Cool stuff, herb! You soundin' pretty dang good. Good solid neo-traditional country.

THE SCOTTISH SONG
By David Snyder

Note: It was hard to make out what the drinking Scots were saying, but I did my best.

V1

Molly had a pint of beer
she took up in her croft??
and wee Seamus wore his hat
with more than lobster pots?

and 'er the lads from Shetland??
wore kilts with tiny spots
blessed lads would keep them hanging?????
but preachers they were not

CH

and Ireland's not a motherland
and England it can rot
and you can go someday to Canada
if you're a handsome Scot

V2

If Molly had the wee thing???
and it's hidden in her socks
then Seamus will take off his kilt???
and show his Scottish locks???
it might be the Loch Ness monster
that is creepin to the docks
but before the night is over
he'll be at Molly's croft???

CH

and Ireland's not a motherland
and England it can rot
and you can go someday to Canada
if you're a handsome Scot

V3

Bha peant lionn aig Molly
thog i air a chroit ??
agus chuir Seamus 'eudach air
le barrachd air poitean ghiomach?

CH

agus chan e dùthaich mhàthaireil a th’ ann an Èirinn??
agus Sasainn faodaidh e grodadh???
agus faodaidh tu falbh uair-eigin do Chanada ???
mas e Albannach eireachdail a th’ annad?
???

CH

Aye!

and Ireland's not a motherland
and England it can rot
and you can go someday to Canada
if you're a handsome Scot


All music and lyrics copyright 2022 by David Snyder
ASCAP/Day of Faith Records. All rights reserved.

David Snyder: Vocals, Production, Arrangement, Engineering, Instrumentation

The Scottish Song

Down on 16th avenue, where guitars used to play 
The legends of the honky tonks now ghosts from yesterday
It's still called country music but I really think they're wrong
There's something strange in Nashville and you can't even hum along

Country music's still alive but not on the radio
You find it in the honky tonks and internet downloads
But you won't find Merle or Willie, and George Strait ain't around
Steel guitars and fiddles have been replaced by synthized sounds

Ohh Ohh they say country music died
Ohh Ohh I'm here to tell you that they lied
Ohh Ohh I'll play my guitar  all night long
Ohh Ohh and I'll say it in a song

This song's for the players,  still out on the road
Singing with a broken heart, living for the show.
On stages all across this land keep the legacy alive
What comes around can go around this country boy will survive

Say It In A Song

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