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29 Apr 06 - 12:05 AM (#1729737) Subject: lyrics request From: GUEST,catlin The song starts with, "It's a long road and a dusty road for the red briar? and the rose. |
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29 Apr 06 - 12:13 AM (#1729742) Subject: RE: lyrics request From: GUEST,catlin "Merlin was playing his pipes in the wood and it sounded so sweet to my hearing" |
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29 Apr 06 - 01:03 PM (#1730017) Subject: RE: lyrics req: It's a long road and a dusty road... From: The Shambles Not the Tom Paxton song then? |
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29 Apr 06 - 02:57 PM (#1730076) Subject: RE: lyrics req: It's a long road and a dusty road... From: Ernest No, Brian McNeill: "The Blue Jay and the Cardinal" I will get the songbook and post it later, maybe tomorrow, if nobody beats me... Best Ernest |
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29 Apr 06 - 05:04 PM (#1730148) Subject: ADD: Blue Jay and the Cardinal (Brian McNeill) From: Ernest Here we are: Blue Jay and the Cardinal words and music: Brian McNeill) Its a(G) long (D)road and a dusty road to the red-bud- (A) and the (D)rose and a (G) bra-ver or a bet-ter man might (D) know where it (G)goes But I`ll look for a(D) bonny bower that no oth-(G)er knows with the blue (D) Jay and the Car-di-nal where the wild (A)Bri-ar (D)grows If I had a clear voice I`d sing loud and long to a tune you can only sing simple and strong One you`d like to sing right but you`re scared to sing wrong and the blue jay and the cardinal know the words of the song I rose up right and early and looked o´er the sky at a bright wish on red wings that sings as she flies for there`s many a good song you can sing if you try when the blue jay and the cardinal see the tear in her eye from the songbook of the Battlefield Band: Forward with Scotlands Past (ISBN 0 9511204 17). It is (also?) on a solo cd by Brian McNeill: "Unstrung Hero". Happy singing Ernest |
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30 Apr 06 - 11:23 PM (#1731035) Subject: RE: lyrics req: It's a long road and a dusty road... From: Big Mick Ernest, you mentioned a songbook. Does Brian have one that is available? All the best, Mick |
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01 May 06 - 04:43 AM (#1731087) Subject: RE: lyrics req: It's a long road and a dusty road... From: Ernest Mick, I don`t know if Brian McNeill has a songbook of his own, but the one from the Battlefield Band I got includes a lot of his compositions. Best wishes Ernest |