North Sea Gas
North Sea Gas is a Scottish folk music band based in Edinburgh. Formed in a… Read Full Bio ↴North Sea Gas is a Scottish folk music band based in Edinburgh. Formed in about 1980, the band's line up in 2015 comprised Dave Gilfillan, Ronnie MacDonald and Grant Simpson. Gilfillan is the only original member from when the band was founded (c.1980). He sings and plays a variety of instruments including guitar and foot drum. MacDonald joined the band in 2002 and he plays the bouzouki and guitar. Simpson normally plays the fiddle and he joined last in 2006.

Over the years their exciting blend of Scottish and Irish music has appealed to audiences all over Great Britain, Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, Canada and the United States. For nine consecutive years, North Sea Gas attracted large audiences to concerts held during the Edinburgh Festival.

In 1993, the band received both the Gold and Silver Disc awards from the Scottish Music Industry for their album "Caledonian Connection". This was followed in 1994 and 1995 by Silver Disc awards for albums "Keltic Heritage" and "Live from Edinburgh" making it three in a row. 1996 has seen their album "Scottish Destiny" attain yet another Silver Disc Award.

In the spring of 2000 their album "Spirit of Scotland" was released and the fall of 2002 marked the release of the band's 12th album, "Dark Island", which received the band's 6th Silver Disc. With 2005 celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band, "Lochanside" was released in May. In 2006, North Sea Gas' recordings were added to the Folklore Library, School of Scottish Studies, at the University of Edinburgh. August 2007 saw the release of their album "Rosslyn".

Subsequent albums have included Edinburgh Toon ‎(2009), Tak A Dram Afore Ye Go (2011), When We Go Rolling Home (2017)

More info about the band can be found on their website.
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North Sea Gas Lyrics


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Bonnie Bessie Logan bonnie bessie logan she's handsome young and fair and oh the…
Broom o' the Cowdenknowes How blithe each morn was I to see My lass came…
Caledonia well I don't know if you can see The changes that…
Dark Island Away to the westward I'm longing to be, Where the beauties…
Edinburgh Toon Was tae edinburgh toon frae the heilands that I came Tae…
Fields of Athonrye But a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling Micha…
Harry Brewer Where are you now Harry Brewer You're lying in some dirty…
Hector the Hero O´wail for the mighty and battle loud lift ye the coronach…
Loch Lomond o By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes Where…
Lochanside Come the winter, cold and dreary Brings the hawk down from…



Raglan Road On Raglan Road on an autumn day I saw her first…
Roll the Old Chariot We′d be alright if the wind was in our sails We'd…
The Gallowa Hills I'll tak' my plaidie contented tae be, and wear my kilt…
The Massacre of Glencoe They came in a blizzard We offered them heat A roof o'er…
Twa Recruiting Sergeants Twa recruiting sergeants came frae the Black Watch Tae marke…


dominic


on Harry Brewer

The explanation of the message of this scottish irish infulenced folk song misiss a few keypoints while the reviewer has noticed that kingstown 1916 is relevant they have failed to even so much as search this refrence if they had they would know that this is a refrence to the easter rissing and subsequant irish war of independendence which started while ww1 was on going the fact that many men like harry brewer joined up while there fellow irish stayed behined to fight fkr there freedom on the post office steps and the author reconciles this by thinking of harry brewer as a man led astray whos life was waisted in service of a king that as a pro irish republican song would not have been as asserted by the reviewer in the eyes of the writter harrys king but the imperial overloard the song also ties in to the wider veiw of ww1 as a loss of life wilfred owens poetry for example comes to mind

dominic


on Harry Brewer

The song “Harry Brewer” by North Sea Gas is a ballad that tells the story of a soldier who enlisted to fight for the King in 1916 in Kingstown but ultimately lost his life in battle. The lyrics express grief for Harry Brewer's loss, who now lies in a dirty hole with the sun beating down on the old battlefield. The song highlights the stark contrast between the officers safe in the barracks and the soldiers who are dying on the battlefield. It questions the sentiment behind fighting for a nation and the value of giving away one's life for a cause that might not necessarily be one's calling. The ballad reflects on the true cost of war, with young soldiers losing their lives and families grief-stricken back home.

The lyrics also draw a parallel between Harry Brewer and the many other soldiers who sailed over the blue and came back in a government letter. It reflects on the unfairness of war, how some fight for the few that abuse them and others for a land they can call their own. The song concludes by paying tribute to Harry Brewer and those before him giving their lives for a cause they believed in, but it also reflects on the importance of fighting for the right cause of handing down to one's son.