Alex Beaton is a Scottish, guitar-playing folksinger who makes more than 20 concert appearances annually at various events across the United States (primarily highland games). Beaton appears annually at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games in North Carolina, and the Stone Mountain Highland Games in Atlanta, Georgia, two of the largest highland games events in the United States. Beaton has been called "probably the country's most popular Scottish folk singer."[1] He has a baritone voice.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
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Tabbed by Jack Dingler [email protected] From Alex Beaton's 'In The Scottish Tradition' http://www.alexbeaton.com/
Doon the Watter Iain Ingram
CFGC My father worked for buttons in a wee dry salters shop FG But we were young and didnae have a care FCAm Our shoes were scuffed and worn, our dungarees a' torn DG Our sloppy joes they wirnae fit to wear C Noo me and ma wee brother we were headaches to my mother FE7 And dirty for the best port o' the year FCAm But she had us clean as whistles in our kilts and co-op sandals GC When we went down the watter for the fair
Chorus: CFC And we're sailing doon the Clyde, sailing doon the Clyde G And headin' for Kilgreggan in the morning CFC Then on to Rothesay Bay we'd leave on Saturday GC To catch the Jeannie Dean frae Crigendoran
The summertime was all I'm sure that kept my father gain' A time that he enjoyed as much as me The family a' the gither we didnae mind the weather He'd laugh and sing and bounce us on each knee '0 toora loora liddey ah finish work on Friday' His troubles seem to vanish in the air Ah but noo he's gone forever like the steamers on the river That went sailing doon the wafter for the fair
The golden age of paddle steamers sadly disappeared And summertime has never been the same Those days of river cruisin' that slowly we were losing An era that will never come again For now we fly to Malta Majorca and Gibralter France and Spain and sunny Italy A' the kids a' think it's heaven like the Clyde for me at seven But the days of doon the watter's gone for me