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High Girders (2019)

from River​/​High Girders by Ed Muirhead

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Originally released in 2015, reissued here to mark 140 years since world's longest bridge collapsed, plunging a crossing train into the icy water below. Seventy-five people perished as a storm brought down the high girders in the middle of the Tay Bridge.
Did the train come off the rails? Was the bridge too weak to withstand gale-force winds?

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Late December, seventy-nine,
Dundee train, northbound line.
River Tay, a mile from land
High girders stand.

Storm is fierce, night is wild,
Front of the carriage: father and child.
Has him close, holds his hand.
High girders stand.

Lead me, be my guide.
Take me o'er to the other side.
When it's dark I cannot see,
Stay here with me.

Since Burntisland all is well.
Pace is steady, none can tell
In the darkness miles away
High girders sway.

Train steams on into the night
Boy holds to his father tight
How much longer none can say:
High girders sway.

Late December, seventy-nine,
Dundee train, northbound line.
Storm bears down upon them all
High girders fall.

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from River​/​High Girders, released November 29, 2019
Gavin McGinty: Harmonica
Susan McCathie: Backing vocals
Ed: Vocals, Piano, Drums, Bass, Percussion.

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