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Shanty Town Blues

from Across the Divide by MOrganisation

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Inspired by Curtis Mayfield, this song was first recorded yonks ago with lovely guitar distortion on a B&O Sound-On-Sound recorder. This version was begun on a Roland VS digital recorder and then migrated to ProTools software. Piano is by Fitzroy Storrod, Ged Eastick contributed vocal effects, with added guitar parts by Bob Wilson and Martin Smith.

lyrics

In that old cotton town
When the evening came down
There were men with no love in their heart
for no one or no thing
Only a tear could they bring
- ‘cos I hear the people sing:
They’re a comin’ - Don’t let them in
They’re a comin’ - No not again
They’re a comin’ - Don’t let them do what they did to our kin

Not a dime was he worth
Just the salt of the earth
He believed that a man has to fight
if he wants to be free
And that’s what he wanted to be
- When he said this to me:
They’re a comin’ - Don’t let them in
They’re a comin’ - No not again
They’re a comin’ - Don’t let them do what they did to our kin

Oh my pretty one, who’s gonna hold you tonight?
Oh my pretty one, who’s gonna fight your fight?

I was born I was raised
In them Shanty Town ways
And I knew there were some things
that could not be spoken about
And some things of which I’ve no doubt
- ‘cos I heard the people shout:
They’re a comin’ - Don’t let them in
They’re a comin’ - No not again
They’re a comin’ - Don’t let them do what they did to our kin

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from Across the Divide, released January 22, 2013
Words & Music by Dave Scott-Morgan. Musicians
Fitzroy Storrod, Ged Eastick, Bob Wilson, Martin Smith, Dave & Mandy.

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MOrganisation Birmingham, UK

Dave fronts his group MOrganisation with catchy melodic originals. Back in the day, his song ‘Hiroshima’ was a European mega-hit and he was in the stage line-up of the world famous Electric Light Orchestra.

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