{"id":28571,"date":"2020-11-16T13:56:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T12:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rapalje.com\/?p=28571"},"modified":"2020-11-23T10:54:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T09:54:32","slug":"flatlands-zomerfolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rapalje.com\/nl\/flatlands-zomerfolk\/","title":{"rendered":"Flatlands – Zomerfolk"},"content":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/479784233<\/p>\n

Flatlands with lyrics – Zomerfolk<\/h2>\n

De tekst van Flatlands is geschreven door onze eigen William voor het album Scotland’s Story, we hebben dit nummer voor het eerst gespeeld tijdens een van onze Celtic Folk Nights in Wilhemshaven. Aan het eind van al onze theater shows spelen we Flatlands en lopen we de polonaise door de zaal, David &amp; Maceal gaan voorop met doedelzak en trommel en het publiek volgt in feestelijke optocht.<\/p>\n

Background Info –\u00a0Flatlands<\/h2>\n

Scotland the Brave is the bagpipe tune David plays during Flatlands, it is a Scottish patriotic song, one of several often considered an unofficial Scottish national anthem.\u00a0The tune was first played probably in the late 19th century. <\/sup>The lyrics commonly used now were written about 1950 by Scottish journalist\u00a0Cliff Hanley\u00a0for singer\u00a0Robert Wilson\u00a0as part of an arrangement by\u00a0Marion McClurg.\u00a0“Scotland the Brave” is also the authorised\u00a0pipe band\u00a0march\u00a0of\u00a0the British Columbia Dragoons\u00a0of the\u00a0Canadian Armed Forces<\/p>\n

Lyrics “Flatlands”<\/h2>\n

Good evening lads and lassies, are you happy all the way<\/p>\n

We’re coming from the Flatlands, so some people say<\/p>\n

We try our very best to make you allright tonight<\/p>\n

We’re playing lovely folk songs and some tunes half the night<\/p>\n

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I was born to be a singer, but I didn\u2019t knew by then<\/p>\n

I had my first guitar when I reached the age of ten<\/p>\n

My fingers were not bleeding, but I really tried out hard<\/p>\n

So come on move your dancing feet, when the music starts<\/p>\n

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So there’s no other place, where I would rather be<\/p>\n

To sing about this fucking life in peace and harmony<\/p>\n

So won’t you come along and drink a pint or two with me<\/p>\n

To sing about this fucking life in peace and harmony<\/p>\n

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I was lots of times in trouble, in my days at school<\/p>\n

Just learning ’n turning by the way and living by the ruule<\/p>\n

We were waiting ’till the bell would ring and we’d go home, on straight<\/p>\n

And picking up our instruments, “it’s getting really late”<\/p>\n

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I like to dance with women and I sang it all before<\/p>\n

I drink a lot of whiskey and I drop dead on the floor<\/p>\n

And when the cab is driving home and I remember when<\/p>\n

The places where I’m going and the places that I’ve been<\/p>\n

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The night is coming to an end, but there’ll be plenty more to come<\/p>\n

The crowd is going wild and they’ve been asking for “encore”<\/p>\n

We don’t know where we’re going and whenever we’re coming back<\/p>\n

I’ll see you all the next time, on the latest track<\/p>\n

\"Flatlands
Flatlands played at zomerfolk with lyrics and background info<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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