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South Ythsie

Intro – G Em Eb G x 3

G Em
As I went down, to Ellon Fair
Eb G
Ance on a day, a day to fee
G Em
Likewise an opp-ortunity
Eb G Eb G
My comrades for, I was to see, I was to see, in South Ythsie

And steerin’ thro’, the market thrang
An auld neebor, I chanced to see
And when I stept, stept up to him
He asked was I, was I to fee, was I to fee, in South Ythsie

Solo – G C Bb Eb G x 1

He told me he, was leavin suin
Likewise his neebor, neebor tee
He said the grieve, did want a hand
& he thocht, that I would dee, that I would dee, in South Ythsie
He stept up to, unto the grieve
Oh says he, ‘Here’s a man to fee’
I think he’ll suit, ye awfy weel
If wi’ him, ye can agree, can ye agree, in South Ythsie

Solo - G C Bb Eb G x 2

He told me some, some of the work
Oh that I, would have to do
He said I would, have little else
Wi’ gun I’d fin’, the slaves that flee, the slaves that flee, in South Ythsie
He asked at me, me my wages
Oh what they were, were gaun to be
So in a short, wee time after
Oh wi’ him, I did agree, to hunt for men, in South Ythsie
To hunt for men, in South Ythsie

Solo - G C Bb Eb G x 2

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from The New Farming Scene, released January 6, 2010

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Southern Tenant Folk Union Edinburgh, UK

Formed by Belfast born five-string banjo player Pat McGarvey in 2006 and taking their name from the groundbreaking multi- racial union of sharecroppers and non-landowning tenant farmers founded in Arkansas in the 1930’s (the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union), the Edinburgh-based Southern Tenant Folk Union are now one of the most highly rated folk and bluegrass outfits in the UK today. ... more

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