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Last
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WELCOME
to SHAMSTRAD
............................South
Hams Traditional Music. |
| This
site is about the traditional
music scene in an area of the
South Hams centred around
Kingsbridge. Four main regular
venues are featured. The Crabshell Inn (Kingsbridge),
The Globe
Inn (Frogmore),
The Royal Oak (Malborough) and The
Kings Arms (Kingsbridge). Each adds
a different flavour to the
concept of "traditional
music". In addition,
"one-off" folk
happenings in the area may also
be covered. |
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| Below is a map of the area
covered by "SHAMSTRAD".
The regard we all have for this area is
summed up in the words of the song that
Neil White nicked and adapted from Woody
Guthrie, who stole plenty himself. |
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This
Land is Your Land
Chorus:
This land is your land, this land is my land,
From Slapton Ley over to Burgh Island,
From California Cross, to our Channel Waters;
This land was made for you and me
1.As I was walking these ribbons
of byeways
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me
2. I’ve roamed and rambled
and I’ve followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of our diamond beaches
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me
3. The sun comes shining as I
was strolling;
The wheat fields waving and the white clouds
rolling
As the mists were lifting, came voices sighing
This land was made for you and me
4. As I was walkin’ –
I saw a sign there
And that sign said – no tress-passin’
But on the other side – it didn’t say
nothin’!
Now that side was made for you and me!
5. At the top of Fore Street
– in the shadow of the steeple –
Where the Job Centre used to be – I see our
people,
And some are grumblin’ and some are
wonderin’
If this land’s still made for you and me.
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