Biography:
The Rankin Family is a Canadian folk music family group from Mabou, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
The Rankins come from a family of 12, all of whom would entertain the neighbours musically every third weekend as part of a ceilidh.
Five of the siblings began performing professionally in 1989. The Rankins released their own independent cassettes The Rankin Family (1989) and Fare Thee Well Love (1990) featuring original songs and a combination of traditional jigs, reels and Celtic folk songs.
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Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse 1]
D
I took a trip up Gillis Mountain
Bm G A
On a sunny summer day
G Bm Em A
There were ruts in the road and the four wheel drive
Bm G A
Spun it's wheels in the rocks and the clay
Bm G A D
Yes it spun it's wheels in the rocks and the clay.
[Verse 2]
D
On our way up Gillis Mountain
Bm G A
On that sunny summer day
G Bm Em A
There were spruce trees growing on the fields
Bm G A
Where fore-fathers once made hay
Bm G A D
Where our fore-fathers once made hay.
[Chorus]
G A D G
And oh - oh - oh Gillis Mountain
G A Bm G A D
Oh - oh - oh Where fore-fathers once made hay.
[Verse 3]
D
The Gillis' lived on the mountain
Bm G A
For about a hundred years
G Bm Em A
Where we pick berries they cleared land
Bm G A
Spent their blood and sweat and tears
Bm G A D
They spent their blood and sweat and tears.
[Chorus]
G A D G
And oh - oh - oh Gillis Mountain
G A Bm G A D
Oh - oh - oh Spent their blood and sweat and tears.
[Verse 4]
E
When we arrived on Gillis Mountain
C#m A B
You could see for miles in the light
A C#m Fm B
The whitecaps on a sea of blue
C#m A B
Sparkled like diamonds in the night
C#m A B E
They sparkled like diamonds in the night.
[Chorus]
A B E A
And oh - oh - oh Gillis Mountain
A B C#m A B E
Oh - oh - oh Sparkled like diamonds in the night x2
C#m A B E
La la la la la la la la la la x3
Sparkled like diamonds in the night 1x slow, no guitar
D
I took a trip up Gillis Mountain
Bm G A
On a sunny summer day
G Bm Em A
There were ruts in the road and the four wheel drive
Bm G A
Spun it's wheels in the rocks and the clay
Bm G A D
Yes it spun it's wheels in the rocks and the clay.
[Verse 2]
D
On our way up Gillis Mountain
Bm G A
On that sunny summer day
G Bm Em A
There were spruce trees growing on the fields
Bm G A
Where fore-fathers once made hay
Bm G A D
Where our fore-fathers once made hay.
[Chorus]
G A D G
And oh - oh - oh Gillis Mountain
G A Bm G A D
Oh - oh - oh Where fore-fathers once made hay.
[Verse 3]
D
The Gillis' lived on the mountain
Bm G A
For about a hundred years
G Bm Em A
Where we pick berries they cleared land
Bm G A
Spent their blood and sweat and tears
Bm G A D
They spent their blood and sweat and tears.
[Chorus]
G A D G
And oh - oh - oh Gillis Mountain
G A Bm G A D
Oh - oh - oh Spent their blood and sweat and tears.
[Verse 4]
E
When we arrived on Gillis Mountain
C#m A B
You could see for miles in the light
A C#m Fm B
The whitecaps on a sea of blue
C#m A B
Sparkled like diamonds in the night
C#m A B E
They sparkled like diamonds in the night.
[Chorus]
A B E A
And oh - oh - oh Gillis Mountain
A B C#m A B E
Oh - oh - oh Sparkled like diamonds in the night x2
C#m A B E
La la la la la la la la la la x3
Sparkled like diamonds in the night 1x slow, no guitar
