Old Man Time - Kate Rusby

A few photos of Kate Rusby, to the ninth song on her first album, Hourglass - 1997

Lyrics;
Old man time is a rare old man
For a young man he'll ever remain,
With his long grey beard and his clothes are plain
Oh Old Man Time is his name.
As one flower dies
The old mand he cries
The young man he plants the seeds again
With a careful hand, he tends the sand,
Oh, Old Man Time is his name.

This old man has an hourglass
For every soul on the land.
Oh, Old Man Time, I have seen mine,
It's the one with the fastest sand.
No sooner is it turned,
Back through the glass it's churned,
I'm wishing I could have each hour again,
With a careful hand, he tends the sand,
Oh, Old Man Time is his name.

To me, Old Man, your time is rare,
Did God not give you all my sand?
Or maybe mine I had to share
Or is there some left in your hand?
They tell me time is gold, well maybe it's been sold,
Or was it simply washed away in rain?
With a careful hand, he tends the sand,
Oh, Old Man Time is his name.

If I brought him a sack,
Do you think he'd put some back?
I know one day across my path he'll come,
But as for now, I can't say how,
I know that old man's work is far from done.
For Old Man Time has just begun.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• folk
• english
• england
• barnsley
• yorkshire
• britain
• british

[FATSOMAN45]

sorry my friend hacked on my account i am extremely sorry.

[Rusby08]

That's OK

Thank you for your apologies

[swanhild99]

beautiful!

[Rusby08]

Thank you! =)

[MORGANTHEMOON1]

people take the piss out of folk. They really dont know what they are missing.

This lady does not sing a bad song.

[19Mckenzie95]

we had this song at my grandads funeral today

[sidacboilerhouse]

10 out of 10,the lady is superb.

[BagOfEyebrows]

I will miss you so much, Gene, but thank you for everything you gave in your lifetime to mine.

[ipjsoper]

What a heartmelting voice and a cute Bolton brogue !

Wish she'd come to Cornwall more...me ansomes

[bush2sucks]

Beautiful and amazing, what a talent.

[2008Sameoldfitup]

GREAT STUFF

[antwan3peaks]

@rickmystic Drop D perhaps?

[gubiline]

la mejor voz femenina de los últimos años. 

[rickmystic]

@SteveNSarasota

She tends to use an alternate tuning which I haven't figured out which makes for some interesting chords (but based on those we regular mortals play). Probably easy enough to learn once you've got the tuning sorted and become familiar with the possible chord 'shapes'. She's an angel tho!!