Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Tour Scotland video of fiddle, guitar and whistle at a traditional Scottish music session in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
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Tour Scotland travel video of the sight and sounds of a male and female musician playing traditional Scottish fiddle music in a Pub on visit and trip to to Perth, Perthshire.
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Old photograph of the railway station at Tulloch in the Highlands of Scotland. This Scottish station is on the West Highland Line, 105 miles north of Glasgow Queen Street. The station was laid out with two platforms, one on either side of a crossing loop. There are sidings on the north side of the station. When the railway opened in 1894 the station was named Inverlair, after the nearby Inverlair Lodge.
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Tour Scotland video of Scottish fiddle players playing the Chapel Keithack, a slow air, Waltz, fiddle tune on visit to the Taybank Pub in Dunkeld, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. The Taybank has regular music sessions, including Jazz, Blues and Folk music. I visit as often as I can throughout the year.
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Tour Scotland travel video of the sight and sounds of Gavin Munro singing a cover version of Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison in a pub on visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire. Written and recorded in 1967 by Van Morrison and produced by Bang Records chief Bert Berns, it was first released in May 1967 on the album Blowin' Your Mind !. When released as a single, it rose to number eight on the Cashbox charts, and reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. It featured the Sweet Inspirations singing back-up vocals and is widely considered to be Van Morrison's signature song. Open Mic night is one of the longest running and best known open mic sessions in Scotland.
Hey, where did we go
Days when the rains came?
Down in the hollow
Playing a new game,
Laughing and a-running, hey, hey,
Skipping and a-jumping
In the misty morning fog with
Our, our hearts a-thumping
And you, my brown-eyed girl,
You, my brown-eyed girl.
Whatever happened
To tuesday and so slow
Going down to the old mine with a
Transistor radio.
Standing in the sunlight laughing
Hidin' behind a rainbowed wall,
Slipping and a-sliding
All along the waterfall
With you, my brown-eyed girl,
You, my brown-eyed girl.
Do you remember when we used to sing
Sha la la la la la la la la la la dee dah
Just like that
Sha la la la la la la la la la la dee dah
La dee dah.
So hard to find my way
Now that I'm all on my own.
I saw you just the other day,
My, how you have grown!
Cast my memory back there, Lord,
Sometime I'm overcome thinking about
Making love in the green grass
Behind the stadium
With you, my brown-eyed girl,
You, my brown-eyed girl.
Do you remember when we used to sing
Sha la la la la la la la la la la dee dah
Laying in the green grass
Sha la la la la la la la la la la dee dah
Dee dah dee dah dee dah dee dah dee dah dee
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la la
Dee dah la dee dah la dee dah la
D-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d.
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Tour Scotland video of traditional Scottish singing in Scots on ancestry visit to DundeeScotland. Scotland is internationally known for its traditional music, which remained vibrant throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, when many traditional forms worldwide lost popularity to pop music. In spite of emigration and a well developed connection to music imported from the rest of Europe and the United States, the music of Scotland has kept many of its traditional aspects; indeed, it has itself influenced many forms of music.
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Tour Scotland video of a Valentine's Day display inside the window of a Bakers Shop on visit to DundeeScotland. In the UK, just under half of the population spend money on Valentines Day on cards, flowers, chocolates and other gifts, with an estimated 25 million cards being sent. In Wales, some people celebrate Dydd Santes Dwynwen, St Dwynwen's Day, on January 25 instead of, or as well as, Valentine's Day. The day commemorates St Dwynwen, the patron saint of Welsh lovers.
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Tour Scotland video of Scottish Sponge Cakes inside the window of a Bakers Shop on visit to DundeeScotland. Victoria Sandwich Cake or Victoria Sponge as its also known is a classic cake served with afternoon tea in Scotland. It is a favourite in tea rooms all around Britain and a must for tea time which is typically served around 2pm to 4pm, where hot tea is served with classic cakes and petite sandwiches, a great British tradition.
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Tour Scotland video of Gavin Munro singing a cover version of You Ain't Goin' Nowhere by Bob Dylan in the Twa Tams Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Gavin is accompanied on stage by members of the Red Pine Timber Co band.
Clouds so swift
Rain won't lift
Gate won't close
Railings froze
Get your mind of wintertime
You ain't goin' nowhere
Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair !
I don't care
How many letters they sent
Morning came and morning went
Pick up your money
And pack up your tent
You ain't goin' nowhere
Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair !
Buy me a flute
And a gun that shoots
Tailgates some substitutes
Strap yourself
To the tree with roots
You ain't goin' nowhere
Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair !Genghis Khan
He could not keep
All his kings
Supplied with sleep
We'll climb that hill no matter how steep
When we come up to it
Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair !
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Tour Scotland travel video of Katie Whittaker singing a cover version of Travelin' Soldier on visit and trip to The Twa Tams in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Travelin' Soldier is a song written and originally recorded by American country music artist Bruce Robison in 1996 and again, in rewritten form, in 1999. It was later recorded by Ty England on his 1999 album, Highways and Dance Halls. The first rendition to be issued as a single was by the Dixie Chicks. The song is a tale about a shy, lonesome, young American soldier who strikes up a conversation and later a correspondence with a high school girl during the Vietnam War era.
Two days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus in his army greens
Sat down in a booth in a cafe there
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair
He's a little shy so she gives him a smile
And he said would you mind sittin' down for a while
And talking to me, I'm feeling a little low
She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go
So they went down and they sat on the pier
He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care
I got no one to send a letter to
Would you mind if I sent one back here to you
Chorus: I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter said
A soldier's coming home
So the letters came from an army camp
In California then Vietnam
And he told her of his heart
It might be love and all of the things he was so scared of
He said when it's getting kinda rough over here
I think of that day sittin' down at the pier
And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile
Don't worry but I won't be able to write for awhile
Chorus: I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter said
A soldier's coming home
One Friday night at a football game
The Lord's prayer said and the Anthem sang
A man said folks would you bow your heads
For a list of local Vietnam dead
Crying all alone under the stands
Was a piccolo player in the marching band
And one name read and nobody really cared
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair
Chorus: I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter says
A soldier's coming
Chorus: I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter says
A soldier's coming home
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Tour Scotland video of Blair Davie singing a cover version of The Way I Tend To Be by Frank Turner on visit to The Twa Tams in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
Some mornings I pray for evening,
For the day to be done.
Some summer days I hide away
And wait for rain to come.
It turns out hell will not be found
Within the fires below,
But in making do and muddling through
When you've nowhere else to go.
But then I remember you,
And the way you shine like truth in all you do.
And if you remembered me,
You could save me from the way I tend to be.
The way I tend to be
Some days I wake up dazed my dear,
And I don't know where I am.
I've been running now so long I'm scared
I've forgotten how to stand.
And I stand alone in airport bars
And gather thoughts to think:
That if all I had was one long road
It could drive a man to drink.
But then I remember you,
And the way you shine like truth in all you do.
And if you remembered me,
You could save me from the way I tend to be.
'Cause I've said I love you so many times that the words kinda die in my mouth.
And I meant it each time with each beautiful woman but somehow it never works out.
But you stood apart in my calloused heart, and you taught me and here's what I learned:
That love is about all the changes you make and not just three small words.
And then I catch myself
Catching your scent on someone else
In a crowded space
And it takes me somewhere I cannot quite place.
And then I remember you,
And the way you shine like truth in all you do.
And if you remembered me,
You could save me from the way I tend to be, the way I tend to be.
Way I tend to be.
The way I tend to be.
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Tour Scotland video of Gavin Munro singing a cover version of A Song For You by Gram Parsons in the Twa Tams Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Gavin is accompanied on stage by members of the Red Pine Timber Co band.
Oh, my land is like a wild goose
Wanders all around everywhere
Trembles and it shakes till every tree is loose
It rolls the meadows and it rolls the nails
So take me down to your dance floor
And I won't mind the people when they stare
Paint a different color on your front door
And tomorrow we will still be there
Jesus built a ship to sing a song to
It sails the rivers and it sails the tide
Some of my friends don't know who they belong to
Some can't get a single thing to work inside
So take me down to your dance floor
And I won't mind the people when they stare
Paint a different color on your front door
And tomorrow we will still be there
I loved you every day and now I'm leaving
And I can see the sorrow in your eyes
I hope you know a lot more than you're believing
Just so the sun don't hurt you when you cry
Oh, take me down to your dance floor
I won't mind the people when they stare
Paint a different color on your front door
And tomorrow we may still be there
And tomorrow we may still be there
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Tour Scotland video of Katie Whittaker singing a cover version of You Got the Love on visit to The Twa Tams in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Katie is the wonderful female vocalist from Red Pine Timber Co. You Got the Love is a 1986 single by Candi Staton. It was then remixed by The Source and re-released in 1991 as The Source and Candi Staton. In 2008, the song was covered by English soul singer Joss Stone for her fourth studio album, Colour Me Free!, released in October 2009. In November 2009, another cover version was released as a single by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine.
Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air
I know I can count on you
Sometimes I feel like saying "Lord I just don't care"
But you've got the love I need To see me through
Sometimes it seems that the going is just too rough
And things go wrong no matter what I do
Now and then it seems that life is just too much
But you've got the love I need to see me through
When food is gone you are my daily meal
When friends are gone I know my Saviour's love is real
You know it's real
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
Time after time I think "Oh Lord what's the use?"
Time after time I think it's just no good
'Cause sooner or later in life, the things you love you loose
But you got the love I need to see me through
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air
'Cause I know I can count on you
Sometimes I feel like saying "Lord I just don't care"
But you've got the love I need to see me through
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Tour Scotland video of Blair Davie singing a cover version of Last Request by Paolo Nutin on visit to The Twa Tams in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
Slow down, Lie down,
Remember it's just you and me.
Don't sell out, bow out,
Remember how this used to be.
I just want you closer,
Is that alright?
Baby let's get closer tonight
Grant my last request,
And just let me hold you.
Don't shrug your shoulders,
Lay down beside me.
Sure I can accept that we're going nowhere,
But one last time let's go there,
Lay down beside me
Oh, I've found, that I'm bound
To wander down that one way road.
And I realise all about your lies
But I'm no wiser than the fool I was before.
I just want you closer,
Is that alright?
Baby let's get closer tonight
Oh, baby, baby, baby,
Tell me how can, how can this be wrong ?
Yeah, lay down beside me.
One last time let's go there,
Lay down beside me
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Old photograph of cottages and people in Monkstown in Fife, Scotland. Historically, the area was associated with peat cutting, and later, the town developed, including linen weaving and malting industries.
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Old photograph of Slateford in Edinburgh, Scotland. This is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of the Water of Leith. The former village of Slateford lies on the Lanark Road where it crosses the Water of Leith south west of Slateford Station. The name Slateford comes from local rock found in the area and the old fording point on the Water of Leith that the village grew round. In 1882 it had a post office with money order savings bank and telegraph departments, a Police Station, a Good Templars Hall, School, U.P. Church and the extensive bleachfields of Inglis Green. The village was crossed by the Union Canal Slateford Aqueduct in 1822 and a few years later the 14 arch viaduct carrying the Caledonian railway line. The situe of the Canal, Road and Rail bridges capture all three modes of transport together still to this day.
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Tour Scotland travel video of a night passenger train from Inverness arriving at the railway station at Birnam and Dunkeld on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Highland Perthshire, Scotland. The train was moving on to Perth and Edinburgh. The Perth and Dunkeld Railway was first built from Stanley Junction on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway to Birnam, on the opposite bank of the River Tay to Dunkeld. With the Act of Parliament was passed on 10 July 1854, with the line being opened on 7 April 1856. Initially operated by the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, and latterly the Scottish North Eastern Railway, the Perth and Dunkeld did not become part of the Caledonian Railway, rather was absorbed by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway on 28 February 1864, and subsequently became part of the Highland Railway on 1 February 1865. The line became part of the LMS in 1923.
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Old photograph of Schawpark House by Sauchie in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Present day Sauchie grew from Holton Village, built in 1710 to house the Earl of Mar's colliers at the Holton mine, and Newtonshaw, originally built to house the servants of the Schaw family. The Schaw's moved out of Sauchie Tower, to their new house at Schawpark in the 1700's. Schawpark was a large mansion house, sited in what is now Schawpark Golf Course. There is now nothing left of the mansion house.
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Old photograph of Tillicoultry in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Tillicoultry is one of the Hillfoots villages on the A91, which runs from Stirling to St. Andrews in Fife. Tillicoultry is situated at the southern base of the Ochil Hills, which provide a spectacular backdrop. Captain James Dalgleish Pollock was born in Tillicoultry on 3 June 1890, he died on 10 May 1958. He was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Colonel James Lennox Dawson, born in Tillicoultry on 25 December 1891, died 15 February 1967, was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Old photograph cottages in Fishcross, also known as Kipper's Junction, a small village located to the North of Sauchie in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Formerly a Scottish mining village, nearby at Auchinbaird there is a fine example of a windmill built in the early 18th Century to drain a coal pit and later converted to serve as a dovecote.
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Old photograph of cottages and houses in Kirkmuirhill, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. In the 1860s Kirkmuirhill and Blackwood were in the parish of Lesmahagow and the parish church was in Lesmahagow.
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Tour Scotland video of The Secrets, Graham and Jamie, singing in thev Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Greyfriars Bar Open Mic night is one of the longest running and best known open mic sessions in Scotland.
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Tour Scotland video of a Scottish fiddle music session on visit to the Taybank Pub in Dunkeld, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. The Taybank has regular music sessions, including Jazz, Blues and Folk music. I visit as often as I can throughout the year.
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Tour Scotland Winter travel video of a road trip drive on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Evelick Castle in the Carse of Gowrie, Perthshire. The ruins of Evelick Castle, the ancient seat of the Lindsays, and the birthplace of Helen Lindsay, wife of John Campbell, of Glenlyon, whose daughter, Helen, according to the session records, was married on the 22nd of September, 1663, to the famed Rob Roy MacGregor. This castle looks out across the Tay from high on the Sidlaw hills in Perthshire, some 5 miles east of Perth. It is built on the L-plan, with the two blocks meeting in such a way as to form a second re-entrant angle at the back. There is a circular stair tower in the main re-entrant angle, in the base of which is the main doorway. The castle is defended by a considerable number of gunloops. The building is sadly in a state of steady collapse, and would be a prime candidate for restoration. It was probably built in the early 16th century, by an offshoot of the Lindsays of Crawford. In 1666, Andrew Lindsay of Evelick was created a baronet, and his 2nd son Thomas was the victim of a particularly brutal murder here at the hands of his step-brother James Douglas. During a game, Douglas stabbed Lindsay 5 times, then held the dying youth under water in a burn before finally dashing his brains out with a rock. No doubt Douglas suffered from a dysfunctional family and a disadvantaged childhood! The last of the Lindsays of Evelick drowned in 1799.
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Tour Scotland February video of part of a Winter drive on a single track narrow road through Glen Quaich on ancestry visit to Amulree, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. Many Scots who lived here were forced to leave the land, causing mass emigration, mostly to North Easthope, Canada, in the early 19th Century.
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Tour Scotland travel video of the sight and sounds of Jason Gibson singing a cover version of Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan in a Pub on visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire.
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but know you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say do you want to make a deal?
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down and did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal.
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things
But you'd better lift your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
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Old photograph of cottages and children in Kirkoswald in South Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is well known as the village where Robert Burns attended school. Buried in the Kirkoswald churchyard are John Davidson and Douglas Graham, memorialised as Souter Johnnie and Tam o' Shanter in the poem of Robert Burns.
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Old photograph of Tarbolton in South Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is home to the Bachelors' Club, a frequent haunt of Robert Burns. On 11 November 1780 a debating club was founded by young men from Tarbolton including Robert Burns, Gilbert Burns, Hugh Reid, Alexander Brown, Thomas Wright, William M'Gavin and Walter Mitchell. Robert Burns was unanimously elected president for the first meeting, held in the property of John Richard, used as an ale-house. David Sillar, who lived nearby, was added to the list of founders in May 1781, followed by Matthew Paterson, James Paterson, and John Orr in 1782. I hope these might be of interest to folks with Scottish Roots.
Old photograph of cottages, houses and people in Colmonell located ten miles from Girvan in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The River Stinchar runs through the valley here and the Colmonell area boasts three ruined castles: Craigneil Castle from the thirteenth century, Kirkhill Castle from the sixteenth century and Knockdolian Castle also from the sixteenth century.
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Tour Scotland video of Blair Davie singing a cover version of I Won't Give Up by Jason Mraz in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Greyfriars Bar Open Mic night is one of the longest running and best known open mic sessions in Scotland.
When I look into your eyes
It's like watching the night sky
Or a beautiful sunrise
Well, there's so much they hold
And just like them old stars
I see that you've come so far
To be right where you are
How old is your soul?
Well, I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up
And when you're needing your space
To do some navigating
I'll be here patiently waiting
To see what you find
'Cause even the stars they burn
Some even fall to the earth
We've got a lot to learn
God knows we're worth it
No, I won't give up
I don't wanna be someone who walks away so easily
I'm here to stay and make the difference that I can make
Our differences they do a lot to teach us how to use
The tools and gifts we got, yeah, we got a lot at stake
And in the end, you're still my friend at least we did intend
For us to work we didn't break, we didn't burn
We had to learn how to bend without the world caving in
I had to learn what I've got, and what I'm not, and who I am
I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up, still looking up.
Well, I won't give up on us (no I'm not giving up)
God knows I'm tough enough (I am tough, I am loved)
We've got a lot to learn (we're alive, we are loved)
God knows we're worth it (and we're worth it)
I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up
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Tour Scotland video of Gavin Munro singing a cover version of Your Cheatin' Heart by Hank Williams in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Greyfriars Bar Open Mic night is one of the longest running and best known open mic sessions in Scotland.
Your cheatin' heart will make you weep
You'll cry and cry and try to sleep
But sleep won't come the whole night through
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
When tears come down like fallin' rain
You'll toss around and call my name
You'll walk the floor the way that I do
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
Your cheatin' heart will pine someday
And crave the love you threw away
The time will come when you'll be blue
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
When tears come down like fallin' rain
You'll toss around and call my name
You'll walk the floor the way I do
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
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Tour Scotland video of Gavin Munro singing a cover version of Oh My Sweet Carolina by Ryan Adams in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Greyfriars Bar Open Mic night is one of the longest running and best known open mic sessions in Scotland.
Well I went down to Houston and I stopped in San Antone
I passed up the station for the bus
Was trying to find me something but I wasn't sure just what
I ended up with pockets full of dust.
So I went on to Cleveland and ended up insane
Bought a borrowed suit and learned to dance
I was spending money like the way it likes to rain
And I ended up with pockets full of 'caine.
Oh my sweet Carolina
What compels me to go?
Oh my sweet disposition
May you one day carry me home.
I ain't never been to Vegas but I gambled up my life
Building news print boats I raced in sewer mains
I was trying to find me something but I wasn't sure just what
Funny how they say that some things never change.
Oh my sweet Carolina
What compels me to go?
Oh my sweet disposition
May you one day carry me home.
Up here in the city it feels like things are closing in
The sunset's just my light bulb burning out
I miss Kentucky and I miss my family
All the sweetest winds they blow across the south.
Oh my sweet Carolina
What compels me to go?
Oh my sweet disposition
May you one day carry me home
May you one day carry me home.
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Tour Scotland video of Gavin Munro singing a cover version of Oh Well by Fleetwood Mac in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Greyfriars Bar Open Mic night is one of the longest running and best known open mic sessions in Scotland.
I can't help about the shape I'm in
I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to
Oh well
Now, when I talked to God I knew he'd understand
He said, "Stick by me and I'll be your guiding hand
But don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to"
Oh well
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Tour Scotland February video of part of an afternoon drive West on the A90 road from Dundee on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish road originates in Edinburgh, it the travels west and over the Forth Road Bridge, before turning into the M90 motorway. At Perth, the M90 again becomes the A90, now running north east to Dundee and through the Kingsway road system. It then passes Forfar, Brechin, Stracathro, the site of an ancient Roman Camp, Stonehaven, Bridge of Muchalls, where the Burn of Muchalls flows under, near Muchalls Castle, near Saint Ternan's Church, Newtonhill, Portlethen, from there through the city of Aberdeen, crossing the Ythan Estuary, on to Peterhead on its way to Fraserburgh.
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Tour Scotland video of the interior of All Souls' Episcopal Church on ancestry visit to Invergowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. High altar has beautiful Italian marble reredos and crucifix. Invergowrie is a village on the North West bank of the Firth of Tay to the west of Dundee.
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Tour Scotland travel video of sculptured Stations Of The Cross in All Souls' Episcopal Church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Invergowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Stations of the Cross, or Way of the Cross; in Latin, Via Crucis; also called the Via Dolorosa or Way of Sorrows, or simply, The Way is a series of artistic representations, very often sculptural, depicting Christ Carrying the Cross to his crucifixion. The object of the Stations is to help the faithful to make a spiritual pilgrimage of prayer, through meditating upon the chief scenes of Christ's sufferings and death. Invergowrie is a village on the North West bank of the Firth of Tay to the west of Dundee.
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Old photograph of Pumpherston by Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland. There is evidence of Roman occupation approximately two miles north east of Pumpherston at a Roman Camp, near Broxburn. Pumpherston is located halfway between Scotlands's two largest cities, being about 30 miles east of Glasgow and 15 miles west of Edinburgh.
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Tour Scotland Winter video of Queen's View overlooking Loch Tummel on ancestry visit to Pitlochry, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. A short drive from Pitlochry, along a winding tree lined road, hugging the River Tummel, lies the Queen's View. This Scottish viewpoint was made famous by Queen Victoria in 1866. It is also claimed that the view was originally named after Queen Isabel, wife of Robert the Bruce.
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Tour Scotland video of the Chinese New Year procession outside of the Salutation Hotel on South Street on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The parade included the Provost and a Chinese lion and dragon dance troop, drummers and many members of the local community.
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Tour Scotland video of the Chinese New Year procession in St John's Place on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The parade included a Chinese lion and dragon dance troop and many members of the local community. The parade was led two Police officers on horses, followed by a Chinese lion and dragon dance troop and many members of the local community.
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Tour Scotland video of the Chinese New Year procession in St John's Street on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The parade included a Chinese lion and dragon dance troop and many members of the local community.
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Tour Scotland video of the Chinese New Year procession in the High Street on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The parade was led two Police officers on horses, followed by a Chinese lion and dragon dance troop and many members of the local community.
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Old photograph of a shop, cottages, houses and people in Newton Mearns located seven miles South West of Glasgow, Scotland. Until the 20th century, the land around Newton Mearns was primarily agricultural. Ownership passed from the Pollocks, whose name is perpetuated in the nearby Glasgow housing estate of Pollok, to the Maxwells of Caerlaverock around 1300. It then passed to the Maxwells of Nether Pollok in 1648 and then the Stewarts of Blackhall in 1660. A new turnpike road from Eastwood Toll, now the main Ayr Road, was constructed in 1832. However, from the early 20th century, with the introduction of improved roads and railways to the area, it gradually became a growing commuter suburb of Glasgow.
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Old photograph of the railway station in Crieff, Scotland. This was a junction railway station at Crieff, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It was where the Crieff Junction Railway, Crieff and Methven Railway and the Comrie, St Fillans and Lochearnhead Railway met. The station was opened as The Terminus when the Crieff Junction Railway opened on 13th of March 1856. The line from Methven Junction opened in 1867 and the line to Comrie opened 1st of October 1901. The station closed to passengers on 6th of July 1964 with the closure of the lines to Comrie and Gleneagles. Freight continued on the Almond Valley line until September 1967.
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Tour Scotland video of a February afternoon drive on a narrow Scottish road on ancestry visit to Lunan Parish Church and War Memorial in Angus, Scotland.The current parish church at Lunan was built in 1844 on the site of, or very close to, a medieval predecessor mentioned in around 1200 and dedicated in 1242. The current church is a small Romanesque-style structure with sandstone ashlar walls and slate roofs. It is surrounded by a long, narrow graveyard.
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