14 Dec 98 - 08:08 AM (#49395) Subject: Lyr Add: MAN OF THE EARTH (Bernie Parry)^^ From: Ritchie I like this song rather than add it to one of the many threads here it is... MAN OF THE EARTH
Every day as I go through the old shanty town,
CHORUS: A man of the earth, a man of the soil,
Forty years in the iron works broke his will, CHORUS
Every Saturday evening, he's down at the club, CHORUS
Every day as I go through the old shanty town CHORUS
Written by Bernie Parry ^^
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14 Dec 98 - 06:18 PM (#49461) Subject: RE: LYRICS added for'Man of the earth' From: John in Brisbane Perhaps Bob or Alan could contribute the marvellous Australian song of the same, collected by Warren Fahey (?) in the mid 70's? It's one song I've always wanted to learn.
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12 Sep 00 - 08:04 AM (#295565) Subject: Man of the Earth From: GUEST,Dai Crowther I am looking for the lyrics (chords would be helpful)to the song 'Man of the Earth'. Any clues appreciated. Dai. Click for related thread |
12 Sep 00 - 08:20 AM (#295577) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Man of the Earth From: GUEST,JMCM Talking from memory I think it was written by Bernie Parry. Vin Garbutt recorded it on Topic and Bernie then put out an album on a small independent label. I will supply more details when I get them, love john. |
12 Sep 00 - 01:51 PM (#295781) Subject: Lyr Add: MAN OF THE EARTH (Bernie Parry)^^ From: radriano Wow, thanks for the reminder you guys. I used to sing this and forgot all about it. I believe it is in a previous thread but if you're having trouble searching here are the lyrics: MAN OF THE EARTH By Bernie Parry Every day as I go through the old shanty town where the sheds and allotments all stand I see the old man of the land with a rake or a spade in his hand And he's there in all weather in sunshine and rain, I hesitate as I go past Is he happy or sad with his task, oh I haven't the time for to ask. Chorus: A man of the earth, a man of the soil In his lonely allotment he labours and toils He's not much to do since he turned sixty five So he's took to his garden to keep him alive It's his only joy and his pride Forty years in the iron works,broke his will and his back and shoulders are round There was no other work in the town so they had him both fettered and bound Then all of a sudden he turned sixty five and the bosses said "Thank you my man" And they stuck a gold watch in his hand as behind him the door quickly slammed Chorus Every Saturday evening he's down at the club and he stands with his mates at the bar Slowly sipping a solitary jar, oh a pension won't go very far. So he sells a few things to his neighbours and friends, a few of the things that he grows But he has to watch how he goes or they'll stop all his pension, he knows. Chorus Every day as I go through the old shanty town where the sheds and allotments all stand I see the old man of the land with a rake or a spade in his hand For I cannot linger, I must be gone, for I work in the iron works too I started there five years ago, only forty five more years to go, Chorus Regards, Radriano ^^ |
12 Sep 00 - 02:22 PM (#295810) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Man of the Earth From: Malcolm Douglas For reference, the other thread (1998) is here: Man of the Earth Malcolm |
15 Sep 00 - 09:06 PM (#298372) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Man of the Earth From: GUEST,Dai Crowther Thanks John/Radriano/Malcolm - Just what I wanted. I learnt the song from a Pat Ryan album yonks ago but forgot the lyrics and mislaid the album (darned good it was). Many thanks again. Dai. |
16 Sep 00 - 02:19 PM (#298728) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Man of the Earth From: Tig You can find the words and tune on Bernie Parry's CD 'Man of the Earth'. It's PUNCD9061. You can get a book of Bernie's songs ISDN 1 899512 41 1. It's from Dave Mallinson Publications - if it's still in print! |
16 Sep 00 - 02:47 PM (#298753) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Man of the Earth From: McGrath of Harlow Bernie was thinking of his father when he wrote it. I remember the first time I saw him, in a singaround, in Whitby I think. "People think Vin Garbutt wrote this song, but I did" he said - and sang Man of the Earth (Though Vin is pretty good about telling people who wrote the songs he sings in a live performance - but we don't always read the small print on the recordsm, and I'd assumed this was one of Vin own somgs till that moment.)
One thing that always strikes me is that this song is set in its time now, and that's a world away from today:
"I work in the iron works too I started there five years ago, only forty five more years to go"
Noone could write those lines now. The job for life and the ironworks and so forth are gone, for good or ill. It's get-by-how-you-may time now. |
12 May 02 - 05:06 PM (#709659) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Man of the Earth From: GUEST,Bernie Parry, writer of 'Man Of The Earth'. Thanks for the mention. Just two things. On your website you missed out the last verse of 'Man Of The Earth'. The song was based, not on my father but my grandfather. |
12 May 02 - 05:15 PM (#709668) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Man of the Earth From: GUEST,Bernie Parry, writer of 'Man Of The Earth'. Thanks for the mention. Just one thing. The song was based, not on my father but my grandfather. The song is in the key of 'G'. Included in the song are the chords G, C, D, D7, Am, Amajor, A7. The main melodic hook happens in the change from Am to Amajor. I was 22 when I wrote 'Man Of The Earth', I'm now 52. The song is still going strong; it will probably outlast me despite the recent slagging in Stirrings magazine website. Oh, such small minded people with even smaller minds. No wonder I've retired. |
12 May 02 - 05:16 PM (#709669) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Man of the Earth From: McGrath of Harlow Welcome here Bernie! Sorry I skipped a generation there in saying it was your father.
The full version is on that link Malcome Douglas gave. At least I think it is - maybe Bernie could check it for accuracy. |
12 May 02 - 05:29 PM (#709675) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Man of the Earth From: GUEST,Bernie Parry McGrath of Harlow and anyone else who wishes to discuss 'Man Of The Earth' and any of my MANY other compositions, my Email address is: b.parry4@ntlworld.com |
12 May 02 - 05:33 PM (#709680) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Man of the Earth From: GUEST,MCP I posted (what I remembered as) the tune in Tune Req:Man Of The Earth Mick |
12 May 02 - 05:36 PM (#709682) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Man of the Earth From: GUEST,MCP Sorry - that link should have been Tune Req:Man of the Earth Mick |
12 May 02 - 11:58 PM (#709897) Subject: RE: LYRICS added for'Man of the earth' From: Bob Bolton G'day John i B, I must have skimmed past this in 1998 .. perhaps because it was already a Lyrics Added thread. Did you ever get the the words to the Australian (coal-mining) song of the same name? I can't see it in the Digital Tradition - and the only threads that come up under this name relate to the English song Vin Garbutt sings. I have the Larrikin recording at home, so I can dig them out for you if you still want them... maybe after I get this issue of Mulga Wire (BTW: #151 ... that's 25 years of publishing it ... started June 1978!) to bed. Regards, Bob Bolton |
13 Jun 02 - 09:01 AM (#729098) Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: MAN OF THE EARTH From: Bob Bolton G'day again John in Brisbane, It took me 3 years and five months to notice this thread ... and promise the Australian song ... so another month or so is hardly anything ... is it ... ? Anyway:
I imagine that the version you have heard is the one sung by Phyl Lobl and Tony Suttor of The Larrikins on their LP Man of the Earth (Larrikin 001, 1985) and published by Warren Fahey in his book EUREKA - The Songs That Made Australia, Omnibus Press, Sydney, 1985. Regards, Bob Bolton
MIDI file: mote-eur.mid Timebase: 240 TimeSig: 3/4 24 8 This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
MIDI file: motes1-2.mid Timebase: 240 TimeSig: 2/2 48 8 This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
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13 Jun 02 - 11:22 PM (#729682) Subject: RE: LYRICS added for'Man of the earth' From: John in Brisbane Thanks Bob for this and the PM. What a bloody marvellous song and deserves to be much better known! I'd been meaning to ask Tony Suttor for some time. Much better late than never. Regards, John |
14 Jun 02 - 02:56 AM (#729744) Subject: RE: LYRICS added for'Man of the earth' From: John in Brisbane I thought I'd go the whole hog and add the lyrics as per the newer ABC Notation Standard, as per below. In checking my notation I note for the first time that Alan's ABC program doesn't handle tied notes correctly. (No offence Alan, we all know that your program was a milestone for submitting tunes to this place - or some of us anyway). For ties which traverse barlines the hyphen should go BEFORE the barline rather than after it, as in Bob's example above.
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14 Jun 02 - 07:14 AM (#729819) Subject: RE: LYRICS added for'Man of the earth' From: Bob Bolton G'day again John, Actually, the MIDItxt applet I'm using is (apparently) not the latest version. I need to figure out how to update! Then we might get a better rendition into ABC (not that I would notice ... I read dots because they are so much easier and more informative!). BTW: If you want the dots, I have all the versions of the tune set in my music program ... and "printed" to PDF, which you can read - and print from - if you have Acrobat (or any other) PDF reader. As well, since Adobe is getting a bit bloody-minded about font substitution, I have also saved all these as 300 dpi TIFFs, which can print on anything and not get stuffed for fonts. I can e-mail them to you, if you want them. Regards, Bob Bolton |
29 May 09 - 06:38 PM (#2643897) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Man of the Earth From: GUEST,Richard Bryce I'm so glad I found this sight. I heard a young man sing this song back in 1978 at a pub in Sheffield, England. I loved it. A friend of mine, who lived in Sheffield at the time, got the chords and lyrics for me and I started playing it for a time. A while back I pulled out that old yellowed lead sheet to play it again only to find the last two lines of verse two had been torn off the paper and I've been looking for the full lyrics since then. Thank you! |