Tour Scotland Video Women Singing Yesterday Once More Song The McManus Dundee

Tour Scotland travel video of women singing the Yesterday Once More song at the Festival of Museums in The McManus Galleries cafe on ancestry, history, genealogy visit and trip to the city of Dundee.

When I was young
I'd listen to the radio
Waitin' for my favorite songs When they played I'd sing along
It made me smile.

Those were such happy times
And not so long ago
How I wondered where they'd gone
But they're back again
Just like a long lost friend
All the songs I loved so well.

Every Sha-la-la-la
Every Wo-o-wo-o
Still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they're startin' to sing's
So fine.

When they get to the part
Where he's breakin' her heart
It can really make me cry
Just like before
It's yesterday once more.

Lookin' back on how it was
In years gone by
And the good times that I had
Makes today seem rather sad
So much has changed.

It was songs of love that
I would sing to then
And I'd memorize each word
Those old melodies
Still sound so good to me
As they melt the years away.

Every Sha-la-la-la
Every Wo-o-wo-o
Still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they're startin' to sing's
So fine.

All my best memories
Come back clearly to me
Some can even make me cry.
Just like before
It's yesterday once more.


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Tour Scotland Video Women Singing Muggy Shaw Song The McManus Dundee

Tour Scotland video of women singing the Muggy Shaw song written by Michael Marra at the Festival of Museums in The McManus Galleries cafe on visit to the city of Dundee, Scotland.

Loadsaweeminsinging is a community singing group based at The McManus in Dundee

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Tour Scotland Video Women Singing Women Of Dundee Song The McManus Dundee

Tour Scotland travel video of women singing the Women Of Dundee song written by Sheena Wellington in The McManus Galleries cafe on visit and trip to the city of Dundee, Scotland.
Now the men they werena lazy, but the work was hard tae find
The Parish and the Means Test they'd to face,
But a lassie"s hands are nimble, and a lassie's wage is sma
So the women o Dundee worked in their place.

Chorus:
And the wailin o the bummer and the clackin o the laims
Brought the women o Dundee oot o their bed
And they walked tae mills and factories
And they rocht frae seevin tae fehv
And the women kept the bairns o Dundee fed

Now my mither an my granny an my aunties ain and a'
Went tae the laims the day they left the skail
They didna work for freedom, independence or the rest
They jist worked tae get some kitchen tae their kail.

Now the rhythm o their livin was the clackin o the laims
Their youth an health an strength was lost tae jait
But the weavers and the spinners and the winders o Dundee
Had a spirit that the hard times never bait.

Now you may boast a noble lineage and sing of your Highland clan
And hail some gallant chief who shares your name
But my line's as good as any and I'm very proud tae say
It was fae a Dundee weaver that I came.


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Tour Scotland Video Women Singing General Grant Song The McManus Dundee

Tour Scotland travel video of women singing the General Grant song in The McManus Galleries cafe on history visit and trio to Dundee, Scotland.
U. S. Grant paid a visit to Dundee town
They spruced it up with a lick of paint and showed him round
Two bands played in fierce competition as the rain came down
But all the General said was
What a mighty long bridge to such a mighty little old town

A man called Grant hung from a window with the Stars and Stripes
The orphan boys sang Alouette, sweetness and light
And as they sang, a firebell rang, so they ran for their lives
What well-trained little orphans, what a precious little song
Said the General's wife

A carriage was called to the Magdalen Green before the darkness fell
With a short stopover for the lady's convenience at the Royal Hotel
The General smiled through the rest of the speeches, yes, he took it well
What a lovely little bandstand, a pretty little steeple
Such charming little houses, such cheerful little people
But what a mighty long bridge to such a mighty little old town


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Tour Scotland Video Scotsman Playing Bagpipes On The Mound Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of a Scotsman playing bagpipe music on The Mound on windy visit to the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. The construction of the Earthen Mound, as it was originally called, was begun in 1781 and it was extended over the years until by 1830 it was macadamised and landscaped so that it appeared more or less complete. When the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was extended to Waverley in 1846, tunnels were driven under The Mound to allow access to the west.

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