Biografia:
Scotland's growing national pride and rising interest in gaining independence from Great Britain have created a popular cultural revival of which the Glasgow-based Scottish folk group Battlefield Band has been a part. The "Batties" have been playing their jigs, reels, and marches for over 30 years and have released over 20 albums. They have entertained a growing multi-generational audience with their progressive Celtic music. The band's songs cover the traditional range, including remorseful ballads, pastoral celebrations, and the tavern song.
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The Arran Convict
[Chorus]
G C G
I wish I was back on the long lands of Ferry
D Em
With long legged Marry, breathin’ the spray
A G D
And the sweet island air of the morning
G C G
But I’m wastin’ away in this sweltering prison,
D C
The mercury’s rising and freedoms a dream,
G D G
That arrives and escapes with the dawning
D G D
It seems just like yesterday, sailing from Bradon
G Em D
Across the Atlantic in search of a wife and some land
A G D
But the New Brunswick winters are lonely and hard
G Em D
So I followed the wagons out West with no money or plan
[Chorus]
G C G
I wish I was back on the long lands of Ferry
D Em
With long legged Marry, breathin’ the spray
A G D
And the sweet island air of the morning
G C G
But I’m wastin’ away in this sweltering prison,
D C
The mercury’s rising and freedoms a dream,
G D G
That arrives and escapes with the dawning
D G D
I worked on the railroad with Chinese and Irish
G Em D
I slept in the pine-woods and heard the wolf creep to the door
A G D
But a Scotsman in Portland took all of my money
G Em D
He sold me a cartload of candles he robbed from the storeD G D
I fell in with gangsters and dealers and moonshine
G Em D
And soon they involved me with drivin’ their wagons of booze
D A D
One night we were ambushed and I killed a black man
G Em D
Now I’m in the jailhouse and one of the hard labor crew
[Chorus]
G C G
I wish I was back on the long lands of Ferry
D Em
With long legged Marry, breathin’ the spray
A G D
And the sweet island air of the morning
G C G
But I’m wastin’ away in this sweltering prison,
D C
The mercury’s rising and freedoms a dream,
G D G
That arrives and escapes with the dawning
D A D
Sometimes when it’s dark I remember Lav Ransa?
G Em A
And days when the rains from Kentire was a sheet without end
D G D
And long legged Mary who’d smile at me slyly
G Em D
When they release me I think I’ll go back there again
[Chorus]
repeat twice
G C G
I wish I was back on the long lands of Ferry
D Em
With long legged Marry, breathin’ the spray
A G D
And the sweet island air of the morning
G C G
But I’m wastin’ away in this sweltering prison,
D C
The mercury’s rising and freedoms a dream,
G D G
That arrives and escapes with the dawning
[Chorus]
G C G
I wish I was back on the long lands of Ferry
D Em
With long legged Marry, breathin’ the spray
A G D
And the sweet island air of the morning
G C G
But I’m wastin’ away in this sweltering prison,
D C
The mercury’s rising and freedoms a dream,
G D G
That arrives and escapes with the dawning
D G D
It seems just like yesterday, sailing from Bradon
G Em D
Across the Atlantic in search of a wife and some land
A G D
But the New Brunswick winters are lonely and hard
G Em D
So I followed the wagons out West with no money or plan
[Chorus]
G C G
I wish I was back on the long lands of Ferry
D Em
With long legged Marry, breathin’ the spray
A G D
And the sweet island air of the morning
G C G
But I’m wastin’ away in this sweltering prison,
D C
The mercury’s rising and freedoms a dream,
G D G
That arrives and escapes with the dawning
D G D
I worked on the railroad with Chinese and Irish
G Em D
I slept in the pine-woods and heard the wolf creep to the door
A G D
But a Scotsman in Portland took all of my money
G Em D
He sold me a cartload of candles he robbed from the storeD G D
I fell in with gangsters and dealers and moonshine
G Em D
And soon they involved me with drivin’ their wagons of booze
D A D
One night we were ambushed and I killed a black man
G Em D
Now I’m in the jailhouse and one of the hard labor crew
[Chorus]
G C G
I wish I was back on the long lands of Ferry
D Em
With long legged Marry, breathin’ the spray
A G D
And the sweet island air of the morning
G C G
But I’m wastin’ away in this sweltering prison,
D C
The mercury’s rising and freedoms a dream,
G D G
That arrives and escapes with the dawning
D A D
Sometimes when it’s dark I remember Lav Ransa?
G Em A
And days when the rains from Kentire was a sheet without end
D G D
And long legged Mary who’d smile at me slyly
G Em D
When they release me I think I’ll go back there again
[Chorus]
repeat twice
G C G
I wish I was back on the long lands of Ferry
D Em
With long legged Marry, breathin’ the spray
A G D
And the sweet island air of the morning
G C G
But I’m wastin’ away in this sweltering prison,
D C
The mercury’s rising and freedoms a dream,
G D G
That arrives and escapes with the dawning
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