Lyrics

It would be great to have a lyrics page on here. I don't know how it sits with copyright issues as there are a number of songs based on trad stories and other old folf songs. It would be great to read what changes you've made in lyrics Jim from original versions. Plus my daughters fav song in the whole world is your Silver Dagger (despite it being tragic!) and I can't quite make out all the words when I sing it to her haha!

Hi Doogyrev,

And welcome to our little part of the Web. :-)
That is a great idea I think, I for one would love to see what
Jim changes from trad folf songs as well.
When I was speaking with Jim at the Cabbage Patch gig the other
month I foget to ask him what he was singing in one of my favourite
tracks on Skulk (And I do realise that I am most likely in a club of one)Hogeye Man
as it sounds different from the original version.
Excepting the Swear word of course. ;-)
Anyway I Love that song, can you just imaging Jim and the band on stage, Jim with Greeced
back hair and a Massave Quiff with he`s Guitar slung across he`s shoulder and doing an Elvis
or a Billy Fury whilst singing Hogeye Man.
Just close yours eyes and think of this the next time you listen to that track Guys. :-)

Peace,
Andrew.




Doogyrev Wrote:
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> It would be great to have a lyrics page on here.
> I don't know how it sits with copyright issues as
> there are a number of songs based on trad stories
> and other old folf songs. It would be great to
> read what changes you've made in lyrics Jim from
> original versions. Plus my daughters fav song in
> the whole world is your Silver Dagger (despite it
> being tragic!) and I can't quite make out all the
> words when I sing it to her haha!

There is the odd thread on here about lyrics for particular songs. I know because it's usually been me asking. But it'd be good to put them in one place.

At the moment, I'm trying to see if the song "Valentine" is a trad. or what. Or what the relevance of throwing oats against the vine is all about.

Valentine, what is this "Hogeye Man" of which you speak? I must have missed that track. It's not on bandcamp is it?

Althe - Hogeye Man is a track which (I think) was only available on the digital download version of Skulk through Bandcamp, as I'm pretty sure it's not on the physical album... I will stand corrected if I'm wrong!

Hope this helps!! Ali x

AltheFolker Wrote:
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> At the moment, I'm trying to see if the song
> "Valentine" is a trad. or what. Or what the
> relevance of throwing oats against the vine is all
> about.

Given that we're dealing in folk music here, I would have thought that "throwing oats against the vine " was fairly self explanatory (and rather rude).

I assume that it is oats & not Oates, a lyrics section would certainly help with this one!

Apropos of nothing, I've just seen Jim performing at the Bristol Folk Festival as part of the Bristol Morris Men, both playing a squeezebox and doing some morris dancing, although not at the same time. Is there no end to the man's talents ?

MATTG Wrote:
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> I assume that it is oats & not Oates, a lyrics
> section would certainly help with this one!


Indeed. A friend of mine got very confused about the subject matter of Horkstowe Grange, having misheard John Bowlin as Jon Boden.

redpete Wrote:
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> MATTG Wrote:
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>
> > I assume that it is oats & not Oates, a lyrics
> > section would certainly help with this one!
>
>
> Indeed. A friend of mine got very confused about
> the subject matter of Horkstowe Grange, having
> misheard John Bowlin as Jon Boden.

Haha.

One thing I'd been meaning to ask was whether there would be any chance of getting songbooks made? I've got 3 of the 4 Steve Knightley songbooks, and they're well made and invaluable. It would certainly help with a few of these questions, and various other ones about chords, etc.

Any chance of it, Mr. Moray?

Windflower Wrote:
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> Althe - Hogeye Man is a track which (I think) was
> only available on the digital download version of
> Skulk through Bandcamp, as I'm pretty sure it's
> not on the physical album... I will stand
> corrected if I'm wrong!
>
> Hope this helps!! Ali x


And that's hardly fair! I was deliberately waiting to buy the CD when I see JM at Shrewsbury so I could get it personally signed!

Hi Mate,

What Ali said is mostly right but the "free" download was a Gift from Jim
to all of us who paid the extra money to the In Modern History Pledge monthly
download club.
Hogeye Man was an extra special track for All of us who subscribed to this.
I hope that helps and I`m sorry to have brought it up now. :-)

Peace,
Andrew.


PS

I wonder if I`m The Hogeye Man, Jim?




AltheFolker Wrote:
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> Windflower Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Althe - Hogeye Man is a track which (I think)
> was
> > only available on the digital download version
> of
> > Skulk through Bandcamp, as I'm pretty sure it's
> > not on the physical album... I will stand
> > corrected if I'm wrong!
> >
> > Hope this helps!! Ali x
>
>
> And that's hardly fair! I was deliberately waiting
> to buy the CD when I see JM at Shrewsbury so I
> could get it personally signed!

Valentine Wrote:
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> What Ali said is mostly right but the "free"
> download was a Gift from Jim
> to all of us who paid the extra money to the In
> Modern History Pledge monthly
> download club.
> Hogeye Man was an extra special track for All of
> us who subscribed to this.

I'm not sure that's entirely correct... I have Hogeye Man as a download track, but I've never been a member of the In Modern History Pledge monthly download club (not having been aware of its existence until now). I am a tad confused about this, but I think I remember (though I have the memory span of a fish these days) that when buying Skulk from Jim's website when it was being released there was an option to purchase a download version of the album plus being sent the CD version when that was released a little later. Hogeye Man was then included with the download version of the album. I'm fairly convinced that's how I come to have the bonus track... I'm happy to be corrected if I'm even more confused than I think I am.



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