Biography:
Nicolas Paul "Nic" Jones (born 9 January 1947 in Orpington, Kent) is an English folk singer, fingerstyle guitarist and fiddle player. He career was cut short in 1982 when he seriously injured in car accident while driving home after a gig at Glossop Folk Club. In 2001, his 1980 album Penguin Eggs was voted the 2nd best folk album of all time. On 5 August 2010, after an absence of 28 years, Jones made a return to the stage. He appeared at an event
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse]
C G Am Em
Shotover River, your gold it is waning
F G C G
It's weeks since the color I've seen.
C G Am Em
But it's no use just sitting and Lady Luck blaming
F G Am
I'll pack up and make the break clean.
[Chorus]
G C G
Farewell to the gold that never I found,
Am F G
Goodbye to the nuggets that somewhere abound;
C G Am Em
For it's only when dreaming that I see you gleaming
F G C
Down in the dark deep underground.
[Verse]
C G Am Em
It's nearly two years since I left my old mother
F G C G
For adventure and gold by the pound.
C G Am Em
With Jimmy the prospector, he was another,
F G Am
For the hills of Otago was bound.
C G Am Em
Well we worked the Cardrona's dry valley all over
F G C G
Old Jimmy Williams and me.
C G Am Em
They were panning good dirt on the winding Shotover
F G Am
So we drifted down there just to see.
C G Am Em
We sluiced and we cradled for day after day
F G C G
Barely making enough to get by;
C G Am Em
'Til a terrible flood swept poor Jimmy away
F G Am
During six stormy days in July
C G Am Em
Shotover River, your gold it is waning
F G C G
It's weeks since the color I've seen.
C G Am Em
But it's no use just sitting and Lady Luck blaming
F G Am
I'll pack up and make the break clean.
[Chorus]
G C G
Farewell to the gold that never I found,
Am F G
Goodbye to the nuggets that somewhere abound;
C G Am Em
For it's only when dreaming that I see you gleaming
F G C
Down in the dark deep underground.
[Verse]
C G Am Em
It's nearly two years since I left my old mother
F G C G
For adventure and gold by the pound.
C G Am Em
With Jimmy the prospector, he was another,
F G Am
For the hills of Otago was bound.
C G Am Em
Well we worked the Cardrona's dry valley all over
F G C G
Old Jimmy Williams and me.
C G Am Em
They were panning good dirt on the winding Shotover
F G Am
So we drifted down there just to see.
C G Am Em
We sluiced and we cradled for day after day
F G C G
Barely making enough to get by;
C G Am Em
'Til a terrible flood swept poor Jimmy away
F G Am
During six stormy days in July
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