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Kinnoull Hill

from Traces of Freedom by Alan Dickson

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Inspired by Patrick Geddes’s period of self-reflection in Mexico in 1879; that helped shape his ecological vision ‘Think Global, Act Local’. As a boy, he'd often roam Kinnoull Hill after school.

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Last night I awoke to find my vision I had lost
My eyes they were a bandaged I was trembling at the cost
I thought my life will surely end, I lay there very still
Then I thought of home on Scotland’s shore a climbing Kinnoull Hill

I stood upon the cliff top and marvelled at the day
Beyond there lay the Perthshire Hills , the valleys and the Tay
The golden gorse, the beech, the birch, the cock crew loud and shrill
Twas then I met old Jamie Foyers there on Kinnoull Hill

He said to me when Springtime comes this country I do roam
Way up here I feel alive, a quietness in my bones
My blood runs warm despite the cold of the morning chill
So Paddy will you walk with me here on Kinnoull Hill?

He told me of the war in Spain where once he did fight
Against Napolean’s army and of his deadly plight
But since that time, he said to me, we’ve learnt more ways to kill
He asked me to go and help make peace, like here on Kinnoull Hill

I said to him with all my strength, Jamie I will try
Then I felt my sight come back, I opened up my eyes
And with new hope and breathe to draw, I summoned up the will
Then made my way from Mexico, many miles from Kinnoull Hill

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from Traces of Freedom, released November 6, 2015
Lyrics and music by Alan Dickson

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Alan Dickson Glasgow, UK

Scottish singer songwriter Alan Dickson was born in Leith but now based in Glasgow. Alan writes about life in Scotland and beyond, mainly of a personal and political nature.

Descended from a Leith docker, he remarks: "as life mimics art I'm just like my grandfather, only he used a rivet gun and I use a guitar."

Among his influences are Robert Burns, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and Dick Gaughan. ... more

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