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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[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
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