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Out On The Western Plain (feat Pat McManus)

from Dark Harvest by Malcolm MacWatt

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Originally by Ledbelly but I only knew the brilliant Rory Gallagher version. When I was recording Buffalo Thunder I had this song running around my head so I reworked it to reflect my own personal feelings about the Wild West as well as the Scottish contribution to that mythology. Irish guitarist Past McManus has a deep understanding of Blues and traditional Celtic music and played the perfect electric guitar accompaniment. There's also a YouTube video you can check out.

lyrics

When I was a cowboy out on the Western Plain
I made myself a fortune, working hard on the bridle reins
Come a cow-cow yippee come cow-cow yippee, yippee yay

I saw a great white buffalo out on the western plain
It said I’m hiding from Bill Cody, he’s trying to take my name
Come a cow-cow yippee, come cow-cow yippee, yippee yay

I met the ghost of Custer out on the western plain
He said don’t believe the hype son legends can be made
Come a cow-cow yippee, come cow-cow yippee, yippee yay

I met Scotty Philip out on the western plain
I met Jesse Chisholm out on the western plain
I saw those Scottish drovers won’t see their likes again
Come a cow-cow yippee, come cow-cow yippee, yippee yay

Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse were out on the western plain
They said sit and have a smoke son, then we’ll be on our way
Come a cow-cow yippee, come cow-cow yippee yippee yay

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from Dark Harvest, released January 25, 2024
Electric guitar: Pat McManus
Lyrics: Ledbetter/MacWatt

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Malcolm MacWatt London, UK

“MacWatt will doubtless be considered among the best of the new breed of folksingers and songwriters, who speak of the past as a way to perhaps understand it and move forward” Stephen Rapid, Lonesome Highway

“He shines as a singer and he shines as an interpreter of the eternal folk songbook,” Tom Brosseau, The Great American Folk Show, North Dakota
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