Name: Oh Those Dighty Days
Duration: P00H03M14S
Description: Written by Russell Dalton

Oh Those Dighty Days

from Dighty Times by DIghty Connect Song Writers Group

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Written by Russell Dalton

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Now my body’s old my hair is grey and I seem to lose a memory everyday
But I still remember all the fun we had playing at the Dighty burn when I was a lad.

(Refrain - repeated between verses)
Oh those Dighty Days, how we laughed and played
Oh those Dighty days why did they have to end?

Indians and cowboys we’d never lose, playing football for Scotland without any shoes
Playing on the riverbank with Billy Brown from the early morning
‘till the sun went down.

The old rope swing that flew so high with shaking knees you had to hold on tight
Eyes scrunched up as you touched the sky but you’d be first in line for another try.

Penny dainty sweets that stuck to your teeth summer warmed milk and a jelly piece
Dens made of cardboard and grass and rocks but you wouldn’t get in
without the secret knocks.

No electric games when I was a lad but I know I had much more than that
Friendship and laughter and sunny days but more than that we made such memories.

The Dighty’s still there and it’s water’s still cold but it’s banks are silent
there’s children no more
The games they play now are all onscreen but when they get old where’s the memories?

Oh those Dighty days how we laughed and played
I guess I really miss them
But I can still relive them
Oh those Dighty days.

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from Dighty Times, released May 26, 2016

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DightyConnect Dundee, UK

A community song writing project creating songs based on local people's experiences and reflections on living near the Dighty water in Dundee

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