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Hallelulah! I see freedom

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FAREWELL TO CHAINS

 The time has come to end this pain

To celebrate the Scottish reign

To gather up what we hae sae’n

And bid farewell to chains

From Nova Scotia to Freemantle Bay

From Cape to the Downs of May

We hear the whisper everyday

The chink of chains will fade away

By lochs where ruins lie

I hear cleared men cry

‘You live through we hae died

For hopes and dreams and pride’  

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THE JELLICOE EXPRESS

‘Wake up son look after Mam

You’re only four now you’re a man

I’m going to war it won’t be long

Until Jellicoe will bring me home’

Awa to war brave crofter man

He’s gone to fight the mighty hun

He’s gone to war to save our land

He’s gone to fight for me and Mam

It’s so lonely nights are long

But I am brave and I am strong

Each night we hear the thunderous roar

The Jellicoe goes by once more

In the early morning light

Marrel lies in peace and quiet

Dad is our fighting for our rights

Mama’s on her own tonight

We’ll go gatherin’ in the glen

We’ll go fishing to the sea

Burning bracken on the Ben

Son watch o’er your Mam for me

War is over Dad come home

Lord don’t leave us on our own

The Jellicoe crawls up the glen

Without our young brave Highland men

And on the night when all is lost

The train creeps quietly by the croft

On foreign fields he proudly dies

And all I hear is Mama’s cries

My mother lies now on her own

I hear her crying all alone

Death has chilled us to the bone

Oh Jellicoe please bring him home

We’ll go gatherin’ in the glen

We’ll go fishing to the sea

Burning bracken on the Ben

Son watch o’er your Mam for me

Now fifty years have slowly passed

And my dying dreams are fading fast

With a heavy heart I’ve left the strath

And gone to my Dad’s grave at last

Reichweldt’s quiet and peaceful Mam

Dad’s lying in the forest calm

With 7,000 saintly men

All waiting bravely for the train

As I touch your sacred grave

I quietly hum a peaceful psalm

And tell you not to worry now

For I hae kept watch o’er Mam

And when I walk away

I hear my father say

You’ll go gatherin’ in the glen

You’ll go sailing to the sea

Don’t sit alone on yonder Ben

Son you’ll always be with me

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PEACE AND FREEDOM

 You can take my hands and pray

And throw it all away

You can shed my blood and tears for freedom

You can change the world today

As I stumble on my way

You can bring us hope and peace and freedom

Silent night

Praying

For all the innocent

Who died for freedom

Crying tonight

Remembering

All the souls in heaven

Praying for freedom

You can touch our foreign land

And help us understand

What we do with all this peace and all this freedom

You can sleep in faith and love

With the only God above

You can sing the songs of peace and freedom

Let me take your hand

Tonight

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CIANALAS

 Fare thee well to the dust and to the land

I confess I did wrong

I’m but a man

I shall surely die I peace

If I’m alone

Aye

The ruin in the glen

Is still my home

Lay me down

In holy ground

My resting place

I have found

The sacred ground

My resting place

Lay me down

In Highland ground

My resting place

Cianalas

There’s a house in yonder glen

Where I belong

I still hear my true love sing

Her Highland songs

But the winds of change blew hard

And they blew strong

In the burns

The blood and tears

Flow ever on

As they reaped

So have I sown

Upon the land

Where the clan withstands the rock

But not the man

I must know from whence I come

To journey on

To a place where I can hear

The Highland songs

Cianalas

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HALLELUJAH! I SEE FREEDOM

Who’s the boy on the good ship Pamela

Who’s the child on the wild North Sea

He’s the dreamer who died for freedom

They couldn’t take his pride

Or liberty

Who’s the girl on the good ship Hector

Ta’en from her bed by the lazy sea

She’s going to Pictou, wild Nova Scotia

Another hopeless child

Of liberty

Hallelujah!

I see freedom

On Desolation Road

And by the wild North Sea

Hallelujah!

We shall remember

Those who have died

For liberty

Who’s the man on the fine ship Justice

Tied in chains on the wild North Sea

He feels the pain of dependence

Of giving up the right

For liberty

Who’s the rogues on the old ship Treason

Trading hope by the wild North Sea

They denied us in the name of progress

This time we shall rise

For liberty

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WE ARE THE LAND

You could say this rock is yours

I could say it’s mine

But it don’t matter when it comes to dying

For if we kill for rock and sand

Shall we ever understand

It’s we who belong to the dust

We are the land

We’re nothing but a handful of dust

We are the land

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XII Taboos.

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DOUNREAY

The sun has risen over Alba

The virgin soil stirs from sleep

The Calvinist and crofter shepherd

Their aimless starving heartless sheep

On yonder Ben there stands a statue

A soulless stone that carves the path of fate

And in his hand he holds a Bible

The rod of wrath; the rod of hate

One day I’ll watch my children dying

I’ll turn my back to hide my crying

I should have stopped these people lying

Dounreay has blown us into heaven

Across the moor the wind has carried

The dust of death through the decades

From Sellar, Westminster to Dounreay

The Highland flame begins to fade

As Ossian sits and sketches scriptures

The church begins to waste away

For even Mary was a virgin

But there is always one Dounreay

One day I’ll watch my children dying

I’ll turn my back to hide my crying

I should have stopped these people lying

Dounreay has blown us into heaven

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SAVANNAH

Savannah - please hold my hands

And help me understand

Why your eyes are emeralds

In a red, red Highland sky

Tears falling from the clouds so high

I see miracles in your eyes

And when you smile I feel incredible

I can’t sleep tonight

Thinking about you lying by my side

Your love comes pouring in like morning light

That’s why I want you

Savannah

I call your name

I hear the echoes of a run-away train

Love is just a game

Of throwing dice for your emeralds

In a red, red sky

I say I want you and you start to cry

A tapestry of tears fall from your eyes

And when you kiss me I feel incredible

See the miracles in your eyes

Tears falling fro the clouds so high

In a red, red sky you kiss me

And I feel so incredible

I can’t sleep tonight

Thinking about you lying by my side

Your love comes pouring in like morning light

That’s why I want you

Savannah

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THE JOKE IS ON ME

I need your love

I’m waiting for your call

Please call tonight

Any time at all

I’ve got your photograph

Pinned on my wall

Need your love

Starting to fall

Is this how it feels

To ride on the wind

You’re coming to save me

Because I have sinned

Washing the blood from my fingers

Hey! You’re crucifying me

That’s why I’m sad

Because the joke is on me

Does he love you

The way I do

Is he gentle

When he touches you

Will he kiss you

When you’ve got the blues

Can he feel your love

Like I’m beginning to

Dreamt last night

She made me fly

Dreamy your love

And her golden eyes

That’s why I’m sad

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THE JELLICOE EXPRESS

Always the same waiting for the train

To whistle twice coming round the bend

Never again will I let you die

Or slip away into the sands of time

I’m waiting for the Jellicoe Express

10.55; I heard the victory cry

Mama’s alone because my dad has died

The bravest man you set your eyes upon

But now he’s gone into a foreign land

I’m waiting for the Jellicoe Express

Whiter than white gravestones and poppies bright

All is quiet on a silent night

Never again waiting for the train

To whistle twice coming round the bend

I’m waiting for the Jellicoe Express  

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PRECIOUS ONE

You are my river always rushing by

I’m your ocean vanish in my tide

Standing stones whispering the time

Seams of gold trapped inside my mind

What can I do

Because I am so in love with you

My Precious One

You are my island, my Northern Lights

Aurora Borealis on frosty nights

I am tragedy, merciless and might

You the calmest wind, seahorses so white

What can I do

Because I am so in love with you

My Precious One

Precious to me

I’ll set you free

And you could be my Precious One

I am the hero, you’re my golden sand

Touch your Caledonia , I become a man

You unleashing, eye me as I stand

I press my self against your sacred land

What can I do

Because I am so in love with you

My Precious One

I am the eagle souring in the sky

You’re my Cailleach Oidhche as you fly

Spirit woman, Spiritus Mundii

I will love you until the day I die

Precious to me

I’ll set you free

And you could be my Precious One

What can I do

Because I am so in love with you

My Precious One

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SO HAPPY

 So this is what it means

To be out of my head

In love with you

Catching the moon and stars

Making love in the back of your car

On Brahan Seer Boulevard

I’m so high up in the sky

Don’t need drugs

I’ve got drugs

I heard the wise man say

That you were out of your head

In love with me

High and free on the ecstasy

Of love in the back of your car

On Brahan Seer Boulevard

I’m so high up in the sky

Don’t need drugs

I’ve got drugs

Time for living

Time for dying

Ain’t no time for your cry, cry, crying

Get down on your knees

And ask me why

Say ‘wo baby’

Time for love

Time for hate

Go swing on heaven’s gate

Get down on your knees

And ask me why

Say ‘wo baby’

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  JAMESTOWN

You live in the city

I live in the wilds

Separated by a million miles

I’m waiting for you to come

I wish I was in Jamestown

Lying by your side

Waltzing round the waters

With the guitars playing all night

I’m waiting for you to come

I wish I was in Jamestown

Lying by your side

I wish I was in Jamestown

Magical the moment

Intimate the night

Banjos, fiddles and the old guitars

Kissing in the pale moonlight

I wish I was in Jamestown

Lying by your side

Where’s my family and friends

I’m on the road again

Why did the party have to end

I’m waiting for you to come

I wish I was in Jamestown

Lying by your side

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IMPOSSIBLE DREAMS

 Holy Man secures the creel

From the rivers of tears

You tried to conceal

Find the stone and carve in my name

All God’s lobsters going insane

To you it may seem I’m chasing

Impossible Dreams

Lobster man: guess what I see

A boy who followed the man

He’s born to be

Within lies the blood

The heart and the soul

To you it may seem he’s out of control

But I’m that boy who’s chasing

Impossible Dreams

Finding the oceans

Finding the trees

Finding the land of the free

Finding the Gael

Finding the sea

Finding what it means to be living

Impossible Dreams

Gabriel angel of hope

Mends the fiery cross that apathy broke

Take my hand, let’s kneel down and pray

That freedom will come

At the end of the day

That’s why I’ll always be chasing

Impossible Dreams

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DAVY’S SONG

 She’s sitting by the fire

Singing Wild Mountain Thyme

Bringing back the memories

You’re always on my mind

When you sang this song for me

When you said you’d marry me

This is where I’ll always be

In memories

It’s raining there’s a gale a-blowing

I hear your voice tonight

I feel you sitting beside me

And singing of the mountain thyme

I close my eyes and think of you

There’s nothing else to do

I live and breathe for you

And you carry me

When you sing this song for me

We kiss so heavenly

Living without you

Will be a memory

She singing and I am crying

She sang this song for you

I know that when I die I’ll travel

To the Corrie Shalloch with you

When you sang this song for me

We kissed so heavenly

Now living without you

Is a memory

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CALLING OUT YOUR NAME

 When I come home will you be there

Standing on the stairs

Will you reach out your hand

And call me up

Or turn away

My love

I’m calling out your name

A thousand times

When I believe

Will you know

To follow

Where I go

Will you take off your clothes

And let me touch

Or turn away

My love

I’m calling out your name

A thousand times

When you’re not here

You’re always on my mind

This is not heaven

This must be hell

That’s why I’m calling out your name

A thousand times

When I’m dying

Will you be there

Crying

Or will you care

Will you pray for my soul

To God above

Or turn away

My love

I’m calling out your name

A thousand times

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DENQULI

 My name is DenQuli

And I am sad

They took away my pride

And all the dreams I ever head

My home is simplicity

Made of bars

It’s the spaces between

That leave all these burning scars

I can fly

Over the sea

Because I am free

I am a free bird

I fly in the sky

Flying above me

When I pray to God

And close my eyes

My dream is eternal

That I will die

Praying to God

With a purple smile

And a middle eye

I can fly

Over the sea

Because I am free  

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