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A Song Of One Hundred Years (Live at The Old Church)

from Live at The Old Church by Adam Beattie

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Recorded live at The Old Church, Stoke Newington, London

This song also appears on the studio album 'Songs Of One Hundred Years' (2013)

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Hold me high and send me low
For it is time for me to go
And in my eyes you’ll see no tears
For I have lived one hundred years

Before you throw the ropes below
And fan the soil from head to toe
I’ll turn my tongue, be balladeer
And sing a song of one hundred years

I was born when horses pulled the plough
And marriage held by but a vow
A beggar’s hand assumed sincere
Much has changed these hundred years

An early age, behind the mule
An equal grip on books in school
A mighty fleet I’d commandeer
To sail me through one hundred year

So hold me high and send me low
For it is time for me to go
And in my eyes you’ll see no tears
For I have lived one hundred years

I took my boat on the stormy sea
Never I’d dreamt of one like thee
On a nearby shore you did appear
To sail me through one hundred years

A daughter’s care, a quarter share
The loyal son, I had a pair
My every word they would revere
To make me proud for a hundred years

Hold me high and send me low
For it is time for me to go
And in my eyes you’ll see no tears
For I have lived one hundred years

Brides and grooms and baby booms
A sea of smiles splashed through the room
And through the years, be it smile or tears
I’d hold dear all hundred years

I’ll hold you all deep in my heart
Fondly filling every part
And as I watch you disappear
I’ll recall all hundred years

Hold me high and send me low
For it is time for me to go
And in my eyes you’ll see no tears
For I have lived one hundred years

And as I watch you disappear
Sing a song of one hundred years

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from Live at The Old Church, released March 17, 2023
Words and music by Adam Beattie

Adam Beattie (vocals, guitars)
Fiona Bevan (vocals, double bass)
Mikey Kenney (violin, vocals)
Chris Jones (drums, percussion)
Zac Gvirtzman (accordion, saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet)

Mixed and mastered by Tom Archer

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Adam Beattie Scotland, UK

Scottish singer songwriter Adam Beattie has released 5 studio albums. His latest album ‘Somewhere Round The Bend’ received critical acclaim, "Uplifting reveries of love" - MOJO Magazine, "5/5 Master of powerful narratives” - RnR MAGAZINE, “8/10 “Stirring folk balladry” - THE LINE OF BEST FIT, “A very fine record, full of great moments” - RODDY HART, BBC RADIO SCOTLAND ... more

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