Song Lyrics Unknown - Generations Of Change    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Generations Of Change Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Generations Of Change Theme ID: 4149 Album: N/A GENERATIONS OF CHANGE 1. My father was a ploughman in a wee place near Capely He worked on the land all the days o' his life By the time he made second he aye said he reckoned he'd ploughed near on half o' the east nuke of Fife. He'd feed on at Randerson, Crawhill and Camberton, Campbell and Camby and Big Rennyhill At Burnbrae he married, at Kirkton he's buried But man had he lived, he'd be ploughin' on still Ah but those days were his days, those ways were his ways To follow the plow while his back was still strong But those days are past, and the time come at last When the weakness of age must give way to the young. 2. Well I was nae for ploughin', to the sea I was goin' To follow the fish and the fisherman's ways In rain, hail and sunshine, I watch the long run line No man mere contented he's here working days. I've long lined the dogger bank, Pulled the great fish from the deep devil's hole. I've sighted troal off Shetland, the Faros and Iceland In weather much worse than a body could bold. Ah but those days were my days, those ways were my ways To follow the fish while my back was still strong But those days are past, and the time come at last For the weakness of age to make way for the young. 3. Now my sons they are grown, away they have flown To search for black oil in the dark northern sea Like oilman they walk and like Texans they talk (yankees?) Aye, there's no much in common 'tween my sons and me. They've rough rigged on Josephine, Forties and Linnean, Claymore and Dunlen, the Fisher and Dock, They've made fortunes for sure, for in one trip ashore They spend more than I earned in a whole seasons work. Ah but this day is there day, this way is there way To ride the rough rigs while there backs are still strong But their day will pass, and the time come at last For the weakness of age to make way for the young. (continued on next page) page two, generations of change 4. Now my grandsons they're growing, to the school soon be goin' But the long days of summer they'll spend here with me We walk through the warm days and talk of the old days Of the corn and the codfish, the land and the sea. We'll walk through the fields that my father once tilled, Talk to the old men who once sailed with me Man it's been awfully good, I'm showing them all I could Of the past and the present, what their future might be. For the morn will be their day, what will be their way What will they make o' the land, sea and sky? Man, I've seen awfully change, but it still seems very strange To look at the world through a young laddie's eyes. (Man, I've seen naught but change, but .....) from Ed Miller singing at FSGW program. learned 1985 by Archie Fisher sung by Cila Fisher and Artie Trezeise @Scots @work filename[ GENCHANG DC ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Gim Grinning Ghosts, God Rest Ye Marry Gentlemen, Goober Peas, Good Ale, Good Boy, Good Christian Men Rejoice, Good Fish Chowder, Good King Wenceslas, Good Luck To The Barley Mow, Good Night Irene, Good Night Irene Parody, Good Old Jeff, Good Old Mountain Dew, Good Peanuts, Good People, Good Ship Venus, Goodby To The Thirty Foot Trailer, Goodbye Fare Ye Well, Goodbye Old Paint, Goodbye Song, Goodnight Stars, Goodnight Moon, Goodnightloving Trail, Gooey Duck Song, Gory Gory, Gospel Boat, Gospel Changes, Government On Horseback, Gower Wassail, Gpu, Grafted Into The Army, Grandfathers Clock, Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer, Grapes On The Vine, Great Green Gobs, Great Mandela, Great Storm Is Over, Greece Anthem Text, Greece Native Anthem Text, Green Back Dollar, Green Brier Shore, Green Broom, Green Bushes, Green Green Its Green They Say, Green Grow The Lilacs, Green Grow The Rashes O, Green Mountain, Green Valley, Greenback Dollar, Greenbergs, Greenland Fisheries, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy