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23 Oct 15 - 07:39 PM (#3746269) Subject: Lyr Req: Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese From: GUEST,PMcK 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 |
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23 Oct 15 - 09:31 PM (#3746283) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese From: maeve 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) |
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23 Oct 15 - 09:44 PM (#3746285) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese From: maeve 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. |
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24 Oct 15 - 02:50 AM (#3746300) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese From: GUEST thanks Maeve |
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24 Oct 15 - 02:41 PM (#3746392) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese From: maeve You're welcome- and thank you for asking about it. I'd never heard the song before. |
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25 Oct 15 - 11:49 AM (#3746574) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese From: Joe Offer 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- |
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25 Oct 15 - 01:06 PM (#3746589) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese From: maeve Joe, I've transcribed most of it, but am waiting for his songbook to arrive to be sure I've written it out correctly. |
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25 Oct 15 - 07:34 PM (#3746621) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese From: GUEST Excellent! Thanks everybody |
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13 Nov 15 - 03:39 PM (#3750586) Subject: Lyr Add: THE GREYLAG GEESE (Jim Reid) From: maeve 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) |
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14 Nov 15 - 10:55 AM (#3750858) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jim Reid- The Greylag Geese From: maeve Refresh... for those who requested Jim Reid's correct lyrics. |
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19 Nov 15 - 07:46 PM (#3752207) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Greylag Geese (Jim Reid) From: GUEST,Paul McKenna Excellent! Thank you |
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19 Nov 15 - 11:15 PM (#3752239) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Greylag Geese (Jim Reid) From: maeve You're most welcome, Paul. |