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A Fishwife's Tale
03:43
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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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Iona Blues in E
06:13
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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
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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
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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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Jemima and James
05:54
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Honeybee
05:15
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Western Elemental
04:29
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The Golden Eagle Knows
06:05
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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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