Subject: RE: Lyr Req: They're Pulling Doon the Buildin' Next... From: GUEST,999 Date: 27 Feb 13 - 01:35 PM Here it is on YouTube. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: They're Pulling Doon the Buildin' Next... From: GUEST Date: 27 Feb 13 - 12:48 PM Noo ah'm a working gent, ah live in a tenement In the heart of one o' Glasgows biggest slums. But they're going tae improve, and so we've been telt tae move By those mansion-dwelling corporation bums (chorus) Oh, they're pullin' doon the buildin' next tae oors. An' they're sending us tae green belts trees and flooers. But we do not want tae go, an' we dailly tell them so While they're pullin' doon the building next tae oors. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adam McNaughton Song From: nosluap57 Date: 17 Apr 02 - 09:35 PM I believe you can find an mp3 of this song, performed by Ed Miller, if you go to mp3.com. Searching for "Ed Miller" at mp3.com should bring you to it. |
Subject: Lyr Add: THEY'RE PULLIN' DOON THE BUILDIN' NEXT... From: Kenny B (inactive) Date: 17 Apr 02 - 07:07 PM THEY'RE PULLIN' DOON THE BUILDIN' NEXT TAE OORS (Adam McNaughtan)
Noo ah'm a workin' gent, ah live in a tenement, |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adam McNaughton Song From: Jim Dixon Date: 17 Apr 02 - 04:55 PM "They're Pullin' Doon the Buildin' Next tae Oors," written by Adam McNaughtan, appears on Adam McNaughtan's album "The Words That I Used to Know," Greentrax CD #195, 2000. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adam McNaughton Song From: Big Tim Date: 05 Jun 01 - 11:10 AM I'll keep an eye out for him. Thanks Doug. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adam McNaughton Song From: Scabby Douglas Date: 05 Jun 01 - 10:09 AM Roy Ihavenoidea-Ofhislastname ... from Milngavie do you know him? :-) If he's on your trip, he'll be an elderly gentleman, wiry, about 5'6 or 5'7". He's prone to patterned jumpers and check shirts He'll sing at the drop of a hat. So keep a tight grip on yer bunnet. Oh - and don't try to accompany him on an instrument when he sings. He feckin hates that. He's been known to machine gun people who started to strum along with him. Cheers SD
|
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adam McNaughton Song From: Big Tim Date: 05 Jun 01 - 09:52 AM Fjords! Non music related, just a wee break in a different part of the world. Me and Mrs Big Tim are off tomorrow morning from Buchanan Street Bus Station with Caledonia Travel, sailing from Newcastle. Maybe this guy from Milton is on the same trip, what's his name Scabby(!)? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adam McNaughton Song From: Scabby Douglas Date: 05 Jun 01 - 09:00 AM Hey... What's on in Norrowa' oer the fame? One of the regulars at Milton of Campsie is off to Norway this weekend too... SD |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adam McNaughton Song From: Charley Noble Date: 05 Jun 01 - 08:12 AM Hey, you're supposed to be scoffin' up them lyrics! ;-) |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adam McNaughton Song From: Big Tim Date: 05 Jun 01 - 05:06 AM Scabby (!), I'd like to be there, if I stayed off the beer it's not that long a drive from Partick. Unfortunately I'll ne in Norway, have a good night. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adam McNaughton Song From: GUEST,Scabby Doug at work Date: 05 Jun 01 - 04:54 AM Umm is that Brisbane St, or Brisbane Terrace in Glasgow? ;-) It'd probably be easier to get to Brisbane in Oz than it would be to get a bus back from Campsie to Anderston in Glasgow late night.. Ah well, anyone else up for tickets to Adam on Friday? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adam McNaughton Song From: Big Tim Date: 03 Jun 01 - 01:51 PM Try the 105 trolley bus! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adam McNaughton Song From: jonilog Date: 03 Jun 01 - 06:36 AM I'd like to be there Friday night Doug. Can you get a late bus for Brisbane in George Square? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adam McNaughton Song From: Scabby Douglas Date: 03 Jun 01 - 06:22 AM Adam McNaughtan will be in concert at Milton Of Campsie, Kincaid House Hotel on Friday 8th June. (plug, plug)... Come along and hear the words for yourself.... See What's On or PM me for more info... SD |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adam McNaughton Song From: jonilog Date: 02 Jun 01 - 10:43 PM Thanks for that Anne.I'll add that to the wee bit I know.Its a long time since I've heard it sung but I'm sure there was more of it. Johnnie. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adam McNaughton Song From: GUEST,Annegi Date: 02 Jun 01 - 01:18 PM I am a city gent I live in a tenement In the heart of one of Glasgow's biggest slums But they're going to improve And we've been telt tae move By those mansion dwelling corporation bums Sorry - don't know any more apart from the verse you've already got. Anne |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adam McNaughton Song From: jonilog Date: 01 Jun 01 - 10:53 PM They're pulling doon the building next tae oors And they're sending us tae greenbelts trees and flooers But we do not want to go and we daily tell them so While theyre pulling doon the building next tae oors Oor family's the lot who've been staying in this spot For nearly sixty years withoot a break When they ordered us tae go we telt them point blank No! Ye can go and jump in Scoland's only lake. Sorry , that's all I can remember off the top of my head. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adam McNaughton Song From: Sorcha Date: 01 Jun 01 - 08:58 PM I looked on Google, and no luck. Other stuff, but not this one. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adam McNaughton Song From: Murray MacLeod Date: 01 Jun 01 - 07:48 PM btw Tam, it's McNaughtan with an "a", not an "o". I have heard the song you mean but I don't know it. Somebody here will, though. Murray |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adam McNaughton Song From: Charley Noble Date: 01 Jun 01 - 07:41 PM Patiance! Good things come to them that waits. |
Subject: Adam McNaughton Song From: GUEST,Guest TamK Date: 01 Jun 01 - 06:11 PM I need the lyrics to a song that has the line "they're pulling down the building next to ours". Thanks for your help |
Share Thread: |
Subject: | Help |
From: | |
Preview Automatic Linebreaks Make a link ("blue clicky") |