If I Had A Boat - Lyle Lovett Cover

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Hi Everyone

These past month or so my father and I have been regularly visiting a town called Newburgh which lies on the Tay Estuary here in Fife , east central Scotland.

In the weeks leading up to Christmas last year, Newburgh was voted as the number one most beautiful town to visit during the Winter months. I was curious as to why this was, this town is only a 20-minute drive from my home and until very recently I had never visited it.

As soon as I started filming and photographing the area I realized right away why it was rated so highly, it is a very beautiful picturesque area, almost everywhere I point my camera I capture something wonderful.

One of the most unique things I have photographed here is this old boat which appears to have broken free of its moorings and finds itself now resting in these reedbeds. Perhaps this boat belonged a local sailor or more likely from somewhere further up the Tay estuary perhaps near the city of Dundee or Perth.

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There are many boats moored along the edge of the water here, while filming them I had the song "If I had a boat" by Lyel Lovett playing in my mind.
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I thought it might be a good idea to take the footage I have from filming the coastal walk along the estuary and edit it to my version of "If I Had A Boat". This afternoon I recorded the song on my Takamine G series guitar which has just recently been restrung after 18 months or so of having the same old strings.

I cross-dissolved the footage of the boats and footage of me singing in an attempt to create a nice little music video for this community.
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I'm pretty happy with the results,I will try and continue using this method of taking footage from local spots and trying to find a song that suits the footage,its a lot more enjoyable to create something by combining my music and footage.Im sure you will see many videos like this from me this year.

Let me know what you guys think of this one?

"If I Had a Boat"
Lyle Lovett

And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Id sit me up on my pony on my boat

If I were Roy Rogers
I'd, sure enough, be single
I couldn't bring myself to marry an old Dale
Well, it'd just be me and Trigger
We'd go riding through them movies
Then we'd buy a boat and on the sea we'd sail

And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Id sit me up on my pony on my boat

The mystery masked man was smart
He got himself a Tonto
'Cause Tonto did the dirty work for free
But Tonto he was smarter
And one day said kemo sabe
Kiss my ass, I bought a boat
I'm going out to sea

And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Id sit me up on my pony on my boat

And if I were like lightning
I wouldn't need no sneakers
I'd come and go wherever I would please
And I'd scare 'em by the shade tree
And I'd scare 'em by the light pole
But I would not scare my pony on my boat out on the sea

And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Id sit me up on my pony on my boat
It'd just be me an trigger,riding through them movies
Then we'd buy a boat and on the sea we'd sail.

And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Id sit me up on my pony on my boat
Sit me up on my pony on my boat


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This is really good man, well done 👍
Sounds good! :)
And nice shots too.

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Cheers man , you should get through and film something in Newburgh, its probably only like 20 mins on the bus from Dundee. Could do the Whiskey tasting at the distillery for your birthday, they have a few whiskeys all of them really high quality. Theres an open mic at the Bear Tavern on Thursdays.

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Hello man! It is obvious you are a multi talented man with great skill on the guitar and the filming ability. I love those photos, really cool. And the sound was awesome. Kudos man
You rock!!!

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Thanks, bro , I really appreciate your feedback, this one was fun to make, the song is one of my favorites to sing , it has made it into my forever repertoire:)

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I think it's excellent the fact that you put those images in your video, it makes me feel better the music you play, by the way you did an excellent job, your voice is very sweet and the sound of the guitar was very touching.

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Thanks so much for this lovely comment, you really made me smile :). The video has turned out better than I had hoped for .I think singing songs like this with the capo on the 5th fret does suit my voice better than most songs.

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I'm really impressed with your interpretation, it has that nostalgic, magical and sweet tone. I congratulate you for the wonderful audiovisual work. I find the details and images incredible.

!LUV

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Thanks so much for this comment. I wasn't sure what I should do with the footage really. I did want to try and make something magical, especially with the footage of the sunken boat at the time of low tide when its totally visible. When the tide is high you can only see the mast of that boat sticking out of the water. I will try and make more videos like this throughout the year :)

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That was nice bro! I was doing the backing vocals hahaha. I didn't know that track, it was well-fitted to the footage! Lovely area, very inspiring!

Is it still a bit wintery on your side? 😄

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Yeah, March is a wild month for weather here ...in old folk tales they called it "the time of the brindled cow" it can seem like spring is fully here one day with clear blue skies and sunshine then the next day it can drop to below freezing temperatures and we have record-breaking snow fall.

In the time before clocks and calendars, it was a dangerous time for farmers to take their cattle high in the mountains to graze on the new grass , if the weather turned there would be a good chance of the whole herd of cattle freezing.

Blindboy just recently did a fascinating podcast about this time of year in Scotland and Ireland,its well worth a listen.He covers everything from folklore about the weather to the tales of the Arabian Hashish eater in this one :).
https://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/the-hashish-eater-of-booly

I wish I could hear how your backing vocals sound on this one, if you're ever touring Scotland give us a shout and we cant collaborate on this tune. Have you ever been to Edinburgh during the time of the fringe festival? You could probably make a small fortune gigging here during that time.

It's great to hear from you on this video, thanks for listening :).

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