Ummagumma
Songlist & Lyrics
STUDIO ALBUM
Featuring Richard Wright:
SYSYPHUS (Wright)
band 1. PART I
band 2. PART II
band 3. PART II
band 4. PART IV
Instrumental
Featuring Roger Waters:
band 5. GRANTCHESTER
MEADOWS (Waters)
Icy wind of night be gone
This is not your domain
In the sky a bird was heard to cry
Misty morning whisperings
and gentle stirring sounds
Belied a deathly silence
That lay all around
Hear the lark and harken
To the barking of the dog fox
Gone to ground
See the splashing
Of the kingfisher flashing to the water
And a river of green is sliding
Unseen beneath the trees
Laughing as it passes
Through the endless summer
Making for the sea
In the lazy water meadow
I lay me down
All around me golden sunflakes
Settle on the ground
Basking in the sunshine
Of a by-gone afternoon
Bringing sounds of yesterday
Into this city room
Hear the lark and harken
To the barking of the dog fox
Gone to ground
See the splashing
Of the kingfisher flashing to the water
And a river of green is sliding
Unseen beneath the trees
Laughing as it passes
Through the endless summer
Making for the sea
band 6.
SEVERAL SPECIES OF SMALL FURRY ANIMALS GATHERED TOGETHER IN A
CAVE AND GROOVING WITH A PICT (Waters)
Aye, an' a bit of mackerel, settler rack and down
Ran it down by the home, and I flew
Well, I slapped me and I flopped it down in the shade
And I cried, cried, cried.
The fear a fallen down had taken, never back the raise
And then cried Mary, an' took out wi' your Claymore,
Right outta a' pocket, I ran down, down the mountainside
Back on Battlin the fiery horde that was falling around the feet.
Never! He cried, never shall ye get me alive
Ye rotten hound of the burnie crew!
Well, I snatched fer the blade an' a Claymore cut and thrust,
And I fell doon before him round his feet. Aye!
A roar he cried!
Frae the bottom of his heart
That I would nay fall but as dead,
Dead as I can by a' feet, d'ya ken?
And the wind cried Mary.
A hidden message (at half normal speed) is at 4:32-4:33. In the right speaker
you can hear David saying: "This is pretty avant garde, isn't it?" If you play
it at double speed, you can hear Roger saying: "Bring back my guitar"
Wave- - - Real Audio
You can also hear several other strange bits grooving along in
this song:
3:20 (slow) A weird lady's voice,
3:38 there is "Quiet, quiet!" when played forward,
or perhaps "Help, help" when played backwards.
3:55 Coughing in the Right speaker,
(slow) Celestial Voices,
Featuring David Gilmour:
band 1. THE
NARROW WAY - Parts I, II & III (Gilmour)
Following the path
As it leads towards the darkness in the north
Weary strangers' faces show their sympathy
They've seen that hope before
And if you want to stay for a little bit
Rest your aching limbs for a little bit
Before you the night is beckoning
And you know you can't delay
You hear the night birds calling you
But you can't catch the words they say
Close your aching eyes beyond your name
Mist is swelling, creatures crawling,
Hear the roar get louder in your ears
You know the folly was your own
But the force behind can't conquer all your fears
And if you want to stay for a little bit
Rest your aching limbs for a little bit
Before you the night is beckoning
And you know you can't delay
You hear the night birds calling you
But you can't catch the words they say
Close your aching eyes beyond your name
Throw your thoughts back many years
To the time when there was life in every morning
Perhaps a day will come
When the nights will be as close as that morning
And if you want to stay for a little bit
Rest your aching limbs for a little bit
Before you the night is beckoning
And you know you can't delay
You hear the night birds calling you
But you can't catch the words they say
Close your aching eyes beyond your name
Featuring Nick Mason:
band 2. THE
GRAND VIZIER'S GARDEN PARTY (Mason)
Part 1 - Entrance
Part II - Entertainment
Part III - Exit
Instrumental
LIVE ALBUM
Although the remastered CD and LP state that the live album was recorded at Mother's Club, Birmingham & Manchester College of Commerce, June 1969, the correct dates are Mother's Club in Birmingham on April 27, 1969, and the Manchester College of Commerce, May 2, 1969.