The Ballad of the Culbin Sands

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Keith F. Thomson (1928-2014) wrote and recorded this song about Culbin.  It is performed here by his daughter Fiona.

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Oh the Culbin Sands were wide and free
With bent grass growing wild
And you could roam in solitude
And sun and sand beguile.

Oh you never used to worry, you never used to care,
Never used to worry there was no one ever there.

Oh the Culbin sands were wide and free
Now you could even dare
To cast off cares and worries
For no one else was there.

Oh you never used to worry, you never used to care,
Never used to worry there was no one ever there.

Oh the Culbin sand were wide and free
With sand dunes old and new
The wind would blow them here and there
The ever changing view.

Oh you never used to worry, you never used to care,
Never used to worry there was no one ever there.

Oh the Culbin sands were wide and free
The seal upon the sand
The shore was empty mile on mile
The endless glistening band.

Oh you never used to worry, you never used to care,
Never used to worry there was no one ever there.

Oh the Culbin sands are overgrown
They planted pines galore
All that space is gone for good
The trees have shifted o’er.

Oh you never used to worry, you never used to care,
Never used to worry there was no one ever there.

Oh the Culbin sands are overgrown
They planted pines galore
All that space is gone for good
The trees have shut that door.

Oh you never used to worry, you never used to care,
Never used to worry there was no one ever there,
There was no one ever there.

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