Fairy Silver

from Ten Told Tales by Richard Buchanan

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    Ten traditional Scottish folk tales re-imagined in song. This CD comes in a booklet style sleeve with full lyrics and artwork derived from original linoprints produced by Richard for this release. Also comes with a code to download a free digital version of the album.

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lyrics

My Bobby was a working man,
from break of day until evenin’.
He was always there when others began
and still working as they were leaving.
When they asked him “Bobby, man,
why on earth are you still there?”
He held his hour docket in his hand
and said “For fairy silver.”

He bought wee Jeanie a pretty dress
for being awfy good.
he said he’d heard that she was the best
from fairies down in the woods.
I said “Bobby you worked so hard
to buy her that. Why not tell her?”
He said “A lassie needna ken ae work.
She just needs fairy silver.“

My Bobby died a year ago
and soon we ran out of money.
How to get work I did not know.
We begun going hungry.
Jeanie started to fade away.
She said to me “We won’t get far
before the angels take us away,
unless we get some fairy silver.”

I got a job up in the big hoose
cleaning floors and doing dishes.
The Lady there gave me dog’s abuse.
Her husband tried to give me kisses.
I got some bread but could buy no jam.
Ne’er was there meat in the larder.
“You work so hard Ma you must deserve
a wee bit fairy silver.”

I got to thinkin’ it wisnae fair
that some are rich and some are not.
So I gathered all the lady’s jewellery
and hid it in a pot.
I said to Jeanie as they came for me
“Go by yourself to the woods where
a scrap of cloth from your pretty dress
marks where you’ll find fairy silver.”

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from Ten Told Tales, released August 30, 2019

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Richard Buchanan Scotland, UK

Former bass player with legendary Scottish 90s folk rock under-achievers The Lost Soul Band, Richard now writes, performs and records songs that draw from a wide range of influences.

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