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23 Feb 03 - 11:31 AM (#896634) Subject: Lyr Req: Anthony Riley (Fryman/Fisher) From: Joan from Wigan This song isn't in the DT, and Google can't find the lyrics. The Forum Search is still not working, so I can't check whether it's been requested before. If it has, my apologies. The words are by ex-miner Ivan Fryman, set to music by Archie Fisher. A friend has asked for help with the fourth verse (he's managed to decipher the rest). My friend has been listening to an old Iain MacGillivray recording, but it has also been recorded by Hamish Imlach. Can anyone fill in the blanks please?: Now it's in the newspapers splashed over the headlines A capital story upon the front page But there's blood on the girders................................ And weeping dependants go with the cortege |
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23 Feb 03 - 11:45 AM (#896644) Subject: Lyr Add: ANTHONY RILEY (Fisher/Fryman) From: weerover Here it is as I remember from the singing of John Watt: ^^ ANTHONY RILEY As I made my way down the street to the colliery As I to my work was a-making my way I heard the sad news, and I heard the men talking Young Anthony Reilly has worked his last day And old Emlyn Williams lies dead in the fan-house The roof has caved in and the sides they gave way It'll be in the papers, splashed over the headlines What a big coup the newshounds will pocket today Willing hands to the rescue of poor stricken comrades To move the big rocks and discover their fate Upon the next payday there'll be a collection Not a newspaper owner will be there to donate It's in the newspapers, splashed over the headlines A capital story upon the front page But there's blood on the girders in the old Parker fan-house And weeping dependents go with the cortege When the coal merchant calls and you pay your good money Count well the bags as he lays them aside You'll be counting the cuts and the knocks and the bruises You'll be counting the lives of the men who have died wr |
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24 Feb 03 - 08:30 AM (#897212) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Anthony Riley (Fryman/Fisher) From: Joan from Wigan Many thanks, weerover! Joan |
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07 Feb 10 - 01:09 PM (#2832208) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Anthony Riley (Fryman/Fisher) From: Jim Dixon According to Allmusic.com, Hamish Imlach sang ANTHONY RILEY on his album "The Definitive Transatlantic Collection" (1998). There, the song is attributed to "Fisher/Frieman." There is precious little information on the Internet about this song, and there are inconsistencies. The song title might be spelled RILEY or REILLY and the poet's name might be Frieman or Fryman. I can't find any evidence that Archie Fisher ever recorded the song himself. |
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28 Aug 10 - 03:08 PM (#2974713) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Anthony Riley (Fryman/Fisher) From: GUEST Joe Cohen here. email s classiccigars@gmail.com Ivan Fryman was a friend of mine when I was still living in the UK,I am in the USA now,.HE KNEW LOTS OF OLD FOLK SONGS NOT JUST ABOUT MINERS BUT FROM HIS, AT THE TIME AGING MOTHER,.HE KNEW OLD FOLK JEWISH STUFF IN ENGLISH.GREW UP IN CHEETHAM HILL. LAST KNOWN TO ME IN HEBDON BRIDGE,.HE WILL BE MY AGE IN HIS 70 TIES LOVE TO HERE FROM HIM IF HE IS ALIVE |