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Crab in the sun by the water, fisherman caught her Merchants there bought her So out of place on the dry land, Galapagos island Where she left her daughter Packed in a crate with a stingray, eyeing her up deadly But she knew him from the back bay Talking in the tongues of the sea, she told him exactly What they had to do to get free Listen to me, listen to me There is an underwater world out there Current drag you under, try to catch you unawares I'm an old sea snail, I'm hangin' round in a fishwife's tale Sand and mirrors in the zahir, a sarong and foreign love songs He fought so hard to get here He found his little Indian squaw, way more deadly than the stingray She is the quickest on the quickdraw Back to the crate on the dock, pincers in a rope lock Time's goin' tick-tock I was crawlin' on the ocean floor I got entangled in a Portuguese man o' war I'm an old sea snail, I'm hangin round in a fishwife's tale.
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I feel your spirit in the rain, iIfeel your spirit in the rain I feel your spirit in the rain, I reap the harvest, I plant the grain I feel your spirit in the rain. Devil real or devil false, devil real or devil false Devil real or devil false, I choose the righteous course Devil real or devil false. Sing the evensong tonight, sing the evensong tonight Sing the evensong tonight, cup yer candle, hold it tight Sing the evensong and sleep safely tonight. Monolithic standing stones, monolithic standing stones Monolithic standing stones Strike the evil from my bones Monolithic standing stones. St Oran's chapel sits on this ancient little rock, St Oran's chapel sits on this ancient little rock And on this ancient little rock, I swear I heard your spiriti knock On this ancient little rock.
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Get Free 04:11
I'm bailing out the shipwreck o' my life with just one shoe My hull is springin' leaks, it got rammed in 1982 Livin' like a leper takes it's toll on the crew Will ye tell me what's a hungry navigator got to do To get free, you got one over on me You evaded history, plant me one tree You take a jolt, you take a hit, sustain another dunt You try to fight your way clear from the crazies and the runts Seems like these days evrythin' just comes to evryone There's never been a better time, to be a stupid cunt Ah, listen to me! I am universally, R-O-S-S-C-O In the inner hebrides, plant me one tree Flay my bones of all that's gone Flay my bones of old songs Bird in the sky, bird in the sky Look out for my bird in the sky, she knlws how I feel She puts all of the blossom in the tree, everyday Do you know how that feels? Gimme breeze drifting on by, she'll tell you how it feels To get a new dawn, a new day, a new life Everytime Rpt 1st verse and chorus
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The River 03:21
The river is colder and wider today She's black in the night and she's blue in the day I don't need to jump in to get carried away When I come back a fish, please put me in the sea For the river is too cold for me I beg for deliverance, does the wind carry me? Sweet stagnation is pulling me now I was in the wrong place, when the anchor came down Now the locks are all closed and the streams are all froze up Can I make a home in the reeds here The clocks here have slowed to a practical stop And nature is takin' a breather Well I should have told her that I couldn't stay Before they dammed up the creek that led back to the bay I doubt that she'd listen to me anyway This little vein is too shallow for me My blood needs the salt to be free Somebody's draining the main artery If the world has a heart, we can swim to the part Where an octopus' arms will receive me Way down deep in the drink and surrounded by ink I'm in a place where the cold cannot seize me And there is no-one above or beneath me
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We went to The Depot studios in Granton, Edinburgh, and over two days we recorded Get Free. It features the songs we learned to play live in Bill Kyle's Jazz Bar, where we held a weekly residency. I think my friends play out of their skin on this record. I hope you enjoy listening to it.

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released August 8, 2012

Mike Kearney - Keys and backing vocals.
Calum McIntire - Drums
Calum Wood - Bass
Aki Remally - Lead guitar
Tommy Pickles - Flute and Sax
Rossco Galloway - Acoustic guitar and vocals
Roberta Pia - Backing vocals.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Garry Boyle.

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Rossco Galloway and The Chans. Sweden

Welcome to my bandcamp page. I am a Scottish folk Singer/Songwriter and guitarist. Originally from Gullane, a tiny east coast village in Scotland, i now live in Skellefteå, Sweden, via ten years spent learning my music trade in Edinburgh.

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