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Keep Them Bairns Away

from Look On My Works, Ye Mighty by Jan Hauenstein

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Written by Jez Lowe.

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Keep Them Bairns Away Jez Lowe

(Em)
“Keep them bairns away from Larry,”
A (C)man who met a friend of a (Am)fella told me,
“If you (Em)don't you might be sorry,
The (C)word is there is gossip that the (Am)truth can't see.”
And the (Bm)rumours are thick and they're (Am)fast,
(Bm)Too full of colour not to (Am)stick to the mast,
The (Bm)first stone is ready to (Am)cast,
Though its nothing but (C)clay,
Keep (D)them (D/F#)bairns (D/A)a(Em)way.

Keep them bairns away from Larry,
He (C)talks to them now much too (Am)fancy and free
About his (Em)cats and satellite telly,
And (C)Lady Gaga and stuff that means (Am)nothing to me,
With his (Bm)tan and tattoos and his (Am)rings…
(Bm)How come he lives there so (Am)close to the swings?
And the (Bm)pop and the crisps that he (Am)brings
When he watches them (C)play,
Keep (D)them (D/F#)bairns (D/A)a(Em)way.

(G) Pointed fingers,
(F#)Smoke just lingers,
(Bm)Someone's got to put out the flame.
(G) Tabloid sheets
Say (F#)get out on the streets,
(Bm) Find somebody to (D)bl(A)a(Bm)me.(Em)
- Instrumental verse -

Keep them bairns away from Larry,
He (C)lived with his mother till she (Am)died last April,
(Em) And he never ever married,
And to (C)say that is wrong would be (Am)much too hateful.
But (Bm) don't it just make you think (Am)twice,
In a (Bm)world full of anger and (Am)badness and vice,
The (Bm)truth might be too high a (Am)price
To wait for and (C)pay,
Keep (D)them (D/F#)bairns (D/A)a(Em)way.

We've a (Bm)duty to them not to (Am)fail,
Give him a (Bm)chance to deny it, then (Am)chuck him in jail,
(Bm)Far be it from me to tell (Am)tales
But I just had to (C)say,
Keep (D)them (D/F#)bairns (D/A)a(Em)way.
- Instrumental verse -

© Jez Lowe, Lowe Life Music, All Rights Reserved

I recorded it like this in 2018. Fred Grittner played the lead guitar.

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from Look On My Works, Ye Mighty, released October 22, 2018

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Jan Hauenstein Göttingen, Germany

More than background music.
You'll hear folk, blues, jazzy songs, rock. Big voice. Albums recommended by Gordon Bok, Harvey Andrews, Jez Lowe and others.
janhauenstein@gmx.de
Why no free uploads? I cover songs. Register them with the German music rights agency GEMA. They hopefully reimburse the artists. The tax authorities demand that I make (not lose) a little money each year... ... more

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