Towersey Folk Festival. Friday 22 August 2014

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1 Towersey Folk Festival Friday August 014 Beginners Ukulele workshop Hosted by Hamish urrie of Berkhamsted Ukulele Random Players Page 1

2 The Manchester Rambler Ewan Macoll [F] I've been over Snowdon, I've slept upon rowdon I've camped by the Waynestones as [] well I've sunbathed on Kinder, been burned to a cinder And many more things I can [F] tell My rucksack has oft been my [] pillow The heather has oft been me [F] bed And sooner than part from the [] mountains I think I would rather be [F] dead horus: I'm a rambler, I'm a rambler from [] Manchester way I get all my pleasure the [F] hard moorland way I may be a wage-slave on [] Monday But I am a free man on [F] Sunday [F] The day was just ending and I was descending Down Grinesbrook just by Upper [] Tor When a voice cried "Hey you" in the way keepers do He'd the worst face that ever I [F] saw The things that he said were un- [] pleasant In the teeth of his fury I [F] said "Sooner than part from the [] mountains I think I would rather be [F] dead" F Page

3 The Manchester Rambler Page of [F] He called me a louse and said "Think of the grouse" Well I thought, but I still couldn't [] see Why all Kinder Scout and the moors round about ouldn't take both the poor grouse and [F] me He said "All this land is my master's" At that I stood shaking my [F]head No man has the right to own [] mountains Any more than the deep ocean [F] bed [F] I once loved a maid, a spot welder by trade She was fair as the rowan in [] bloom And the bloom of her eye watched the blue Moreland sky I wooed her from April to [F] June On the day that we should have been [] married I went for a ramble in- [F] stead For sooner than part from the [] mountains I think I would rather be [F] dead So I'll walk where I will over mountain and hill And I'll lie where the bracken is [] deep I belong to the mountains, the clear running fountains Where the grey rocks lie ragged and [F] steep I've seen the white hare in the [] gullies And the curlew fly high over- [F] head And sooner than part from the [] mountains I think I would rather be [F] dead. Page 3

4 Lord of the Dance Sydney arter Intro: [F] I [F] danced in the morning when the world was young I [] danced in the moon and the stars and the sun I [F] came down from heaven and I danced on the earth At [] Bethlehem I [F] had my birth horus: [F] Dance, dance, wherever you may be I am the lord of the [] dance, said he And I [F] lead you all, wherever you may be And I [] lead you all in the [F] dance, said he I [F] danced for the scribes and the Pharisees They [] wouldn't dance, they wouldn't follow me I [F] danced for the fishermen James and John They [] came with me so the [F] dance went on I [F] danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame The [] holy people said it was a shame They [F] ripped, they stripped, they hung me high [] Left me there on the [F] cross to die F 1 I [F] danced on a Friday when the world turned black It's [] hard to dance with the devil on your back They [F] buried my body, they thought I was gone But [] I am the dance, and the [F] dance goes on [F] They cut me down and I leapt up high [] I am the life that will never, never die I'll [F] live in you if you'll live in me [] I am the Lord of the [F] dance, said he 4 Page 4

5 El ondor Pasa Paul Simon Intro: [Am] I'd rather be a sparrow than a [] snail. Yes I would. If I could, I surely [Am] would. I'd rather be a hammer than a [] nail. Yes I would. If I only could, I surely [Am] would. horus: A- [F] way, I'd rather sail away Like a [] swan that's here and gone A [F] man get tied up to the ground He gives the [] earth Its saddest sound, Its saddest [Am] sound. I'd rather be a forest than a [] street. Yes I would. If I could, I surely [Am] would. Am F Page 5

6 Fields of Gold Sting, possibly via Eva assidy Intro: [] [] [] [] [Am] [Am] [F] [F] [] [] You'll re- [Am] member me when the [F] west wind moves Among the [G] fields of [] barley You ll for- [Am] get the sun in his [F] jealous [] sky As we [F] walk in [G] fields of [] gold So she [Am] took her love for to [F] gaze awhile Among the [G] fields of [] barley In his [Am] arms she fell as her [F] hair came [] down A- [F] mong the [G] fields of [] gold Will you [Am] stay with me? Will you [F] be my love? Among the [G] fields of [] barley We ll for- [Am] get the sun in his [F] jealous [] sky As we [F] lie in [G] fields of [] gold [F] I never made [] promises lightly [F] And there have been [] some that I've broken [F] But I swear in the [] days still left We will [F] walk in [G] fields of [] gold We'll [F] walk in [G] fields of [] gold Page 6

7 Fields of Gold Page of Many [Am] years have passed since those [F] summer days Among the [G] fields of [] barley See the [Am] children run as the [F] sun goes [] down As you [F] lie in [G] fields of [] gold You'll re- [Am] member me when the [F] west wind moves Among the [G] fields of [] barley You can [Am] tell the sun in his [F] jealous [] sky When we [F] walked in [G] fields of [] gold When we [F] walked in [G] fields of [] gold When we [F] walked in [G] fields of [] gold Am 4 F G Page 7

8 The Holy Ground Intro: [] Fare thee [] well my [F] love- [G] ly [] Dinah, A thousand [F] times [G] a- [] dieu For we're going a- [F] way [G] from the [] Holy [G] Ground And the [] girls we all love [G] true We will [] sail the [F] salt [G] sea [] over And then re- [F] turn [G] for [] sure [G] To [] see a- [G] gain the [F] girls we [] love And the Holy [F] Ground [G] once [] more horus: Fine girl you are! You're the girl I [F] do [G] a- [] dore [G] And [] still I [G] live in [F] hopes to [] see The Holy [F] Ground [G] once [] more Fine girl you are! And [] now the [F] storm [G] is [] raging And we are [F] far [G] from [] shore And the good old [F] ship [G] is [] tossing a- [G] bout And the [] riggin' is all [G] torn And the [] secret [F] of [G] my [] mind, my love, You're the girl I [F] do [G] a- [] dore [G] And [] still I [G] live in [F] hopes to [] see The Holy [F] Ground [G] once [] more F G Page 8

9 The Holy Ground Page of And [] now the [F] storm [G] is [] over And we are [F] safe [G] and [] well We will go in- [F] to [G] a [] public [G] house And we'll [] sit and drink like [G] hell We will [] drink strong [F] ale [G] and [] porter And we'll make the [F] raft- [G] ers [] roar [G] And [] when our [G] money [F] is all [] spent We'll go to [F] sea [G] once [] more Page 9

10 Down Where the Drunkards Roll Richard Thompson [G] See the boys out walking, the [D] boys they look [G] so fine, [] Dressed up in [G] green velvet, their [] silver buckles [G] shine, Soon they ll be bleary eyed, [D] under a keg of [] wine, [] Down where the drunkards [D] roll, [] Down where the drunkards [D] roll. [G] See that lover standing, [D] staring at [G] the ground, He s [] looking for the [G] real thing, [] lies where all [G] he found, You can get the real thing; it will [D] only cost a [] pound. [] Down where the drunkards [D] roll, [] Down where the drunkards [D] roll. There [G] goes a troubled woman, she [D] dreams a troubled [G] dream, She [] lives out on the [G] highway, [] she keeps her money [G] clean, Soon she ll be returning to the [D] place where she s [] the queen, [] Down where the drunkards [D] roll, [] Down where the drunkards [D] roll. [G] You can be a gambler who [D] never drew a [G] hand, [] You can be a [G] sailor, [] never left dry [G] land, You can be Lord Jesus, all the [D] world will under- [] stand. [] Down where the drunkards [D] roll, [] Down where the drunkards [D] roll, [] Down where the drunkards [D] roll. G D Page 10

11 59 th Street Bridge Song (Feelin Groovy) Paul Simon Intro: [F] [] [G] [] [F] Slow [] down, you [G] move too [] fast. [F] You got to [] make the [G] morning [] last. Just [F] kickin' [] down the [G] cobble [] stones, [F] Lookin' for [] fun and [G] feelin' [] groovy. [F] [] [G] [] [F] Ba dad n [] da da, [G] feelin' [] groovy. [F] [] [G] [] [F] Hello [] lamppost, [G] what cha [] knowin'? [F] I've come to [] watch your [G] flowers [] growing. [F] Ain't cha [] got no [G] rhymes for [] me? [F] Dootin' [] do-do-do, [G] feeling [] groovy. [F] Ba dad n [] da da, [G] feelin' [] groovy. [F] Got no deeds to [] do, no [G] promises to [] keep. I'm [F] dappled and [] drowsy and [G] ready to [] sleep. Let the [F] morning time [] drop all its [G] petals on [] me. [F] Life, I [] love you. [G] All is [] groovy. [F] Ba dad n [] da da, [G] feelin' [] groovy. F G Page 11

12 Bad Moon Rising reedence learwater Revival [G] I see the [D7] bad [] moon a[g] rising [G] I see [D7] trouble [] on the [G] way [G] I see [D7] earth[] quakes and [G] lightnin' [G] I see [D7] bad [] times to[g] day [] Don't go around tonight well it's [G] bound to take your life [D7] There's a [] bad moon on the [G] rise [] Don't go around tonight well it's [G] bound to take your life [D7] There's a [] bad moon on the [G] rise [G] I hear [D7] hurri[] canes a[g] blowing [G] I know the [D7] end is [] coming [G] soon [G] I fear [D7] rivers [] over [G] flowing [G] I hear the [D7] voice of [] rage and [G] ruin [] Don't go around tonight well it's [G] bound to take your life [D7] There's a [] bad moon on the [G] rise [] Don't go around tonight well it's [G] bound to take your life [D7] There's a [] bad moon on the [G] rise [G] Hope you [D7] got your [] things to[g] gether [G] Hope you are [D7] quite pre[] pared to [G] die [G] Looks like we're [D7] in for [] nasty [G] weather [G] One eye is [D7] taken [] for an [G] eye [] Don't go around tonight well it's [G] bound to take your life [D7] There's a [] bad moon on the [G] rise [] Don't go around tonight well it's [G] bound to take your life [D7] There's a [] bad moon on the [G] rise G D7 Page 1