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Dundee shines

from Blue Scotland Sky by eddie cairney

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Dundee shines

I get up at fev in the mornin’ The room is freezin’ cauld
The fire is oot an’ grey jist another keckin’ day
I tak’ ma oats an’ bile them up Walk doon tae the fact’ry gate
There’s no much cheer in Dundee It’s just ma bloody fate

Grey skies an’ grey buildin’s Grey chimneys too
Ev’ry thing’s grey in Dundee Oh that is very true
The smoke pours oot o’ the great big stacks
An’ burns intae yer eyes
The only things that shine in Dundee
Are the tears when yer bairn cries

Ye work fur the loom fur maist yer life
But he disnae gie a damn
Ten’n’ nine’s no very much If ye like eatin’ Lipton’s ham
Yer back’s half broke an’ yer ears are sair
There’s nae escape frae the here and now
The only thing that shines in Dundee
Is the sweat that’s on yer brow

Grey skies ………..

The smoke pours oot o’ the great big chimneys
An’ burns in tae yer face
The only thing that shines in Dundee
Is the shiny wi’ things they ca’ yer wage

Grey skies …………

The smoke pours oot o’ the great big lums
An’ burns in tae yer heid
The only thing that shines in Dundee
Is the hope that yer able tae feed

Yer wife an’ bairns afore they a’ end up deed
Cause naeb’dy’s capable o’ reelin’ in the millowner’s greed

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from Blue Scotland Sky, released June 8, 2015

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eddie cairney Scotland, UK

Eddie Cairney is one of the country's most prolific songwriters and Scotland's best kept songwriting secret with 99 albums to date and another 100 plus in the pipeline. He has written new music to almost all of Robert Burns works totalling over 900 new songs. He writes in a great many genres, from folk to orchestral. He is also one of Scotland's most accomplished rock/blues piano players. ... more

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