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#1153918 - 06/08/19 09:12 AM
I started out with nothing. Vic
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Took an age to write this, partly due to other commitments. I found out recently that my great uncle had lost both his parents by the age of seven and was sent to an orphanage. At the age of 11, in the year 1904 he was sent from Wales in the UK to work on a farm in Canada. From what I could discover he moved around the US a lot, , Pennsylvania, Michigan, California and even Brazil, probably seeking work during the great depression. Must have been a tough character. It'll never be a hit but I had to get it out of my system. Thanks to Travis for giving me the title. https://soundcloud.com/vic-arnold/i-started-out-with-nothingVic I started out with nothing ©2019 Vic Arnold V1 The first thing I remember was the echo of her feet as she led me by the hand to that big door. "This is your new mother that I brought you here to meet. Mother Mary, she'll look after you for sure." Then at the age of 12, indentured off to a farmer, New Caledonia, far across the sea and on that frozen ground it couldn't be much harder but they said it was the only place for me The only place for me Ch I started out with nothing on a doorstep cold and grey and listened to her footsteps fade away I started out with nothing and that cap on me still fits. Nothing, and I've still got most of it V3 At 17 I rode to Pennsylvania on a train Slogged away like the devil down a hole But there in Luzerne County I met a fair young maid We scratched a living from that poor dust bowl We raised a fine family then we moved to Michigan I was 31 but looked like 55 Dear Maggie passed away with the curse of consumption It was all that we could do to stay alive. To stay alive. Ch. Br. We followed the sunshine because it was free but the fruit is too dry for the wine. and migrants are migrants wherever they be and wither ... wither on the vine Ch.
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#1153952 - 06/10/19 03:32 AM
Re: I started out with nothing. Vic
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#1153961 - 06/10/19 06:29 PM
Re: I started out with nothing. Vic
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Hey Mimmo. You may have trodden in the footsteps of my ancestor.
Vic Hi Vic....I did a lot of work in Caledonia in the '90's. I worked in new home construction then. They dropped the "New" and call it just Caledonia, it's now Haldimand-Norfolk County. Have you ever been around here? It's a small world, isn't it? Regards Mimmo
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#1154268 - 06/17/19 11:21 PM
Re: I started out with nothing. Vic
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Vic,
Your productions are always so slick . . . love that banjo opening—killer. Nice, foot-tapping tune . . . hard not to listen without the head bobbing. Nice hook (nod to Travis on that one). Moreover, really admire the write . . . tough to pull a song like this together, and you’ve penned a nice tribute to your great uncle. Nicely done, Vic. A pleasure on the ear.
Kind regards,
Deej
Last edited by Deej56; 06/17/19 11:22 PM.
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#1154772 - 07/01/19 07:56 AM
Re: I started out with nothing. Vic
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Maybe it could be cut..... Ch I started out with nothing on a doorstep cold and grey and listened to her footsteps fade away I started out with nothing and that cap on me still fits. Nothing, and I've still got most of it Okay. This is a great tune but if you were sitting next to me I would re-write the CHORUS. Correction: I think the Chorus should be adjusted. Here is why? TITLE: I started out with nothing. IMO EVERY WORD IN YOUR CHORUS NEEDS TO SUPPORT THAT THOUGHT. I simply do not get the cap line....or what the cap has to do with you starting out with nothing...Even the doorstep cold and grey is using up important real estate. You are stating the weather instead of supporting STARTING OUT WITH NOTHING. This is a great piece but if this were mine, I would tighten up the CHORUS to only support your thought. I would not say this to you if I didn’t think this has great potential. Just my opinion, but everything should revolve around your Chorus. You can afford a throw away line here and there in a verse. But not in your CHORUS. Great tune, great musicianship, but that is what sticks out to me. Best to you
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