"Я не собираюсь менять мир, я просто хочу перевязать вам раны..." Ян Андерсон

Broadford Bazaar

Broadford Bazaar

Dirty white caravans down our road, sailing.
Vivas, Cortinas, weaving in their wake.
With hot, red-faced drivers, horns flattened, fists whaling,
Putting trust in blind corners as they overtake.

And it's "All come willing now,
Spend a shilling now,
Stack up the back of your new motor-car."
There's home-dyed woolens, and wee plastic [Cuillins]
[blessed?] [Cuchulains?]
[Cuchulain mythical Irish hero wee plastic Cuchulains?]

[jo-l@kcbbs.gen.nz (jo lobb) explains: Broadford is a town on
Skye (where the road that passes Dun Ringill leaves the main
road, incidentally) and Skye's famous Cuillin Hills are nearby.
I suppose tourists could be expected to buy wee plastic models
of spectacular hills .... Also, the Cuillin Hills are "also
known as the Coolins or Cuchullins, possibly after an Ossianic
hero...", so maybe wee plastic model heroes do make sense, after
all.]

The day of the Broadford Bazaar.

Out of the north, no oil-rigs are drifting.
And jobs for the many are down to the few.
Blue-bottle choppers, they visit no longer.
Like flies to the jampots, they were just passing through.

And it's "All come willing now,
Spend a shilling now,
Stack up the back of your new motor-car"
Where once stood oil-rigs so phallic
There's only swear-words in Gaelic
To say at the Broadford bazaar.

All kinds of people come down for the opening.
Crofters and cottiers, white [wild?] settlers galore.
[Crofter farmer renting land]
[Cottier farmer renting land]
And up on the hill, there's an old sheep that's dying,
But it had two new lambs born just a fortnight before.

And it's "All come willing now,
Spend a shilling now,
Stack up the back of your new motor-car."
We'll take pounds, francs and dollars from the well-heeled,
And stamps from the Green Shield.
The day of the Broadford Bazaar.

 

 





07-04-2024
День рождения (1943 г., Лутон, Великобритания) Мика Абрахамса (Mick Abrahams), гитариста и вокалиста (1967 — 1968) Jethro Tull

20-04-2024
20 апреля 1970 г. в США и 1 мая 1970 г. в Великобритании был выпущен третий студийный альбом Jethro Tull - Benefit

23-04-2024
День рождения (1947 г., Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, Великобритания) Гленна Корника (Glenn Cornick), бас-гитариста (1967—1970) Jethro Tull

28-04-2024
28 апреля 2015 года вышло юбилейное издание альбома Jethro Tull "Minstrel In The Gallery"

02-05-2024
День рождения (1951 г., Islington, Великобритания) Джона Глэскока (John Glascock), бас-гитариста (1976—1979) Jethro Tull

АНОНСЫ НОВОСТЕЙ

02.06.2015
Лидер Jethro Tull Jan Anderson снова в России!!!
Нас ждёт «Jethro Tull: The Rock Opera»!!!
Подробнее >>

30.05.2015
Гастроли Jethro Tull и Jan Anderson в августе-декабре 2015 года
Гастроли Jethro Tull и Jan Anderson в августе-декабре 2015 года.
Подробнее >>

20.01.2015
Гастроли Jethro Tull и Jan Anderson в феврале-июле 2015 года
Гастроли Jethro Tull и Jan Anderson в феврале-июле 2015 года.
Подробнее >>


Copyright на дизайн и авторские материалы - Jethro-Tull.RU © 2010-2024 | All rights reserved | Все права на другие использованные на сайте материалы принадлежат их законным владельцам