MOVING ON SONG
(Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger)
Born in the middle of an afternoon
In a horse-drawn wagon on the old A5
The big twelve wheeler shook my bed
You can't stop here the policeman said
You better get born someplace else
So move along, get along, move along, get along,
Go, move, shift
Born in the tatie lifting time
In an old bow tent in a tatie field
The farmer said, The work's all done
It's time that you were moving on
You better get born someplace else
So move along, get along, move along, get along,
Go, move, shift
Born in a wagon on a building site
Where the ground was rutted by the trailer's wheels
The local people said to me,
You'll lower the price of property
You better get born someplace else
So move along, get along, move along, get along,
Go, move, shift
Born at the back of a blackthorn hedge
When the white hoarfrost lay all around
No wise men came bearing gifts
Instead the order came to shift
You better get born someplace else
So move along, get along, move along, get along,
Go, move, shift
The winter sky was hung with stars
And one shone brighter than the rest
The wise men came so stern and strict
And brought the order to evict
You better get born someplace else
So move along, get along, move along, get along,
Go, move, shift
Wagon, tent, or trailer born
Last week, last year, or in far off days
Born here or a thousand miles away
There's always men nearby who'll say
You better get born someplace else
So move along, get along, move along, get along,
Go, move, shift
== Bang on ==
I love no one
And no one loves me
I love no one
And no one loves me
I'm missing
I'm missing
I'm missing
I'm missing
-guh!
I want no one
And no one wants me
I want no one
And no one wants me
I have no one
And no one has me
I have no one
And no one has me
I'm missing
I'm missing
I'm missing
I'm missing
I'm missing
I'm missing
I'm missing
I'm missing
-guh!
== Istanbul ==
Come on in
on in
on in
Come on in
on in
on in
Is it in the east ?
You’ve gone too far
Boys it’s over there
Not that far
It's here
It’s where you are
Where you goin ?
To the city !
Where you goin ?
To the city !
Where you goin ?
Istanbul !
Whoa whoa who-oh…
Is it in the east ?
You’ve gone too far
Boys it’s over there
Not that far
It's here
It’s where you are
Come on in
on in
on in
Istanbul !
Istanbul !
Come on in
on in
on in
Come on in
on in
on in
Whoa whoa who-oh…
Come on in
on in
on in
Where you goin ?
To the city !
Where you goin ?
To the city !
Where you goin ?
Istanbul !
Whoa whoa who-oh…
== Here no more ==
Not lost but gone before
Here no more, here no more
Each day the long light dims and fades
Not lost but gone before
Creation sings mountains bring
Age is born through memory and lore
Upon a saw tall timbers fall
Here no more, here no more
The light shines close echos low
Of your sweet voice I weep and mourn
Upon a saw tall timbers fall
Here no more, here no more
Not lost but gone before
Here no more, here no more
Each day the long light dims and fades
Not lost but gone before
Each day the long light dims and fades
Not lost but gone before
== Night of joy ==
Can’t stop the wave of sorrow
Every mile that you go
Give me this night
Give me
Give me this night
Give me
This night of joy follows
Everywhere you go
Come home, come home…
Can’t stop the wave of sorrow
Every mile that you go
== No way ==
No way
Stay here
Too bad
A mistake
One time
No way
No way
No way
Stop now
Stand by
Right now
For now
Stop
Stop stop
Stay here
Stand by
No way
Only one time
Please stay
Too bad
No
No way
Right now
Right now
One time
One time
No lie
No way
Gonna stop now
No lie
Please stay
Stop
Stand by
Stand by
No way
No way
No way
No
No way
Right now
Right now
One time
One time
No lie
No way
Gonna stop now
No lie
Stop
Stop stop
Stand by
No way
Stop
== we're gonna rise ==
nothing you came to believe
or what you decided last night
still the sun shines
hits my shield and ignites
we're gonna rise
the sun shines
we're gonna rise
feel the light on my face
out of rank, out of range
no counsel, no grand strategy
no sword to fall on
no rules about our dull fate
just the light on my face
we're gonna rise
feel the light on my face
we're gonna rise
feel the light on my face
out of rank, out of range
speak of man's great thoughts
i'll tell the story or not
nothing you came to believe
or what you decided last night
still the sun shines
the sun shines
we're gonna rise
feel the light on my face
we're gonna rise
feel the light on my face
== walk it off ==
No pursuits in the dusk
And no amusements in the house
Waiting for mercury to fall
All game no plot
Talk it down, walk it off
Trying to get rid of the friends that I've got
Oh mercury
Oh mercury
I've been waiting for a message all night
Now the singer gets laid
And the drummer gets paid
I wait for mercury to fall
Nobody's allowed to fight
'Til the band starts playin tonight
Oh mercury, oh mercury
Oh mercury, oh mercury
Hey your mascara (?) in my mouth
Let's go work it out!
Oh mercury
I've been waiting for the message all night
No game no plot
Talk it down, walk it off
Mercury fall
Oh mercury, oh mercury
Oh mercury, oh mercury
Oh mercury, oh mercury
Is falling