Biography:
The Corries were a Scottish folk group which emerged from the Scottish folk revival of the early 1960s. Although the group went through several changes of line-up in the early days, it was as the partnership of Roy Williamson (1936 - 1990) and Ronnie Browne that it is best known. The early 1970s were the Corries' finest hour.
In 1962, Roy Williamson teamed up with Bill Smith and Ron Cockburn to form the "Corrie Folk Trio". Their first performance was in the Waverley Bar in St Mary's Street, Edinburgh.
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- Flower Of Scotland
- Skye Boat Song
- Bannockburn
- Bonnie Dundee
- Braes O Killiecrankie
- Cam Ye By Atholl
- Come And Join Us
- Come Oer The Stream Charlie
- Dark Lochnagar
- Johnny Lad
- Kishmuls Galley A Bhirlinn Bharrach
- Kiss The Children For Me Mary
- Leezie Lindsay
- Loch Lomond
- Loch Tay Boat Song
- Macphersons Rant
- Massacre Of Glencoe
- Mingulay Boat Song
- Mothers Daughters Wives
- Rose Of Price Charlie
- Scotland The Brave Humorous
- Scotland Will Flourish
- Side By Side
- Smile In Your Sleep Hush Hush
- The Bantam Cock
- The Black Douglas
- The Bonnie Lass Of Fyvie
- The Bonnie Ship The Diamond
- The Bricklayers Song
- The Folker
- The Lads Among Heather
- The Loo Song
- The News Frae Moidart
- The Portree Kid
- The Queens Four Marys
- The Scottish Holiday
- The Shoals O Herrin
- The Sunday Driver
- The Wild Mountain Thyme
- Twa Recruitin Sergeants
- Were No Awa Tae Bide Awa
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And halfway down I met the bloody barrel once again
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Now the force of this collision halfway down the office block
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But I clung on tightly to the rope as I fell towards the ground
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As I lay there bleeding on the ground I let go of the bloody rope
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The barrel now being heavier so started down once more
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It landed right across me as I lay there on the floor
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It broke three ribs and my left arm and I can only say
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I hope you`ll understand why I am not at work today
Dear Sir I write this note to you to tell you of my plight
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For at the time of writing it I'm not a pretty sight
C G D C
My body is all black and blue, my face a deathly grey
G C D G
And I write this note to say why I am not at work today
G D G
While working on the fourteenth floor some bricks I had to clear
C G D
But tossing them down from such a height was not a good idea
C G D C
The foreman wasn't very pleased he is an arkward sod
G C D G
And he said I had to cart them down the ladders in me hod
G D G
Well clearing all these bricks by hand it was so very slow
C G D
So I hoisted up a barrel and secured a rope below
C G D C
But in me haste to do the job, I was to blind to see
G C D G
That a barrel full of building bricks was heavier than me
G D G
And so when I untied the rope the barrel fell like lead
C G D
And clinging tightly to the rope I started up instead
C G D C
I shot up like a rocket, and to my dismay I found
G C D G
That halfway up I met the bloody barrel coming down
G D G
Well the barrel broke me shoulder as to the ground it sped
C G D
And when I reached the top I banged the pulley with me head
C G D C
But I clung on tightly numb with shock from this almighty blow
G C D G
While the barrel spilled out half it's bricks some fourteen floors below
G D G
When these bricks had fallen from the barrel to the floor
C G D
I then outweighed the barrel and so started down once more
C G D C
But I clung on tightly to the rope me body racked with pain
G C D G
And halfway down I met the bloody barrel once again
G D G
Now the force of this collision halfway down the office block
C G D
Caused multiple abrasions and a nasty case of shock
C G D C
But I clung on tightly to the rope as I fell towards the ground
G C D G
And I landed on the broken bricks the barrel had scattered round.
G D G
Now as I lay there on the ground I thought I'd passed the worst
C G D
But the barrel hit the pulley wheel and then the bottom burst
C G D C
A shower of bricks rained down on me I didn't have a hope
G C D G
As I lay there bleeding on the ground I let go of the bloody rope
G D G
The barrel now being heavier so started down once more
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It landed right across me as I lay there on the floor
C G D C
It broke three ribs and my left arm and I can only say
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I hope you`ll understand why I am not at work today
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