A Lift on the Way

from A Shandy Ballad by Julian Gaskell & his Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

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A sentimental but hearty19th century ballad, given an appropriately sturdy Victorian parlour piano treatment.

Printed between 1863 and 1885, H. Such, Printer, 177, Union Street, Boro’. London.
Roud 24794

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In this busy life of trouble and strife
How many sad changes we see
There are faces that’s covered with sorrow and care
That ought to look shining with glee
There are poor working men whose labour is scarce
That struggle on day after day
But fortune’s cold frown it still keeps them down
So they can’t get a lift on the way

So bear well in mind, if to others you’re kind
I hope you’ll be rewarded some day
If a brother you find has fallen behind
Just give him a lift on the way

There is people with mansions so splendid and grand
Trouble scarce enters their door
Their house filled with treasure, their days spent in pleasure
And still they are craving for more
While a poor man with talent exceedingly good
To the workhouse is wending his way
To ask for relief and his heart filled with grief
For he can’t get a lift on the way

So bear well in mind, if to others you’re kind
I hope you’ll be rewarded some day
If a sister you find is fallen behind
Just give her a lift on the way

You oft times will meet a poor man in the street
Whose appearance is shabby genteel
Honest and true but his heart’s filled with woe
To poverty’s door he has fell;
Once by society courted so high
But misfortune has led him astray
Kind friends if you see a man down in this world
Just give him a lift on the way
Kind friends if you see someone down in this world
Just give them a lift on the way

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from A Shandy Ballad, released November 3, 2023
Music by J. Gaskell ©2023
Recorded in Penryn, October 2023 by
Julian Gaskell - vocal, piano, guitar, bodhran, bells

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Julian Gaskell UK

Described by angry locals as the bastard son of Waits, Strummer, Reinhardt and Rachmaninov, Julian Gaskell’s music over the last 20 years has followed a wayward path of withering agricultural-folk, klezmer accordion, overly-lyrical punk, gypsy-jazz guitar, tangos, waltzes, rhumbas and skiffled-up boogie-woogie piano. ... more

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