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19 Oct 20 - 10:51 AM (#4075969) Subject: Lyr Req: 'The Navvies' by Mick Ryan From: The Man from UNCOOL I'm missing the first two verse-lines for this song, not the refrains, (I THINK this is its title, it may be "The Poppies") from "The Navvy's Wife", one of MR's folk operas. Chorus starts "And everywhere the poppies grow all over England \ every [?each] one the lonely waving of a long forgotten life… " Any help? Thanks |
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19 Oct 20 - 11:42 AM (#4075982) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The Navvies' by Mick Ryan From: GUEST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJXI5lv7JgQ May take some digging, but that's from the Chester FF. |
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23 Oct 20 - 10:53 PM (#4076612) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The Navvies' by Mick Ryan From: The Man from UNCOOL Thanks. It's the last song. Amazing how much folk-processing I'd done to the rest of it!! |
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25 Oct 20 - 08:37 AM (#4076750) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The Navvies' by Mick Ryan From: GUEST,CJB666 Try the excellent Waterways Songs site... http://www.waterwaysongs.info/ ==== |
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29 Oct 20 - 01:31 PM (#4077298) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The Navvies' by Mick Ryan From: Herga Kitty I've emailed Mick to let him know about this thread, but I don't know how often he's picking up his emails at the moment. Kitty |
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29 Oct 20 - 03:49 PM (#4077323) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The Navvies' by Mick Ryan From: Mick Pearce (MCP) Transcription from above link. Mick POPPIES (Mick Ryan) In The Great War out in France and Flanders poppies grew in millions, When the earth's disturbed the seeds begin to grow. In The Second War the poppies grew on bombsites everywhere, Like faces that you feel you ought to know. But before the war, between the wars, and since the wars were fought, Besides canals, beside the railways, and then beside the roads, Where the navvies worked and died the poppies grew to mark the pride Of the men who worked like men to build a land not yet their own. Chorus: And every year the poppies grow all over England, Every one the lonely waving of a long-forgotten life; By the roads and motorways, they spring out to mark the days Of the boys, of the men, of the navvies. They were young and old, but mostly young men, working here in England, When the earth's disturbed the seeds begin to grow. From old photographs they steal right through you, folding? in their labour With faces that you feel you ought to know. From every corner of the land, and from across The Irish Sea They came to build canals and railways and then to build the roads. And where the navvies worked and died the poppies grew to mark the pride Of the men who shifed tons of earth in land not yet their own. Chorus: And every year the poppies grow all over England, Every one the lonely waving of a long-forgotten life; By the roads and motorways, they spring out to mark the days Of the boys, of the men, of the navvies. By the roads and motorways, they spring out to mark the days Of the boys, of the men, of the navvies. Source: Mick Ryan: The Navvy's Wife(CD title) link above: live performance at Chester FF |
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30 Oct 20 - 08:05 AM (#4077429) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The Navvies' by Mick Ryan From: GUEST,Mick Ryan Just a couple of errors in the lyrics above.. From old photographs, they STARE right through you, PAUSING in their labour (etc>) Good Luck. Mick |
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30 Oct 20 - 02:17 PM (#4077481) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The Navvies' by Mick Ryan From: Mick Pearce (MCP) Thanks for the correction Mick. Mick |
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11 Nov 23 - 09:15 PM (#4185736) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The Navvies' by Mick Ryan From: GUEST,The Man from UNCOOL Further tiny corrections, I thinkm to MCP's transcription. In the last line of verse 2, isn't it "in A land", like verse 1. Also, I THINK it's "spring UP to mark the days", from what I recall having heard this sung live since making the initial enquiry. Belatedly, thanks for filling in, all. |
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11 Nov 23 - 09:15 PM (#4191632) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The Navvies' by Mick Ryan From: GUEST,The Man from UNCOOL Further tiny corrections, I thinkm to MCP's transcription. In the last line of verse 2, isn't it "in A land", like verse 1. Also, I THINK it's "spring UP to mark the days", from what I recall having heard this sung live since making the initial enquiry. Belatedly, thanks for filling in, all. |