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Depression

from This Fleeting Liberty by Alan Dickson

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A song from the north east of Scotland, sourced from Greig Duncan collection. It gives a picture of the agricultural situation during the mid 19th- century, when the word 'Depression' came into vogue.

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Nae wunner the times maks us a’ discontenet
For faith the puir fairmers they’ve cause to complain
The meal is cheap sellin their fairms high rentit
And sma is their profit when sellin their grain.

Some one thing some other likewise the bad weather
The craps torn doon wi’ the torrents o’ rain
The cattle that’s parket will no tak the market
We’ll jist tak them in for a twalmonth again.

It’s aft hae I heard my auld granny tellin’
That fairmin in her day – that wid a bin nine –
There wis plenty o’ siller and the meal aye weel sellin
It made her richt wae when she thocht on langsyne.

But the cursed gentry they walk oot on sentry
They coont ilka plack and babie that they won
Walks out at their leisure, lies up at their pleasure
Like Solomon’s lilies they card not nor spin.

But we’ll fill up a nappie* and tak a wee drappie
And aye be contented wherever we go
Nae longer this nation will thole the oppression
The laird and the factor will get an overthrow.


*drinking bowl

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from This Fleeting Liberty, released May 9, 2017

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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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