THE LIGHTHOUSE

Steve Walker 2007

C                 Pat and Sue once shared a dream

                                          G

G7               to start a music night

 

C                 and as the idea grew and grew

                                                G

D7               they saw a shining light

 

F                 that light it shone out straight and true

                                                     G 

C                 as a lighthouse does at sea

 

Am              a beacon on a stormy night

                                            G7                           

G                guiding you and me

                             C

G                to the Lighthouse

 

CHORUS

                  

C                 If you choose you can lose your blues

                                         

G                at the Lighthouse

 

C                 to sing and play the night away

 

G                it’s the right house

 

Am              From 8 till late every Thursday night

                                                         

F                 take Friday off it’ll be all right

                                                                  G       

C                 just tell the boss you spent the night                                

                            C

G7               at the Lighthouse

 

It’s good to know in this modern age

Live music still holds sway

And everyone both young and old

Still have a place to play

Any music of their choice

By which their soul was stirred

To stand upon a stage and say

This music should be heard

At the Lighthouse

 

 Not every song you start to play

Will turn out as you wish

The best played tunes of mice and men

Must sometimes sound amiss

That duet you rehearsed so well

In perfect harmony

Is suddenly two different tunes

And both in separate keys

At the Lighthouse

 

So if you’ve had a bad day at work

The boss got on your nerves?

And you find your weekly pays

Not as much as you deserve

Live music soothes the savage soul

Or so the poets say

From “Morris on” to Rock and Roll

Take a stroll and wend your way

To the Lighthouse

 

Well anyone can have a dream

But not all dreams come true

You sometimes need a guiding light

To show you what to do

If music be the food of love

Then play on please play on

But if you want to play it live

Just keep on keeping on

To the Lighthouse

 

 

©Words and music by Stephen Walker December 2007

Stephen.Walker@btinternet.com        

  

 

These were originally published by Bryn Phillips on the Woodman Folk Club website- thanks Bryn.

 

 

A Tribute To The Gaffers

John Stevens, May 2005

Guitars, Fiddles, Bodhran Drum
Banjos, Flute and Accordian
Acapella Singers, Percussion too
Songs of old and songs of new
On Thursday evenings up the stairs
The people come and fill the chairs
Musicians from around the region
The Lighthouse draws them like a beacon
With so much talent to choose from
Sometimes a squash to get them on
But don't forget who it's all down to
It all began with Pat and Sue
A good idea is what they had
It started with newspaper ads
Phone calls to friends and folks they knew
Well pretty soon they had a queue
They give their time to run the club
It's not for money but only love.

The Lighthouse "Ode" 
Louis Munslow

Every Thursday at the Lighthouse 
we gather round and have some fun 
All sitting there with a drink or two 
being entertained by everyone 

It's organised by Pat and Sue 
and that Maurice, the bouncer on the door 
The music must be pretty good 
as we come back each week for more 

There's Dave on concertina, 
Big Bryn with his great sounding guitar, 
John Rose & Rob on their violins 
you won't hear better I'm sure. 

Now young Dennis plays accordion 
and Yvonne picks the Banjo, clean. 
But when Nick Evans sings the faces he pulls 
Well, they really must be seen! 

George Dovey is superb at the classics 
and Dirty Tommy sings of doing it by hand, 
Then up comes Chris with his 12 string 
Oh man it really is grand. 

But what Trevor you ask me 
with his voice so gentle and serene, 
and Linda & Lou the Brynettes Looking good, 
Definitely not "has beens" 

There's one who wont let us forget him 
We call him "Rent-a-Gob Rob" 
We tried to shut him up a few weeks ago 
but he just sat there and started to sob. 

Now we mustn't forget Nigel from Kiddy 
and Ted who sings songs of Oz 
Though Sue entertains us with guitar & song 
she's only here COS she wants to be boss. 

If I didn't mention that fellow Mike James 
it really would be a sin 
As his fingers are magic as they go up 
and down playing heavenly music on that mandolin 

Then there's that white haired chap from Ireland 
Tommy Dempsey complete with Bodhran 
He sings and he jigs and he dances 
and reminds us all of a young Leprechaun.

We end with the quiet one,
Anne Adams and it really has to be said,
That the room is always filled with silence
When she sings of, "Something in Red"

Now I believe that by now you must realise
Your time you could not better employ
So come along every week to the Lighthouse
and you'll leave with your hearts filled with JOY