This song is played in waltz time...is that 3/4 Russ or 6/8? he'll tell you anyway. And it will be up on my space tonight [Wednesday] hopefully.

Oh, also I play it with a capo on the 6th fret to make the first chord Am to G etc. I will transpose if anyone asks

Phill

Hi Buvvy,

X factor has a lot to answer for. But on the other hand it has given us poets plenty of material to work with.
Still I'd like to see a return to the normal kind of talent contest where contestants are not shamed or embarrassed, deluded as they may be.

Producers have been the subject of many discussions on Chordie in the past, how they use and then throw away kids who's dreams of becoming pop stars are the main focus of their lives...

As Nik Kershaw once said "Disposable Mankind"

It's the poor that have the numbers, but it's the rich that have the power...and with money you can buy all the numbers you want...sick or what?

Phill

Thank you for sharing such a heart warming little poem with us. I have nine grandchildren now, 3 years to 15 years, and they all seem more intelligent than I was at that age...probably smarter than I am now, come to that.

Encourage and nurture...they're not young for long.

Phill

i've got to add a little ps here, as i've said my youngest granddaughter is 3...well i have another who is just 6 months old...sorry Brooke [that's her name] it's old age creeping up

thanks guys,

selso,

i wish i could play piano properly, it's an instrument i love, and just a note here, i normally write a song, then record it straight away, but this time after writing the song, i played it over and over, and it changed so much, eg; where the Gm7 is now was C7. i debated on writing another verse, then decided against it as [1] the song seemed complete. [2] it already runs for over 3 minutes and [3] i couldn't think of anything else to say!
and thank you on behalf of the principality of wales for educating others where national boundaries are concerned.

roger,

oh well if you insist....psssssst, glug, glug, glug...ah! that's better. funnily enough, i dont feel so depressed now...three times?...it must be a hit then?

hi canukey kenny

oh well if you insist.....psssssst, glug, glug, glug...dash berrra!
you guys are trying your best to get me in the good books with ann, she thinks i'm spending too mush time on-line!   and drinking...well it's better than spending all my time down the pub? did i just say that?

thanks again

phill

wow daddy, this sounds like an angry song to me? it also sounds like your on HSE? i've done health and safety myself for about 10 years while i was a shop steward, and i loved every minute, what a lot of people dont realise is that they must ensure safety and make sure that the business can keep going at the same time, all a question of balance.

keep rocking

phill

I hope you all like this one it's up on my-space [click the link on the left] I know it's a depressing subject, but that's how I feel at the moment...but it'll pass. Funnily enough I wrote another song shortly after this one and a poem, which were not depressing [I dont think?] the poem is "Song of nature" and the other song is called "Bubba McDougal" [A C/W] watch this space...

thanks roger and buvvy, i spent the first 20 years of my life in the farming district of Llanelli [my home town] and this all comes from my happy memories of that time.

and thanks to too ark, so glad you like my description of dawn.

and a nappy eastern to vue-le-vue too.
but please dont stop writing as what you write is so very entertaining, and the more you write the better you get...or conversely...the more you get the better you write, or the getter you better you
better you bet...[i was listening to the who's greatest hits at the weekend]

phill

Lieven,

You made me laugh out loud again, "double entendres", [no idea how to spell that] unlike you my friend, your English is so much better than my French, and your little verse is also great.

Phill

PS I suppose I could have said double Eastenders?...maybe not

Hi Jeff,

Boy do I know where your coming from! I do most of my pre-writing while I'm in work [between rushes of madness there are quiet bits] and I sometimes forget about what I should be concentrating on, which means I make more work for my-self, or I lose my train of thought, thought derailment!!!  so I forget where I was going with a song...so my old friend your song is too close to reality, I would blame it on old age, but I've always been scatter brained.
Looking forward to the recording...

Phill

hi stransongs,

as i read your words, i was trying to imagine the way the song went, was it a waltz, an irish jig, cant make it out, a three line verse i'm not used to, but that's not a criticism it's one hell of a story graphically written and described, and i can't wait to hear how it goes. congrats

phill

yeah, my son had to move out while the council revamped his house, he was allowed back in two years later...good song

phill