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Trying to Catch The Sun

by The Bushburys

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1.
Slow Train 03:01
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Me and Johnny travelling light, leaving New York Queens Playing cards through the night, heading for tennessee And we were, off on the ramble Crescent bound for New Orleans On a slow train through Virginia, thinking about the girl of my dreams Sweetest thing eyes of blue, flowers in her hair Stole my heart, ran away, and left without a care And I was off on the ramble, Crescent bound for New Orleans On a slow train through Virginia, thinking about the girl of my dreams Morning came , rises and shine sunlight on the track Close my eyes and drift away , hoping you'd come back And we were , off on the ramble , Crescent bound for New Orleans On a slow train through Virginia, thinking about the girl of my dreams
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Trying To Catch the Sun 04:24
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TRYING TO CATCH THE SUN Sitting by the water, down by the sea Evening sunset sinking low , wishing I could be As free as a bird’s wing , flying so high Over the Ocean, I don’t ever want to die For as black as the night hour, still water’s run deep Under the cover’s of these secrets I keep Letter’s I’ve written and candles I’ve burnt Searching high and low for love’s sweetest song All around the world , And I’m always trying to catch the sun Before the morning come Standing on the corner, heard street sirens wail Silence is broken and those shadows they pale Sister won’t you have mercy, for I don’t feel so strong Say the time is coming soon, well I hope it won’t be long For its hard to keep on believing, when I don’t see no trace Oh I know I seen the light that burns so bright But I ain’t never seen your face Hearts they have been broken and bridges I have burned Searching high and low for love’s sweetest song All around the world , And I’m always trying to catch the sun Before the morning come
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On and On it Goes 04:32
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Black cat Sitting on a rooftop high Two little magpies down they fly chattering madly get out of my tree Their ain't enough branches for you and me You scare my children and they just won't grow The trouble you cause ah you'll never know I've been nesting in this spot since time it began The Black cat waits as only Black cats can And on and on it goes Just like a river flows And we ain't never free No not you and me will always be Prisoner of our history Chained to the past in your misery Always another forest and another damn tree Chained to the past in your misery On and on it goes Black cat sits and he waits his chance He leads those birds on a very dance Bides his time for ultimately He knows their paths will cross his own territory But he reckoned without the Woodman and his axe so fine Before you know there's another falling Pine the best laid plans of the cat long gone The Magpies still singing that same old song And on and on it goes Just like a river flows And we ain't never free No not you and me will always be Prisoner of our history Chained to the past in your misery Always another forest and another damn tree Chained to the past in your misery On and on it goes
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Walton Hill 06:15
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WALTON HILL Sun was high and blue the sky I sat awhile for to wonder As warm the breeze caress the trees And the silence rolled in like thunder When first we walked across this land From times when I was a child Not much has changed just rearranged Mother nature;s children running wild Where fish they sleep in pool’s so deep And river water’s still Falcon fly and Curlew cry On the side of Walton Hill At rainbow’s end the clouds ascend A million songbirds high Wearing autumn attire that heavenly choir Turning circles joyously they fly On hill’s of blue where first I knew And well remembered still The years may pass to return at last To the side of Walton Hill Where fish they sleep in pool’s so deep And river water’s still Falcon fly and Curlew cry On the side of Walton Hill
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Camille 03:36
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CAMILLE I remember the date and the time of the year Driving home late and the road was clear Radio on travelling in my car Sun it was low and I hadn’t come far Rising up fast like a twister she came Beauty and the beast she goes by the name Camille She’s coming on strong all fire and rain The devil’s own daughter she’s got no shame Hell’s no fury like a woman scorned The earth stood still on the day she was born Rising up fast like a Hurricane Thunder and lightning she goes by the name Beauty and the beast she goes by the name Camille Blow Camille Like a Hurricane Blow Camille For glory and fame Well she’s picking me up and she’s putting me down always on the lookout when she’s coming round turn up uninvited sweep me off my feet Expect the unexpected every time we meet Queen of hearts so full of surprise Turn into the joker before your eyes
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Never know what you've got until its gone 03:49
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NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU”VE GOT UNTIL ITS GONE Every day precious sand Through the fingers of my hand Trickles down like a flood There were times that I wished Oh my lips they had kissed The sweetest waters of these rivers of romance I played the fool danced around As a rule I’m always hoping They’ll be just one more chance Never Living for the day and ah tomorrow yeah they say Never comes its like the morning of tomorrow You never know what you’ve got until its gone And after all when all is said and done You never know what you’ve got You may be happy with your lot You’ll never know what you’ve got until its gone But time slips away precious now for today Is just a moment only captured in your eyes For the world it looked vast Only the future and no past And we would live as if we were born to be forever You never know what you’ve got until its gone And after all when all is said and done You never know what you’ve got You may be happy with your lot You’ll never know what you’ve got until its gone We are dust in the wind And w are blown as we sing Of all those summers in the winter of our song We are here and we are gone And yes its hard to carry on When like a child we see the world through eyes much older
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Union Jack 04:35
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This is the story of Union Jack Built an Empire on his back Gave him a job with the company said work hard boy and you’ll be free To buy a house , own a car Put your foot on the ladder and you’ll go far Keep your head down do as your told Retire in comfort and you’ll grow old Jack worked hard for most his life Every night came home to his wife Believing in the future as was foretold Dear to his heart the truth he’d hold Had his doubts you can be sure Always the hungry and always the poor But better the Devil that you know Its cold out there where the winds they blow One day jack came up to the town Met with a rumour heard a story going round King of the hill counting his money Laughing fit to burst Jack said “what’s funny?” “ Well for all the riches in the world” “I ain’t got no clothes its just absurd” Jack said boy “ well don’t you see?” The drinks on you and the jokes on me That’s how the story goes The Emperor still ain’t got no clothes Where they gone nobody knows Who stole the Emperor’s clothes Jack was younger well he could see From the window of his house in the country Down to the river where the trees they grew Seasons come all that he knew For everything there comes a time Life is rhythm and metre and rhyme Hard but he could understand No free lunch for the working man Jack was older well the town it grew All that familiar all that he knew They cut down trees and built a road River run dry wherever it flowed Times were hard life was strange Living in a world of constant change Live to work not work to live Always on the take and you never give That’s how the story goes The Emperor still ain’t got no clothes Where they gone nobody knows Who stole the Emperor’s clothes This is the story of Union Jack Gone away ain’t never coming back Left with his wife and his family No more working for the company Sold his house left his car Friends say Jack he’ll never get far He was never satisfied He’ll be back ah the emperor cried That’s how the story goes The Emperor still ain’t got no clothes Where they gone nobody knows Who stole the Emperor’s clothes
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When we were young 05:07
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WHEN WE WERE YOUNG There’s a church on the hill across the street At a place where as children we would meet And there’s always col green grass beneath our feet When we were young, when we were young And we ‘d talk of travelling westward with the sun Looking out across this town what has become Of all our friends we knew and places everyone When we were young, when we were young In our dreams we’re Lawrence adrift oh in a caravan Oh the hero of the east in the desert sand But we’ll always be the child inside the man When we were young, when we were young There’s a boat out at sea across the bay At a place where as children we would play On that long winding road down to the sea When we were young, when we were young As England is an island in the sea Your home is where your heart will always be Though we all believe one day we could be free When we were young, when we were young Our tears are cried in innocence no more In our hearts and minds washed up on some foreign shore And I hope that we can find what we were looking for When we were young , when we were young
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Wild English Rose 04:20
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WILD ENGLISH ROSE We’re twentieth century boys sailing for France From the green fields of England’s shores this greatest romance Leaving our innocence These flowers of war A kiss is a love affair between us Say goodbye just once more Leave your heart and your home Your Wild english rose All my tears fall like , tears fall like All fell like the rain leaving my wild, wild, wild English rose leaving my wild, wild, wild English rose Love is my salvation Lying in your arms tonight Out their on the waterfront Viewed from the shore As oceans divide us all This war to end all wars Leave your heart and your home Your Wild english rose All my tears fall like , tears fall like All fell like the rain leaving my wild, wild, wild English rose leaving my wild, wild, wild English rose Love is my salvation Lying in your arms tonight
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The Vision 04:33
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THE VISION Oh Trina my dear let’s sail away to Ireland Take leave of this town move far faraway I’ll build you a house a wooden ship to sail in First light of dawn slip gently away For we’ll carry our hopes and fears for the journey wrapped up in a blanket stowed safely away And ah when it rains let love be our shelter Trina my dear Slip gently away For time like the tide let not be our master The clock on the mantle strikes five after tea we’ll sit and we’ll dream of places to wander Trina my dear slip gently away Trina my dear let’s sail upon the morning Your grandmother’s hands they beckon and call And in all that you do you’ll be your father’s daughter Trina my dear I love you so fair Come evening we’ll land and travel to your home town Build us a house set down by the sea A vision so clear like deepest blue water Trina my dear I love you so fair For time like the tide let not be our master We’ll leave when we can for your father has plans To walk through the fields of youth in his autumn Trina my dear I love you so fair
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Playing Chess Games in the park 03:24
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PLAYING CHESS GAMES IN THE PARK The evening is so cool and the wind it can be cruel Above us is the moon it sings a mournful tune Gathered in the dusk, scented like the musk Rolling in the dark, painting pictures in the park We sat upon a stone, you and I alone we come to pass the time, no reason and no rhyme A thousand miles apart yet closer to the heart We’re whispering in the dark , playing chess games in the park And children voices call, softly how they fall A thousand starry eyes of the night begin to rise And far across the bay the dogs have howled their day Tides have wracked the shore for to carry me back once more And above us cities fly , so sky scraping high They’ve got etc kiss the sky and its time to say goodbye And chances wax and wane and friends remain the same We’re whispering in the dark , Playing chess games in the park
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Good News 02:45
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GOOD NEWS I’m gonna live in the country Pack up and leave this town I’m gonna go where the living’s slow Buy me a house and settle down Sit out on the porch ‘till the evening Play my guitar and sing the blues Pass the time , drinking wine honey Come on and hear the good news Come on and hear, come on and hear Come on and hear the good news I’m gonna buy me a mountain Sit out on the top of the world I’m gonna cry me a river so high Good times are comin’ spread the word I’m gonna stay here forever Put on my dancing shoes Sing a Glory Hallelujah How do ya do ya Good times are comin’ have you heard Come on and hear, come on and hear Come on and hear the good news
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The Ferryman 03:27
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Don't know where I'm going 03:37
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Recorded by Phil Savage at MASC , The Vision from this album appeared on the Warner Brothers compilation " Highlands and Islands" alongside , Van Morrison ,The Chieftains and Elvis Costello.

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released April 15, 2019

Mickey Barker Drums
Busby Bywater Bass
Gerry Smith Kybds accordion
Lucy Hill Fiddle
Eddy Morton Gtr / Mandolin. Vocals

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Eddy Morton Stourbridge, UK

As the founder member of The New Bushbury Mountain Daredevils Eddy Morton toured the UK and Europe constantly for eleven years releasing 8 albums During which time the band appeared at every major Folk/Roots Festival in the UK and Europe including Cambridge, Cropredy, Skagen, Guildford, Dranouter, The Badentreffen and many more. His latest solo release Rainbow Man is available on iTunes ... more

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