Show Me
Lyrics
Sing me a carol
Oh beautiful singer
Sing me a sweet song
Oh beautiful bird
Of all the stars twinkling
Of fairy dust sprinkling
Of lily-bells tinkling
Oh beautiful bird
Tell me a true tale
That leaps from your pages
Of the widows of Hartley
How they must have grieved
Of fragile love slighted
Of hopeless love blighted
Of spirit guides sighted
To calm the bereaved
Play me a tune
Oh mystical lyre
Weave me a melody
Oh mythical muse
Of two hazel eyes
Bewitching and wise
That delight and surprise
How can I refuse?
Show me a vision
Oh ethereal angel
Show me a vision
Through riddles and dreams
Of mysterious riders
And web-weaving spiders
So I know that this world
Is not as it seems
Teach me a new dance
Give me a mission
Whisper me a secret
Grant me a spell
Show me a tower
So I can climb it
Ask me a question
And I’ll answer it well
Sing me your life
Oh beautiful miner
Sing me your life
Oh beautiful man
Your deep thoughts defining
Your soul bright and shining
Like planets aligning
Oh beautiful man
(Gary Miller)
© 2019 Whippet Records
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Notes
In 2017, Gary was commissioned by Northern Voices Community Projects to write a song for 'The Pitmen Poet of Percy Main', a book celebrating the life and work of Joseph Skipsey, published to mark the 185th anniversary of his birth in the colliery village of Percy Main on 17th March 1832. The song he wrote was 'A Dream of Joseph Skipsey'.
Since then, Gary has written further songs about Joseph Skipsey, including 'Show Me' and 'Unlocked Gate'.
An EP release of Joseph Skipsey songs was initially tentatively planned, to include all of the above songs, together with a number of Joseph Skipsey's own poems set to music by Gary but since then, Gary's Joseph Skipsey songs have become part of Gary and Helen's 'Northern Grit' collaborative project.
Other songs from 'Northern Grit' include : -
'Ballad of Mary Ann Cotton', 'Blücher', 'Hands and Mind', 'I Can and I Will', 'It Will Be All Right', 'Show Me', 'Unlocked Gate'.
