Lyr Req: Guard your man weel through the nigh

Subject: Guard your man weel through the night
From: GUEST,FP
Date: 02 Aug 01 - 12:04 PM

Can anyone tell me where I can find the words of this Geordie song (and who wrote it)? Thanks, FP.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Guard your man weel through the nigh
From: nutty
Date: 02 Aug 01 - 12:27 PM

Can't find the lyrics but have found a recording which I can thoroughly recommend as they are friends of mine.
Great audio clip as well

THE KEELERS

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Guard your man weel through the nigh
From: GUEST,FP
Date: 03 Aug 01 - 01:19 PM

Thanks Nutty. I'm going to have to buy the CD now, having seen the tracklist! FP.

Subject: Lyr Add: GUARD YER MAN WEEL (Johnny Handle)
From: GUEST,MCP, Lyric Add
Date: 10 May 02 - 09:03 PM

The song was written by Johnny Handle.

Mick

GUARD YER MAN WEEL
Johnny Handle

Guard yer man weel through the night
Hold him at dawn's early light
For come the long day now he'll be far away
Deep down in the rock far from sight.

Love him while he's still at hyem (home)
For mining work's always the same
A stone from the slick it can fall out right quick
And in blood there is written his name.

Sit with your bairns and your man
Give him lass all that you can
All through the lang day keep your thoughts far away
How things at the pit might gan wrang.

He'll work out his shift and get bye.
Come oot from the dark to the sky
FOr mining's his trade and of pit stock he's made
And his wife must learn never to cry.

Repeat 1st verse

Subject: Tune Add: GUARD YER MAN WEEL (Johnny Handle)
From: GUEST,MCP, Tune Add
Date: 11 May 02 - 07:10 AM

And the tune:

Mick


GUARD YER MAN WEEL

Guard yer man|weel through the|night-|-||
Hold him at|dawn's ear-ly|light
For|come the long|day now he'll|be far a-|way
Deep|down in the|rock far from|sight-|-||


X: 1
T:Guard yer Man Weel
M:3/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=95
C:Johnny Handle
K:Dm
D> F A|G> F E|D3-|D3|
A> B c|A> F G|A3-|A2
A|A> c d|A2 G/F/|G F G| A2
A|D> F A|G> F E|D3-|D3 ||

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Guard your man weel through the nigh
From: Abuwood
Date: 12 May 02 - 04:41 AM

This song will also be on Bob Fox's new Cd out this summer.