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A Time and a Place

by Lew Bear

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There's nought but care on every hand, In every hour that passes, O: What signifies the life of man, If it were not for the lasses, O. Green grow the rashes , O; Green grow the rashes , O; The sweetest hours that e'er I spend, Are spent among the lasses, O. The worldly race may riches chase, - And riches still may fly them, O; And though at last they catch them fast, Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O. Green grow the rashes , O; Green grow the rashes , O; The sweetest hours that e'er I spend, Are spent among the lasses, O. Give me a cannie hour at e'en , My arms about my dearie, O; And worldly cares and worldly men May a' Gae tapsalteerie, O! Green grow the rashes , O; Green grow the rashes , O; The sweetest hours that e'er I spend, Are spent among the lasses, O. For you sae douce , ye sneer at this; You're nought but senseless asses, O: The wisest man the world e'er saw , He dearly loved the lasses, O. Green grow the rashes , O; Green grow the rashes , O; The sweetest hours that e'er I spend, Are spent among the lasses, O. Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O: Her prentice hans she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O. Green grow the rashes , O; Green grow the rashes , O; The sweetest hours that e'er I spend, Are spent among the lasses, O.
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Cant help but love the little things, when they’re all that you’ve got As long as I remember that I’ll be happier than not Coz when I lost everything I saw that everything aint a lot Chorus So you’ll find me feeling free, drinking tangerine and verbena green tea ah ha And you’ll find me feeling fine, sipping damson and black cherry wine ah ha The birds are singing in the trees and the river’s running clear A little more sun every day, there really is nothing left to fear Cant help but feeling good every single spring every year Chorus The blossom’s bursting open. Looks like snow on the ground The corn is growing fast and tall. New life has been found Smell the growth in the air I feel like a king just got crowned Chorus First verse
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People would say when I was a lad Why so glum why so sad You’ve got your whole life ahead of you And worries and fears well you have few And I said Chorus The grass it grows greener on the other side The grass grows greener on the other side The sun is high and the water’s wide Where the grass grows greener on the other side People would say when I was young Don’t mess around don’t have too much fun But I had the itchiest feet in town And I never ever ever want to settle down So I said Chorus People would say in middle age Don’t you feel trapped and in a cage I said no I did it all when in my prime Now it’s you singing my old rhyme And they said Chorus People do say now that I’m old How are you so fearless and so bold Of the end, of death, everyone fear But you have grown more careless through the years And I said Chorus
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Izzy 06:02
Back round the turn of the 20th century There was a maid by the name of Izzy Not from nobility but neither was she poor Now she’s known forever more as The first girl in Northamptonshire, to love a dark skinned man The last girl in Northamptonshire, tarred and feathered as she ran There was a labourer on Cank Farm Both tall and wide, never did any harm Straight from the new world descent from slavery And then he met the maiden Izzy The first.... Izzy taught letters to the Cank farm girls They loved her charm and her long luscious curls They weren’t the only ones, the labourer too Izzy looked back, her heart grew The first... Illicit love was all they ever knew But of a strength known to few They met in the fields and forests of Cank farm And couldn’t know she would soon come to harm The first... Build into downstrums on Am7 Soon the Sprattoners they found out They cried for shame up went a shout Women plucked chickens while they still flapped The men burnt pitch and set a trap...for They caught Izzy at the top of the Sands The men poured tar. The women held her hands Threw on the feathers such pain she never knew They let go. Down the sands Izzy flew Watching on was Izzy’s youngest niece Weeping fell to her knees Kept the secret ‘til her death bed There to her Great-Granddaughter said....never forget The first...
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Someone once asked me what I ‘member bout my Nan and Pap She was a short skinny woman he’s a tall ruddy faced chap He’d let out a scream when he put on aftershave But the thing I ‘member most was a crow my pappy saved Charlie the crow, called out his name In the sun and the pouring rain Charlie the crow is always the same Charlie the crow’s pecking at my toes again I lived there for a while when I was just a lad Had to stay there coz my Mum was feeling bad They put me in the garden and worked me like a slave But the thing I ‘member most was a crow my pappy saved Charlie the crow, called out his name In the sun and the pouring rain Charlie the crow is always the same Charlie the crow’s pecking at my toes again When pappy died it hit everybody hard I went to see Charlie one last time in the yard But he’d been sent off to an aviary Once in a while I could go and see Of course I miss pappy now he’s in his grave But the thing I miss most is the crow my pappy saved Charlie the crow, called out his name In the sun and the pouring rain Charlie the crow is always the same Charlie the crow’s pecking at my toes again
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When I was bound apprentice in old Northamptonshire I served me master truly for seven long year Then I took up game poaching on this ya now must hear A shiny night is a mighty light any season of the year My companion and I we were setting four or five And when we took them up again we caught a hare alive A gamekeeper was passing as for him we did not fear A shiny night is a mighty light any season of the year We slung him over our shoulders and wandered through the town We called unto the neighbourhood and sold him for a crown We sold him for a crown me boys but I dare not tell ya where A shiny night is a mighty light any season of the year Now game is banned fae poachers but I do not think tis fare Good luck to every gamekeeper who's willing to buy a hare Bad luck to every gamekeeper who would not sell his deer A shiny night is a mighty light any season of the year
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Everything is golden, everything is sweet Everything is golden baby, everything is sweet Don't forget, it's ok to feel okay No don't forget, it's ok to feel okay You don't need punishment no, and you're not cursed So go ahead now life and do your worst
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Ripples 03:20
There’s a man who built upon a rock, To the ticking of a clock As his life was speeding past When he laid the final brick, he’d caught the carrot lost the stick So he gave it all away There’s nothing solid we can leave that’ll last down through the centuries Nothing that won’t crumble into dust But the ripples of our love and hate never stop keep going straight When everything we’ve made has turned to rust There’s a gal who raised a boy alone, Had no money ‘til he’d grown And always felt she failed him But he grew up with lots of care, He was always helpful always fair And he never wanted for a thing There’s nothing solid we can leave that’ll last down through the centuries Nothing that won’t crumble into dust But the ripples of our love and hate never stop keep going straight When everything we’ve made has turned to rust There’s a family who lost it all, It was illness caused the fall And their hope was shorn away Homeless on the streets they roam. Till a man gave them a home A man raised by a single gal There’s nothing solid we can leave that’ll last down through the centuries Nothing that won’t crumble into dust But the ripples of our love and hate never stop keep going straight When everything we’ve made has turned to rust
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Fish Fly 02:03
Fish fly, jump out of the water, just like they oughta, and to have a little fun Steam spirals, up off of the surface, aint got no purpose, 'cept to catch the morning sun Bees buzz, about in the daisies, they're looking lazy, but they keep going all day Birds sing, so sweet in the chorus, it might be for us, and to show a better way
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Wade in the water, wade in the water, wade in the water God's gonna trouble the water Who's that yonder all dressed in white Wade in the water Looks like the leader of the Israelites God's gonna trouble the water Wade... Who's that yonder all dressed in red Wade in the water Looks like the children that Moses led God's gonna trouble the water Wade... Who's that yonder all dressed in blue Wade in the water Must be the children a coming through God's gonna trouble the water Wade... If you don't believe I've been redeemed Wade in the water Just follow me to the Jordan stream Where God's gonna trouble the water Wade...
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Who's that writing, John the Revelator Tell me who's that writing, John the Revelator Who's that writing, John the Revelator Wrote the book of the seven seals What's John writing, ask the Revelator Tell me what's John writing, ask the Revelator What's John writing, ask the Revelator Wrote a book of the seven seals Ooh ooh why me thousands cried holy bound for some son of our God Daugher of zion, Judah the lion, he redeemeth and bought us with his blood Who's that writing... John the Revelator, great advocator, gets em on the battle of Zion Lord telling the story, rising up in glory, crying lord don't you love some I Who's that writing... Moses to Moses watching the flock saw the bush where they had to stop Lord told Moses pull off your shoes, out of the flock well you I choose Who's that writing

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A Time and a Place was recorded entirely live, without overdubs or fx, in all the lovely environments Northamptonshire has to offer - wherever was the the right time and place for the song really

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released October 12, 2015

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Robert Barnett - guitar
Jonathan Townsend - guitar
Debbie Joynes - vocals
Kate Beresford - vocals
George Holmes - guitar and vocals
Lesley Scott - vocals
hazeyjane - guitar

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