1. |
Mr Southern Man
04:22
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Mr Southern Man
Knocking at my door
Shut my Shops shut my gym
Now you’re closing our Bars
Mr Southern Man
Guess You come back for more?
Mr Southern Man
Why you here this time
Just workin my shift earning my wage
To Feed my kids and my wife
Mr Southern Man
Sure that ain’t no crime
Mr Southern Man
What am I gonna do
Can’t go to work, cant meet my friends
Cant Hug my family to
Mr Southern Man
What’s in it for you
Mr Southern Man
Your standing there all fine
In your business suit and shiny shoes
Eyes all cold and blind
To suffering you cause
To folks you crush and grind
Mr Southern Man
With your silver hair and tongue
Sugared words and empty pledges
Your smile says your having fun
Hope your conscience is clear
For your judgement day comes
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2. |
Killer who wears a crown
04:20
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There’s a killer who is wearin a crown
He’s in the air in our streets all around
We can’t hug pray or dance,
Shake hands or romance
Cos Covid is stalking our town, our town
King Corona is hanging around
Kaid low for months in lockdown
No folks on the streets of our town
Breath air or be free
See our friends and family
Cos Covid is stalking our town, our town
King Corona is hanging around
Came from the East on a breeze
Folks so tired and sick they can’t breathe
We can’t hug pray or dance,
Shake hands or romance
Cos Covid is stalking our town, our town
King Corona is hanging around
Can’t bury our loved ones who leave
Weep or mourn them or grieve
Say how we loved them and cared
For the good times we shared
Cos Covid is stalking our town, our town
King Corona is hanging around
Thank you for those who are there
Our NHS and our social care
In your debt we will stay
For ever and a day
Cos Covid is stalking our town, our town
King Corona is hanging around
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3. |
North Star
04:00
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Saw you off today
My best friend, you’re on your way
To where I cannot say
But I wish you well
I Buried you today
Cold wet ground, sky leaden grey
Fine cross to mark your grave
Farewell my friend
To River Jordan you have come
Through her mighty waters you have swum
Off into the setting sun
Wash your troubles away
You shone so strong you burned so bright
Warmed me like a camp fire light,
You were My North Star in the winters night
Farewell my friend...
The Preacher he had his say,
Said some fine things bout you today,
All the things you gone done,
Fore your journey home,
To River Jordan you have come
Through her mighty waters you have swum
Off into the setting sun
Wash your troubles away
You shone so strong you burned so bright
Warmed me like a camp fire light,
You were My North Star in the winters night
Farewell my friend...
We,ve all shared a beer or two,
said farewell to you,
Cried a little too,
For you my friend
Farewell my friend...
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4. |
White Feather
03:37
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Cries of war are in the town
Join up join up sounds all around
Come and fight for your country
For God and King and old Blighty
Come and join our Khaki band
Come and fight for Old England
Fight to keep our Albion free
Fight the Hun across the sea
White feathers, thrust in my hand
Come and join our Khaki band
Come fight with us be a man
Come and Join us or be damned
Conscience clear as a starry night
To take a life is no mans right
I’ll Take no field with gun or knife
To take another mans life
White feathers, thrust in my hand
Come and join our Khaki band
Come fight with us be a man
Come and Join us or be damned
Forgive me my love for your shame
A stain upon our family name
Hope our love heals with time
To be a coscie is no crime.
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5. |
Birtley Outlaw Blues
04:29
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Done his time in the Pen now he's free
To Get revenge On the constabulary,
He went to Blythe to get a gun that's true
Get Carter got nothin on you
Got nothin on you
He was a desperate man Outlaw of Birtley town
Put a shotgun to his head Before the cops could shoot him down.
Drove to Denton, Saw a policeman in his car,
Shot him thro the glass just for being there.
Now he’s wanted through Durham county
Went to ground, In Wild West Rothbury,
In Wild West Rothbury,
He was a desperate man Outlaw of Birtley town
Put a shotgun to his head Before the cops could shoot him down.
He had nowhere to go He was a pistoleyros
Nowhere to run to He was a desperado
He was all alone No partner, no friends,
Marshals were closing in, soon be at an end,
Marshals said "give up, "Get down on your knees,"
But he didn’t want to lose face and Surrender on TV,
lose face and Surrender on TV,
He was a desperate man Outlaw of Birtley town
Put a shotgun to his head Before the cops could shoot him down.
He had nowhere to go He was a pistoleyros
Nowhere to run to He was a desperado
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Andy Fraser and the Tunstallachia Upland Boys Sunderland, UK
Andy is a former member of the Sunderland Bluegrass band The Heavenly Thrillbillies. Andy is song writer, Guitar, Dobro and
Harmonica player in the band. The Tunstallacia Upland Boys is a series of solo compositions by Andy. All compositions instrument and vocal tracks and production were made by Andy.
I hope you enjoy the music here.
Andy Fraser
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