Ewan was a great writer of radical and revolutionary songs....generations will hear and heed the lyrics.Saw him perform in the NCH Dublin just a few years back.The working class have a true hero in the memory of the man. The struggle continues.
Glad people like the photos - they come from the Topfoto archive (we licensed about 10 for the Blood and Roses tour in honour of Ewan Maccoll in his 100th anniversary year). Most of the photos are located in Kent in the 1930s, including that very painful one of the eviction and the wagon being pushed on. www.topfoto.co.uk
Stiill speak the cant .Aye the hornies and roughies certainly moved us on .Just after my time.Life was definately not easy..My great uncle the Cock o the North no one stood on his way. Finest fighting man in scotland.Old days the roughies would hasssle u and challenge u..Was the best .And 20 odd years in the army Gordon Highlanders.RIP.Buried New pitsligo.
I recently purchased a album from St. Ives by an artist called Mr. Moon the album was called "Travelling songs" absolutely fantastic album he covers this song on the album and the guy has a real husky voice suits this song down to the ground! Seriously people should check him out if you travel through St. Ives!
The Moving On Song Lyrics Born in the middle of the afternoon In a horse drawn carriage on the old The big twelve wheeler shook my bed "You can't stay here" the policeman said Born at potato picking time In a noble tent in a tatie field The farmer said, "The work's all done It's time that you was moving on" You'd better get born in some place else So move along, get along, Move along, get along Go! Move! Shift! Born in the common by a building site Where the ground was rutted by the trail of wheels The local Christian said to me "You'll lower the price of property" Born at potato picking time In a noble tent in a tatie field The farmer said, "The work's all done It's time that you was moving on" Born at the back of a hawthorn hedge Where the black hole frost lay on the ground No eastern kings came bearing gifts Instead the order came to shift
+armouredcockroach4 What are you talking about? My wife once woke up in a hospital with amnesia and a gunshot wound. Being in the underclass hasn't changed. We're still subject to the consequences of capitalism and statism. If you think life's easier, then that's known as generational privilege. Bottom is still the bottom, even if you and yours have left it, remember that.
I think it is not EM singing at the start because I was surprised at the strength of the voice. EM was NOT a great singer. Later on, he comes in and it is obviously him. Anybody know more about this recording?
I agree and disagree. I think EM was a great singer, but there's clearly two voices. Not sure what the deal is there and how it is that others don't hear it.
If you listen to his recordings of traditional Scottish ballads you'll know that MacColl, whose parents were Scottish, could easily mimic a Scottish accent when singing, so I imagine he's doing this here on the second verse. The first verse is definitely him. But I agree it sounds like two voices singing on the refrain, so perhaps he's recorded a double track. Both voices sound to me like MacColl, though. Ewan MacColl - it should be 'needless to say' - was one of the greatest singers of his own and other folk songs. His knowledge of folk vocal pedagogy was almost unmatched, and his phrasing when singing always served the politics of the lyrics. The way his accent travels through these verses (on the A5, the old Watling Street) from Scotland through the North and Midlands to London on this song is typical of his political understanding of the relevance of this song.
I knew and listened to Ewan over many years as he recorded my family, the Stewarts from Blairgowrie and I can say that it is Ewan throught the song. I can only surmise that he added the verses which sound different at a later date when the EQ was very different in the studio. It's one of those small problems in trying to capture the same sound.
Ewan was a great writer of radical and revolutionary songs....generations will hear and heed the lyrics.Saw him perform in the NCH Dublin just a few years back.The working class have a true hero in
the memory of the man.
The struggle continues.
2022 it's still relevant
Outstanding Songwriter A Genius
What a song!What a songwriter!.Only just discovering what a debt of gratitude is owed to Ewan by a hell of a lot of my favourite folk singers.
Ewan was a lovely singer Bless his soul
Whatsoever ye do unto the least of my brethren, ye do unto me.
Cain/Abel - an old tale of unproductive traveller/settler interaction ... or so I was told ... Plîs interpret for me.
Have a good dae.
Ewan Maccoll had a way of getting to the heart of things.
My first born first walked on a council tip half a mile off the A5.
It took them eighteen months to evict us.
Roads aren't for people.
One of Ewan's best songs. Love it.
Glad people like the photos - they come from the Topfoto archive (we licensed about 10 for the Blood and Roses tour in honour of Ewan Maccoll in his 100th anniversary year). Most of the photos are located in Kent in the 1930s, including that very painful one of the eviction and the wagon being pushed on. www.topfoto.co.uk
Stiill speak the cant .Aye the hornies and roughies certainly moved us on .Just after my time.Life was definately not easy..My great uncle the Cock o the North no one stood on his way. Finest fighting man in scotland.Old days the roughies would hasssle u and challenge u..Was the best .And 20 odd years in the army Gordon Highlanders.RIP.Buried New pitsligo.
The old revolutionary singers
Any traveler, vagabond, hippie, hobo or houseless souls knows this song even if they hae never heard it before
An Old woman of the road. Longing for a small house by the road. And you dreamed. And you saw the times
That is feckin awesome!
Great auld pictures
Wonderful song and great photos to match !!!
No comments, what a suprise, to such a poignant song. thanks for posting.
I miss Ewan - pictures in music.
Golden music!
....sponsored by a trading app! Aye, this song always gets me right in the mood for a bit of the aul' stock trading....
I recently purchased a album from St. Ives by an artist called Mr. Moon the album was called "Travelling songs" absolutely fantastic album he covers this song on the album and the guy has a real husky voice suits this song down to the ground! Seriously people should check him out if you travel through St. Ives!
some tune. must learn it.
great
God bless those passed and god bless those yet to come
great song!
Good song well sang
Go on bois.. Leathle tune.. God bless
Norma Wateron's cover of this song is on 'Joy of Living - A Tribute to Ewan MacColl'. It's beautiful. www.ewanmaccoll.co.uk/splash/
Beautiful wagons ... Descendants of Scythians ...? People able to live off the land, going fast?
Amen to the true travelers
Ewan Maccoll is Kirsty Maccoll's dad! I just thought I'd say that!
Funnily enough, I only discovered that fact today lol.
The Moving On Song Lyrics
Born in the middle of the afternoon
In a horse drawn carriage on the old
The big twelve wheeler shook my bed
"You can't stay here" the policeman said
Born at potato picking time
In a noble tent in a tatie field
The farmer said, "The work's all done
It's time that you was moving on"
You'd better get born in some place else
So move along, get along, Move along, get along
Go! Move! Shift!
Born in the common by a building site
Where the ground was rutted by the trail of wheels
The local Christian said to me
"You'll lower the price of property"
Born at potato picking time
In a noble tent in a tatie field
The farmer said, "The work's all done
It's time that you was moving on"
Born at the back of a hawthorn hedge
Where the black hole frost lay on the ground
No eastern kings came bearing gifts
Instead the order came to shift
"An ol' bell tent" not "a noble tent"
Born in a wagon in the afternoon in a horse drawn wagon on the old A 5.
+armouredcockroach4
What are you talking about? My wife once woke up in a hospital with amnesia and a gunshot wound. Being in the underclass hasn't changed. We're still subject to the consequences of capitalism and statism. If you think life's easier, then that's known as generational privilege. Bottom is still the bottom, even if you and yours have left it, remember that.
Great ould crack, but I like Cristy moores version.
This is the original.
Cushty
Ian Anderson, call your solicitor!
Wow this is what tTHEY DID TO YOU OMG BABY
I think it is not EM singing at the start because I was surprised at the strength of the voice. EM was NOT a great singer. Later on, he comes in and it is obviously him. Anybody know more about this recording?
Sounds like Ewan to me.
I agree and disagree. I think EM was a great singer, but there's clearly two voices. Not sure what the deal is there and how it is that others don't hear it.
If you listen to his recordings of traditional Scottish ballads you'll know that MacColl, whose parents were Scottish, could easily mimic a Scottish accent when singing, so I imagine he's doing this here on the second verse. The first verse is definitely him. But I agree it sounds like two voices singing on the refrain, so perhaps he's recorded a double track. Both voices sound to me like MacColl, though. Ewan MacColl - it should be 'needless to say' - was one of the greatest singers of his own and other folk songs. His knowledge of folk vocal pedagogy was almost unmatched, and his phrasing when singing always served the politics of the lyrics. The way his accent travels through these verses (on the A5, the old Watling Street) from Scotland through the North and Midlands to London on this song is typical of his political understanding of the relevance of this song.
remle nomis i'm fairly certain it's ewan throughout the whole song, he's just altering his voice/dialect slightly.
I knew and listened to Ewan over many years as he recorded my family, the Stewarts from Blairgowrie and I can say that it is Ewan throught the song. I can only surmise that he added the verses which sound different at a later date when the EQ was very different in the studio. It's one of those small problems in trying to capture the same sound.