Artist: | The Fureys (English) |
User: | malcolmgeorgewalker |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
My D father rises early and he G makes a sup of Em tea,
he A lights the kitchen A7 stove and G then he calls D me.
His D days are often empty, he’s G nothing much to Em do,
so he A sits and tells me A7 stories of the D travelling life he knew.
Chorus1
In the Bm evening they would meet in G lonely country lanes
A G field away you’ll Bm hear a collie G bark.
And they’d Bm pass the time away with G talk about the day,
A standing round the G campfire in the dark
A standing round the G campfire in the dark
My D mother likes the house, the hot G water and the Em rooms,
it’s A warm in the A7 winter and she’s G handy with the D broom.
D Sometimes she makes colcannon, more G often griddle Em bread,
there’s a A hunger deep A7 inside her for the D travelling life thats dead
Chorus2
In the Bm evening she would lift, the G black pot from the coals,
‘a Bm bit to eat‘ she G always would remark.
There’d be Bm vessels left to clean while G children could be seen
A playing round the G campfire in the dark
A playing round the G campfire in the dark.
Instrumental: Play same tune as the chorus (above)
We’d D go down to the pool hall to G chat up the town Em boers,
A sometimes at their A7 discos we G can’t get past D the doors.
We’re D still tinkers to them and it’s G thrown at our Em ears,
We’re A still the awful A7 strangers even G after all these D years
And I D think about my own life and the G way that it will Em be,
an A escort van, a bit of A7 dealing, a G wife and a D family.
D Thursday I collect the dole, G Friday pitch and Em toss,
But on the A site I think A7 about the G traveller’s ways we’ve D lost.
Chorus3
And I Bm wish that I could rise, wash the G sleep out of these Em eyes,
and Bm listen to the G sweet song of the lark.
And I Bm wish that I could be in G campfire company,
with the A sound of horses G moving in the dark,
with the A sound of horses G moving in the dark,
with the A sound of horses G moving in the dark.