Guelph Community Singers

Travelin’ Train

The railroad tracks are miles away
And the day is loud with voices speaking
Yet there isn’t a train that goes by all day
But I hear its whistle shrieking

All night there isn’t a train goes by
Though the night is still sleep and dreaming
But I see the cinders red on the sky
I can see and hear its engine steaming

The railroad tracks are miles away
And the day is loud with voices speaking
Yet there isn’t a train that goes by all day
But I hear its whistle shrieking

My heart is warm with friends I make
And better friends I’ll not be knowing
Yet there isn’t a train I’d rather take
No matter where it’s going
Going

The railroad tracks are miles away, miles and miles
And the day is loud with voices speaking
Yet there isn’t a train that goes by all day
But I hear its whistle shrieking

Come, Follow Me

Come, follow me
Come, follow, follow, follow me and me
Come, follow me and me
Come, follow, follow, follow me

And greensward all your way shall be
And greensward all your way shall be, all, all your way shall be

Come, follow, follow, follow me
Come, follow, follow, follow me

No Goblin or Elf shall dare, shall dare to offend ye
No, no, no, no, no, no Goblin or Elf shall dare, shall dare to offend ye
No, no, no, no, no, no Goblin or Elf shall dare, shall dare to offend ye

We brethren of air you heroes will bear
We brethren of air you heroes will bear to the kind and fair
The and the fair that attend ye
We brethren of air you heroes will bear
We brethren of air you heroes will bear to the kind and fair
The and the fair that attend ye
We brethren of air you heroes will bear
We brethren of air you heroes will bear to the kind and fair
The and the fair that attend ye

The Climb

I can almost see it
That dream I’m dreamin’
But there’s a voice inside my head sayin’ “you’ll never make it”
Every step I’m taking
Every move I make feels lost with no direction
My faith is shakin’

But I
I gotta keep tryin’
Gotta keep my head held high

There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb

The struggles I’m facin’
The chances I’m takin’
Sometimes might knock me down, but no I’m not breakin’
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I’m gonna remember the most, yeah
Just gotta keep going

And I
I gotta be strong
Just keep pushing on

There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb

There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb

Keep the faith
Keep the faith
‘Cause it’s all about
It’s all about the climb

After the Gold Rush

Well I dreamed I saw the knights in armour coming
Saying something about a queen
There were peasants singing and drummers drumming
And the archer split the tree

There was a fanfare blowing to the sun
That was floating on the breeze
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies

I was lying in a burned out basement
With the full moon in my eyes
I was hoping for replacement
When the sun burst through the sky

There was a band playing in my head
And I felt like getting high
Thinking about what a friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie

Well I dreamed I saw the silver spaceship flying
Thru the yellow haze of the sun
There was children crying and banners flying
All around the chosen one

All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun
Flying Mother Nature’s silver seed
To a new home in the sun
Flying Mother Nature’s silver seed
To a new home in the sun

Where Your Bare Foot Walks

I want to be where you bare foot walks
I want to be where you bare foot walks
Because maybe before you step, you’ll look at the ground
I want that blessing
I want that blessing, that blessing

I open and fill, I fill with love
I open and fill with love and all other objects evaporate
All the learning in books stays put on the shelf

Poetry, the dear words and images of song
Come down over me like water
Over me like water, water

I want to be where your bare foot walks
I want to be where your bare foot walks
Because maybe before you step, you’ll look at the ground
This is how I would die
This is how I would die into the love I have for you
The love, the love I have for you

As pieces of cloud dissolve in sunlight
As pieces of cloud dissolve in sunlight
Of cloud dissolve in sunlight

This is how I would die into the love I have for you

Somewhere

There is a place for us
Somewhere a place for us
Peace and quiet and open air
Wait for us somewhere

There’s a time for us
Someday a time for us
Time together with time to spare
Time to learn, time to care
Someday, somewhere

We’ll find a new way of living
We’ll find a way of forgiving
Somewhere 

There’s a place for us
A time and place for us
Hold my hand and we’re halfway there
Hold my hand and I’ll take you there
Somehow, someday, somewhere

There is a place for us
Somewhere a place for us
Peace and quiet and open air
Wait for us somewhere

There’s a time for us
Someday a time for us
Time together with time to spare
Time to learn, time to care
Someday, somewhere

We’ll find a new way of living
We’ll find a way of forgiving
Somewhere 

There’s a place for us
A time and place for us
Hold my hand and we’re halfway there
Hold my hand and I’ll take you there
Somehow, someday, somewhere
Somewhere

The Journey

‘Tis a gift to be simple
‘Tis a gift to be free
‘Tis a gift to come down where you ought to be
And when we find ourselves in the place just right
‘Twill be in the valley of love and delight

When true simplicity is gained
To bow and to bend we shant be ashamed
To turn, turn will be our delight
‘Til by turning, turning we come round right

Going home
Going home
I am going home
Going home
Going home
Never more to roam

Though the road’s been so long
Now I’m going home
To the place I belong
I am going home

Going home
Going home
I am going home

Speed Your Journey

Speed your journey, my thoughts and my longings
Speed your journey, to mountain and valley
Where the sweet scented air breathes a fragrance
O’re the homes that we knew long ago

To the waters of Jordan bear greeting
To the downfallen temples of Zion
Oh my country so fair and so wretched
Oh remembrance of joy and of woe!

Golden harps of the Prophets oh tell me
Why so silent ye hang from the willow?
Once again sing the songs of our homeland
Sing again of the days that are past

We drunk from the cup of affliction
And have shed bitter tears of repentance
Oh inspire us, Jehovah, with courage
So that we may endure to the last
So that we may endure to the last
So that we may endure to the last
May endure to the last

Un Canadien Errant (with English translation)

Frobisher Bay

Cold is the Arctic Sea
Far are your arms from me
Long will this winter be
Frozen in Frobisher Bay
Frozen in Frobisher Bay

“One more whale!” our captain cried
“One more whale and we’ll beat the ice!”
But the winter star was in the sky
The seas were rough, the winds were high

And cold is the Arctic Sea
Far are your arms from me
Long will this winter be
Frozen in Frobisher Bay
Frozen in Frobisher Bay

Deep were the crashing waves
That tore our whaler’s mast away
And dark are these sunless days
Waiting for the ice to break

And cold is the Arctic Sea
Far are your arms from me
Long will this winter be
Frozen in Frobisher Bay
Frozen in Frobisher Bay

Strange is the whaler’s fate
To be saved from the raging waves
Only to waste away
Frozen in this lonely grave

And cold is the Arctic Sea
Far are your arms from me
Long will this winter be
Frozen in Frobisher Bay
Frozen in Frobisher Bay

Loch Lomond

By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond
Where me and me true love were ever wont to gae
Oh the bonnie, bonnie banks o’Loch Lomond

Oh ye’ll take the high road an’ I’ll take the low road
An’ I’ll be in Scotland afore ye
But me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o’Loch Lomond

‘Twas there that we parted in yon shady glen
On the steep, steep sides of Ben Lomond
Where deep in the purple hue the Highland hills we view
And the moon coming out in the gloamin’

Oh ye’ll take the high road an’ I’ll take the low road
An’ I’ll be in Scotland afore ye
But me and me true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o’Loch Lomond

The wee birdies sing and the wild flowers spring
And in sunshine the waters lie sleeping
But the broken heart will ken nae second spring again
And the world knows not how we are grieving

Dai dai, dai dai, dai dai
Dat da dai dai, dat da dai dai
Dai dai da dat dat da dai dai

(phrases repeated in several parts)

Ye’ll take the high road ‘n I’ll take the low road
‘N I’ll be in Scotland afore ye
But me and me true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o’Loch Lomond

Dia dat, dat da dai dai dat
Dat da dai dai dat
Dat da dai dai da dat dai dai

But me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o’Loch Lomond

Ca’ the Yowes

Ca’ the yowes tae the knowes
Ca’ them what the heather grows
Ca’ them what the burnie rows
My bonnie dearie

Ca’ the yowes tae the knowes
Ca’ them what the heather grows
Ca’ them what the burnie rows
My bonnie dearie

Hark the mavis’ e’enin’ sang
Sounding Cluden’s woods amang
Then a fauldin’ let us gang
My bonnie dearie

Ca’ the yowes tae the knowes
Ca’ them what the heather grows
Ca’ them what the burnie rows
My bonnie dearie

Fair and lovely as thou art
Thou hast stown my very heart
I can die but canna part
My bonnie dearie

Ca’ the yowes tae the knowes
Ca’ them what the heather grows
Ca’ them what the burnie rows
My bonnie dearie

While waters wimple to the sea
While day blinks in the lift sae hie
‘Till death, shall blin’ my e’e
Ye shall be my dearie

Ca’ the yowes tae the knowes
Ca’ them what the heather grows
Ca’ them what the burnie rows
My bonnie dearie