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The World's A' Gane Gyte

from This Fleeting Liberty by Alan Dickson

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This was originally entitled 'Song of an Auld Scotch Chartist'. The lyrics appeared anonymously in the Northern Star, dated 6th May 1847 having been submitted to the paper by a person from Shettleston. Alan has set the song to the tune 'Coming Through The Rye'.

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The world's a' gane gyte I ween,
Sin' days that I hae min',
There's nae sae muckle happiness,
As ma'd to be langsyne;
When ilka bodie had a hame,
Apart frae dule and gloom,
Unlike the black unshallow'd leak,
O' this dark dinsome toun.

Nae cottage here, nae shaded grove,
Or wimplin' burn is seen,
Nae throstle sings its e'ening sang
On hills o' ivy green;
Nae ingle-side sae cheerie-like,
As whar my mither spun,
Or whar the list and corn deckt,
My faither's plot o' grun.

The hills where aft I herded kye,
And whar my bairnhood grew,
Ha'e wither'd neith oppression's han'
And darken'd in my view;
The cottar's skippin' lambs ha'e fled,
The flowery mountain's side,
And mould'ring low, mang thirls lie,
The cot, the cottar's pride.

But better days I hope to see,
Wi' years no far awa',
When freedom won, and peace begun,
Shall reign among us a';
When mither-nature's nursing-breast
To a' alike laid bare,
Shall ha'e nae stepbairn-born-rave,
Excluded from her care.

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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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