'Vimy' by that wonderfull canadian group Tanglefoot

Subject: RE: lyr req 'Vimy'
From: Alice
Date: 17 Sep 00 - 02:20 PM

Raise your flask,
Aim your rifles high
I've had a dream I've seen we three
Should have no fear at all
You'll die in Kanora (sp?), Billy,
You, Jim, in Winnepeg,
And I will end my days in Montreal.

These people come to see me in my bedroom
With faces dim and names I can't recall
Some woman with a golden ring
She comes to comb my hair
And she dresses me and walks me down the hall
I can still put one foot before the other
If someone points the way for me to go
Today the sun is shining and a crowd has gathered round
They've put circles of red flowers on the stones

Raise your flask
Aim your rifles high
I've had a dream I've seen we three
Should have no fear at all
You'll die in Kanora (sp?), Billy,
You, Jim, in Winnepeg,
And I will end my days in Montreal.

Old Jim Rankin
Stood behind behind me in the ?
Spat on his bayonette and wiped it with his hand..

(That's as much as I could hear from a clip.)
Alice

Subject: RE: lyr req 'Vimy'
From: Alice
Date: 17 Sep 00 - 02:26 PM

Love that group, they have well matched strong voices. By the way, here's where I heard the clip; it also links to their website.click here

Subject: RE: lyr req 'Vimy'
From: Alice
Date: 17 Sep 00 - 02:39 PM

ooops, that should be spelled Winnipeg. I should know better. Winnipeg came up on my long distance bill this month and I don't remember calling anyone there... maybe in my sleep?

Subject: Lyr Add: VIMY (from Tanglefoot )
From: Joan from Wigan
Date: 17 Sep 00 - 11:37 PM

Alice's clicky takes you to the Coma website, where you can order Tanglefoot's CDs, it also contains a link to their own website www.kawartha.com/tanglefoot (sorry, I've not yet mastered blue clickies). If you visit their Discography section, it contains all the lyrics to all the songs on their CDs.

VIMY
(Music & Lyrics by Steve Ritchie & Rob Ritchie)

Chorus:
Raise your flask, aim your rifles high
I've had a dream, I've seen we three should have no fear at all
You'll die in Kenore, Billy; you, Jim, in Winnipeg
And I will end my days in Montreal

These people come to see me in my bedroom
With faces dim and names I can't recall
Some woman with a golden ring she comes to comb my hair
Then she dresses me and walks me down the hall
Well I can still put one foot before the other
If someone points the way for me to go
Today the sun is shining and a crowd has gathered round
They put circles of red flowers on the stone

chorus

Old Jim Rankin stood behind me in the tunnel
Spat on his bayonet and he wiped it with his hand
And he rocked from heel to heel, blew out his cheeks and whistled
While we waited for the signal to advance
Jimmy Rankin he was twenty and we thought him an old man
He said he'd fathered children by the score
By girls back in Winnipeg and girls in Calais
And he bragged, by God, there'd be a hundred more

chorus

And Billy Whitefish from Kenora: jet black hair and eyes like coal
We all called him 'Chief' behind his back
He never smiled or laughed or joked or spoke that much at all
Just sat and smoked while we waited to attack
Well they poured shells over our heads into the hillside
In thirty yards our kit and boots were full of mud
But as we made the ridge, Jimmy went down on both knees
And he coughed into his sleeve and there was blood

chorus

The last sound I ever heard was an explosion
And bodies flew like apples thrown by boys play
When I could see again I was alone, Jimmy wasn;t there
And a crater marked the hillside where he'd lain
And Billy Whitefish from Kenora wound up in a German trench
Where he captured their machine gun all alone
And held them off until his ammunition was all spent
And they swarmed around and they hacked him to the bone

chorus

Now every day I still remember what I told them
My two friends who that day from this earth were torn
And the craters and the trenches where they died now bear the names
Of the cities and the towns where they were born

chorus


A wonderful song from a fantastic band.

Joan

Subject: RE: lyr req 'Vimy'
From: Alice
Date: 18 Sep 00 - 01:36 AM

Well, I was there on Tanglefoot's site, but didn't find the lyrics - all that listening and typing when I could have copied and pasted!

Subject: Vimy
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 06 Apr 01 - 06:42 PM

A few days ago I said I'd been looking for a song about world war one trenches and Canadians. Well I found it- its by a group called Tangle foot and here are the words
Vimy Lyrics and Music: Steve and Rob Ritchie

Chorus Raise your flask, aim your rifles high I've had a dream, I've seen we three should have no fear at all You'll die in Kenora, Billy; you, Jim, in Winnipeg And I will end my days in Montreal

These people come to see me in my bedroom With faces dim and names I can't recall Some woman with a golden ring she comes to comb my hair Then she dresses me and walks me down the hall Well I can still put one foot before the other, If someone points the way for me to go Today the sun is shining and a crowd has gathered 'round They put circles of red flowers on the stone

Chorus

Old Jim Rankin stood behind me in the tunnel Spat on his bayonet and he wiped it with his hand And he rocked from heel to heel, blew out his cheeks and whistled While we waited for the signal to advance Jimmy Rankin he was twenty and we thought him an old man He said he'd fathered children by the score By girls back in Winnipeg and girls in Calais And he bragged, by God, there'd be a hundred more

Chorus

And Billy Whitefish from Kenora: jet black hair and eyes like coal We all called him 'Chief' behind his back He never smiled or laughed or joked or spoke that much at all Just sat and smoked while we waited to attack Well they poured shells over our heads into the hillside In thirty yards our kit and boots were full of mud But as we made the ridge, Jimmy went down on both knees And he coughed into his sleeve and there was blood

Chorus

The last sound I ever heard was an explosion And bodies flew like apples thrown by boys play When I could see again, I was alone Jimmy wasn't there And a crater marked the hillside where he'd lain And Billy Whitefish from Kenora wound up in a German trench Where he captured their machine gun all alone And held them off until his ammunition was all spent And they swarmed around and they hacked him to the bone

Chorus

Now every day I still remember what I told them My two friends who that day from this earth were torn And the craters and the trenches where they died now bear the names Of the cities and the towns where they were born

Chorus

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Vimy
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 06 Apr 01 - 06:42 PM

Sorry forgot about line breaks

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Vimy
From: gnu
Date: 06 Apr 01 - 07:07 PM

Did not Jimmy win a cross for this ? He had taken more than one nest that day and they found him and the last German in the last nest with each other's bayonets embedded. My history fails me. And that is sad, given as how the Battle of Vimy Ridge was one of the turning points in WWI in which the Canucks distinguished themselves.

Subject: lyric required for 'Vimy' by Tanglefoot
From: GUEST,white horse
Date: 20 Aug 01 - 09:10 AM

Has anyone out there got the lyrics for "Vimy" by Tanglefoot, please.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: lyric required for 'Vimy' by Tanglef
From: Wolfgang
Date: 20 Aug 01 - 09:18 AM

Tanglefoot lyrics including the target

Wolfgang

Subject: Lyr Add: VIMY
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 27 Jan 02 - 11:49 PM

VIMY
(Steve and Rob Ritchie)

CHORUS
Raise your flask; aim your rifles high
I've had a dream, I've seen we three should have no fear at all
You'll die in Kenora, Billy; you, Jim, in Winnipeg
And I will end my days in Montreal

These people come to see me in my bedroom
With faces dim and names I can't recall
Some woman with a golden ring she comes to comb my hair
Then she dresses me and walks me down the hall
Well I can still put one foot before the other,
If someone points the way for me to go
Today the sun is shining and a crowd has gathered 'round
They put circles of red flowers on the stone

Chorus

Old Jim Rankin stood behind me in the tunnel
Spat on his bayonet and he wiped it with his hand
And he rocked from heel to heel, blew out his cheeks and whistled
While we waited for the signal to advance
Jimmy Rankin he was twenty and we thought him an old man
He said he'd fathered children by the score
By girls back in Winnipeg and girls in Calais
And he bragged, by God, there'd be a hundred more

Chorus

And Billy Whitefish from Kenora: jet black hair and eyes like coal
We all called him 'Chief' behind his back
He never smiled or laughed or joked or spoke that much at all
Just sat and smoked while we waited to attack
Well they poured shells over our heads into the hillside
In thirty yards our kit and boots were full of mud
But as we made the ridge, Jimmy went down on both knees
And he coughed into his sleeve and there was blood

Chorus

The last sound I ever heard was an explosion
And bodies flew like apples thrown by boys play
When I could see again, I was alone Jimmy wasn't there
And a crater marked the hillside where he'd lain
And Billy Whitefish from Kenora wound up in a German trench
Where he captured their machine gun all alone
And held them off until his ammunition was all spent
And they swarmed around and they hacked him to the bone

Chorus

Now every day I still remember what I told them
My two friends who that day from this earth were torn
And the craters and the trenches where they died now bear the names
Of the cities and the towns where they were born

Chorus

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: lyric required for 'Vimy' by Tanglef
From: GUEST,Keith A
Date: 28 Jan 02 - 07:18 AM

Good song! If only I knew the tune.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: lyric required for 'Vimy' by Tanglef
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 28 Jan 02 - 03:54 PM

Tanglefoot are doing another tour of the UK this year and I certainly want to see them at least once. The website linked above has all the dates. They are a great bunch of blokes with some incredibly moving lyrics so well worth seeking out.