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25 Sep 17 - 04:13 PM (#3878692) Subject: Lyr Req: coming hoime From: GUEST,auldreekie i am looking for lyrics for a song i believe is called coming home the chorus is coming home to the land they've never been,coming home to a place they've never seen,coming home to a family they have never known all jock tamsons bairns are coming home. |
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25 Sep 17 - 04:56 PM (#3878697) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: coming hoime From: Tattie Bogle COMING HOME Put a light in the window, (all) Your brother's coming home, (women) Set a meal on the table, (all) Your brother's coming home, He'll be tired and weary after all these years alone, He's coming home, your brother's coming home. (women) Take the chain from the door, (all) Your sister's coming home, (women) Open wide your arms, (all) Your sister's coming home, Don't leave her standing there after all the pain she's known, She's coming home, your sister's coming home. Chorus (harmony) Coming home to a place they've never been, Coming home to a land they've never seen, Coming home to a family they have never known, All Jock Tamson's bairns ...are coming home. (women) He's been angry and afraid, (all) Your father's coming home, (women) He's been hounded and betrayed, (all) Your father's coming home, And with every act of kindness a seed of hope is sown He's coming home, your father's coming home. (women) Bring her in from the cold, (all) Your mother's coming home, (women) Sit her down by the fire, (all) Your mother's coming home, Make her warm, make her welcome before the chance is gone, She's coming home, your mother's coming home. Chorus Coming home, etc (harmony) (all) From Iraq and Zimbabwe, Your family's coming home, And from Turkey and Somalia, Your family's coming home, Seeking rest and refuge they have never known They're coming home, your family's coming home . Chorus Coming home, etc (harmony) Rep last line – All Jock Tamson's bairns.....are coming home. |
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25 Sep 17 - 05:00 PM (#3878699) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: coming hoime From: Tattie Bogle OOPs, that posted before I'd finished editing! You don't have to use that arrangement exactly! Written by friend and excellent songwriter from near Glasgow, Steven Clark in the 2000s: he submitted this song in a songwriting competition in which I also took part: not surprisingly, he won! Now sung by just about every community singing group and in every singin session in Scotland! |
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25 Sep 17 - 05:21 PM (#3878703) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: coming hoime From: FreddyHeadey Steven Clarke - (All Jock Tamson's Bairns Are) Coming Home https://www.antiwarsongs.org/canzone.php?id=40619&lang=en sung by Ian Bruce - Comin' Hame https://youtu.be/m1N-N6Z7gCY |
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25 Sep 17 - 06:02 PM (#3878706) Subject: ADD: Coming Home (Steven Clark) From: Joe Offer Here are the lyrics from Steven Clark's Website: COMING HOME (Steven Clark) Put a light in the window Your brother's coming home Set a meal on the table Your brother's coming home He'll be tired and weary After all these years alone He's coming home, your brother's coming home Take the chain from the door, Your sister's coming home Open wide your arms Your sister's coming home Don't leave her standing there After all the pain she's known She's coming home, your sister's coming home CHORUS Coming home to a place they've never been Coming home to a land they've never seen Coming home to a family they have never known A' Jock Tamson's bairns Are coming home He's been angry and afraid Your father's coming home He's been hounded and betrayed Your father's coming home And with every act of kindness A seed of hope is sown He's coming home. Your father's coming home CHORUS Bring her in from the cold Your mother's coming home Sit her down by the fire Your mother's coming home Make her warm, make her welcome Before the chance is gone She's coming home, your mother's coming home CHORUS From Iraq and Somalia, Your family's coming home And from Syria and Gaza Your family's coming home Seeking rest and refuge They have never known They're coming home, Your family's coming home CHORUS |
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25 Sep 17 - 06:02 PM (#3878707) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Coming Home From: FreddyHeadey Sorry, scratch the e from Clarke. And here is his current website http://stevenclarksongs.me.uk/lyrics.html#COMING_HOME but it's worth pasting some of the text from that other link above " ... It's also been arranged in a four-part version for Edinburgh choir Protest In Harmony, and is sung by the Eurydice choir. [[http://www.sundayherald.com/53500|"Coming Home" is mentioned here], and also in "Weegies vs Edinbuggers 2" by Ian Black. This song uses the Scots saying "We're all Jock Tamson's bairns". Broadly speaking, it means: We are all one family, the same under the skin, it takes all sorts. 'I live in Bishopbriggs, a more-or-less comfy suburb of Glasgow. Each day I travel by bus through Sighthill and Red Road, where many immigrants and refugees are housed. The song was a reaction to some of the casual, petty racism and begrudgery that occurs on a daily basis.' " ~~~~~~~~~ & Ian Bruce's page https://www.ianbruce.org |
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26 Sep 17 - 11:10 AM (#3878828) Subject: RE: req/ADD: Coming Home (Steven Clark) From: Tattie Bogle Thanks for fixing the formatting Joe! Steven has himself changed some of the countries mentioned in the last verse in line with world events,as you'll see from the version I posted, and the one Joe put up. Ian Bruce was in fact the judge at that songwriting competition I mentioned above, and asked Steven for permission to record it. It us also sung by the following Edinburgh and Lothians singing groups: Linten Adie, Sangstream, Sangschule, Scots Music Group singing classes, and more. |
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20 Dec 17 - 11:41 AM (#3894923) Subject: RE: Lyr Req/ADD: Coming Home (Steven Clark) From: Scabby Douglas Thanks for the very informative, not to mention kind, remarks. The song continues to make its own way in the world, occasionally sending back postcards of where it's travelled to. Here's a fairly recent live video of a rendition: (TBH I just wanted to make a blivky - haven't made a blicky for years!!) https://www.reverbnation.com/artist/video/15389655 And some other videos... https://www.reverbnation.com/stevenclarksongs/videos |