The Ringing Stone

from Ten Told Tales by Richard Buchanan

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lyrics

Let the stone ring across the land.
Let its voice sing out to the sea.
If you e’er need a helping hand
let the stone bring that help to thee.

My grandfather told me once,
by the fireside on his knee,
about the fabled ringing stone
that’s hidden in Tiree.
He told me in his darkest hour,
when lost and all forlorn,
how his life had turned around
when he found the ringing stone.

I sought it once in desperate times
and found it in a glade
with circles etched upon its side
no human hands had made.
I struck it hard like grandad said.
Out rang a bell-like tone
That rode the breeze down to the sea.
It was the call of the ringing stone.

Let the stone ring across the land.
Let its voice sing out to the sea.
If you e’er need a helping hand
let the stone bring that help to thee.

The waves of sound and sea took form
and came to where I stood.
I wept to tell how my bairns would die
from cold and lack of food.
“I see you need help” it replied.
“Return now to your home
and take back with you in your heart
help and love from the ringing stone.”

And so with vigour in my chest
that wasn’t there before
I gazed on kin with strength reborn
and hope forevermore.
Now sat by fireside, on my knee
a grandchild of my own.
I hold her tight and tell her all
about the fabled ringing stone.

Let the stone ring across the land.
Let its voice sing out to the sea.
If you e’er need a helping hand
let the stone bring that help to thee.

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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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