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Alston​/​Kirk Overdrive and Internationale - Brannan On The Moor

from Broadside Ballads Reconfigured by Alston/Kirk Overdrive and the Internationale

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The story of Brannans desperate escape from the forces of law and order across the moors of Scotland

lyrics

Brannan

The first of my misfortunes was to list & desert

The way for to rob I soon found an art,

Over hedges and ditches when I took my way,

And I went a roving by night and by day.
Brannan on the moor,

Brannan on the moor,

Bold and undaunted stood

Brannan on the moor.
As I was riding over yon mountain side,

A coach and six horses bold I chanced
to spy,

With my blunderbush all into my hand,

I made the Guard’s and Horses for to stand
Many a steep mountainside I rode
Many a night on the open road

Bold Brannan, &c.
As I was a riding over yon mountain side
A coach and four horses, I chanced to
spy.
I robbed from the rich, and gave it to the poor
I’m over yon mountains, you'll ne'er see me no more more.
Bold Brannan, &c.
Do you see yon crowds a coming,

Or do you see you constables running,

Or do you see yon high gallows tree,
To hang bold me for my highway robbery

Bold Brannan, &c.
O send for my wife and children three,

My poor aged mother I never will see,

My poor aged father with his grey locks he cried
I
wish that my Bold Brannan in his cradle had
died.

Bold Brannan, &c.
Many a fair maid for Brannan will cry,

And many a fair lady for Brannan will sigh,

But all their sighs will not save me,

Nor keep me from yon high gallows tree.

Bold Brannan, &c.

credits

from Broadside Ballads Reconfigured, released October 12, 2023
Vocals Andy Alston and Tippi

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Crooked Timbers Glasgow, UK

James Kirk was a founder member of Orange Juice who alongside Edwyn Collins, created some classics of Scottish indie.
Andy Alston is keyboard and multi instrumentalist with international successful band Del Amitri.
This combined vision, musical abilities and take on culture is constantly surprising.

"Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.” — Immanuel Kant ... more

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