Biography:
David Francey is a Scottish-born Canadian folk singer-songwriter. Born on 17 November 1954 in Ayrshire, Scotland, Francey immigrated to Canada with his family at age 12. After spending much of his life doing labour such as carpentry, he began a career in folk music in 1999, quickly making a name for himself on the folk festival circuit where he continues to perform.
Since leaving construction and recording Torn Screen Door in 1999, Francey has established himself as one of today’s finest singer-songwriters.
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Other songs:
- A Conversation
- A Thousand Miles
- All Lights Burning Bright
- Ankle Tattoo
- Annies House
- Ashtabula
- Badlands
- Ballad Of Bowser Macrae
- Banks Of The Seaway
- Belgrade Train
- Bitterroot
- Blue Heart Of Texas
- Blue Skies
- Broken Glass
- Cheap Motel
- Come Rain Or Come Shine
- Evening News
- February Morning Drive
- Flowers Of Saskatchewan
- Fourth Of July
- Grateful
- Green Fields
- Gypsy Boys
- Hammers
- Hard Steel Mill
- Harm
- Highway
- Highway 95
- Highwire
- Kansas
- Long Long Road
- Long Way Home
- Lucky Man
- Midway
- Mill Towns
- Ordinary Man
- Over You
- Paper Boy
- Pretty Jackals
- Promised Land
- Rain
- Red
- Saints And Sinners
- Satellite
- Saturday Night
- Skating Rink
- So Say We All
- Solitary Wave
- St Johns Train
- Sumach Street
- Sunday Morning
- The Chief Engineer
- The Waking Hour
- Things They Do
- Tonight In My Dreams
- Wanna Be Loved
- Weather Vane
- Wind In The Wires
- Wishing Well
- Wonder
- Working Poor
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David Francey - Flowers Of Saskatchewan
CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: G C G C G C G C G
C G
The sun was shining on the English Channel
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On a ferry off the coast of France
C G
And it was summer and a pleasant morning
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And high above gulls wheeled and danced
C G
And high above the cliffs of morning
C G C
The gun emplacements had stood in ranks
G C G
And I walked over to the railing
C G D G C G
And I heard the ghosts of the Calgary Tanks
INSTRUMENTAL: C G C G C G C G D G C G
C G
And I remembered pictures I'd seen
D G C G
In history books and magazines
C G
Of three men standing, smoking, staring
C G D G C G
Among the dead men on a rocky beach
C G
And in the light of that pleasant morning
C G C
As we sailed under the cliffs above
G C G
I thought of all their silent prayers
C G D G C G
And the final thoughts of the ones they loved
C G
That they left behind at prairie stations
C G D G
Waving to their pride and joy
C G
Waving to the smiling faces
C G D G C G
Smiling faces on the soldier boys
C G
No waves of grain will claim the fallen
C G C
Just the channel cold and grey as steel
G C G
And no return to the rolling prairie
C G D G
And a silent cross on a lonely field
INSTRUMENTAL: G C G C G D G C G (2x)
C G C G C G C G D G C G
C G
Oh, the sun was shining on the rolling prairie
C G D G C G
Far from the channel, cold and grey
C G
Shone on the families, friends and lovers
C G D G C G
Of the prairie boys who fell that day
C G
But they could not know on that sunny morning
C G C
The future held for them no joy
G C G
They'd wait in vain at prairie stations
C G D G C G
Wait in vain for their soldier boys
OUTRO: G C G C G D G
CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: G C G C G C G C G
C G
The sun was shining on the English Channel
C G D G C G
On a ferry off the coast of France
C G
And it was summer and a pleasant morning
C G D G C G
And high above gulls wheeled and danced
C G
And high above the cliffs of morning
C G C
The gun emplacements had stood in ranks
G C G
And I walked over to the railing
C G D G C G
And I heard the ghosts of the Calgary Tanks
INSTRUMENTAL: C G C G C G C G D G C G
C G
And I remembered pictures I'd seen
D G C G
In history books and magazines
C G
Of three men standing, smoking, staring
C G D G C G
Among the dead men on a rocky beach
C G
And in the light of that pleasant morning
C G C
As we sailed under the cliffs above
G C G
I thought of all their silent prayers
C G D G C G
And the final thoughts of the ones they loved
C G
That they left behind at prairie stations
C G D G
Waving to their pride and joy
C G
Waving to the smiling faces
C G D G C G
Smiling faces on the soldier boys
C G
No waves of grain will claim the fallen
C G C
Just the channel cold and grey as steel
G C G
And no return to the rolling prairie
C G D G
And a silent cross on a lonely field
INSTRUMENTAL: G C G C G D G C G (2x)
C G C G C G C G D G C G
C G
Oh, the sun was shining on the rolling prairie
C G D G C G
Far from the channel, cold and grey
C G
Shone on the families, friends and lovers
C G D G C G
Of the prairie boys who fell that day
C G
But they could not know on that sunny morning
C G C
The future held for them no joy
G C G
They'd wait in vain at prairie stations
C G D G C G
Wait in vain for their soldier boys
OUTRO: G C G C G D G
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