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Marchin' Inland
03:19
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Lord Nelson had a sure fire way of curing mal-de-mer
And if you pay attention, his secret I will share
To any seasick sailor, he'd give this advice for free
If you're feeling seasick, sit underneath a tree
G C G / G D7 / G C D7 / C D7 G / C D7 G
CHO: I'm marching inland from the shore
Over me shoulder I'm carrying an oar
When someone asks what is that funny thing you've got
I know I'll never go to sea no more, no more
Then I know I'll never go to sea no more.
Columbus he set sail to find out if the world was round
He kept up sailing to the West until he ran aground
He thought he found the Indies but he found the USA
I know some navigators who can still do that today
Drake is in his hammock and a thousand miles away
Grenville's revenge is at the bottom of the bay
Many famous sailors never came home from the sea
Just take my advice, Jack, and come and follow me
So sailors take a warning from these men of high renown
When you leave the ocean and its time to settle down
Never cast your anchor less than ninety miles from shore
There'll always be temptation to be off to sea once more.
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Come All You Garners Gay
07:41
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.G D7 G
Come all you Garners Gay,
. D7 G
That are just now in your prime
. C G Am G D7 C
I wish I was in my bonny lad's arms
.D7 G
Where I've been many a time
.D7 G
Where I've been many a time,
.D7 G
Where I've been many a time
. C G Am G D7 C
I wish I was in that bonny lad's arms
.D7 G
Where I've been many a time.
The rose blooms red in the Spring
Awakening love anew.
I know when I find the flower for me
My love, he will be true.
Green willows they will twist,
Green willows they will twine
A strong young lad should sturdy, sturdy be
Not soft as a yellow pine.
Once I had thyme enough
To flourish night and day
Until that lad, that bonny, bonny lad
Come and stole all my thyme away.
So now my whole thyme is gone,
And I cannot plant any new
For the very same place where the old thyme grew,
It's all over running, running rue.
Oh the rue, that running, running rue,
That's not the flower for me
I will pluck up all that running, running rue
And plant down the sturdy oak tree.
Stand you fast, stand you fast, sturdy oak,
Stand you fast, don't deceive or lie
I will prove as true to my own true love
As the stars prove true to the sky.
Beware, young men, beware;
Beware, and heed my rhyme;
And see that you keep your garden well:
Let no one steal your thyme.
I really like drinking beer,
'Though sometimes I drink some wine
And it's far better sleeping in my bonny lad's arms
Where I've been many a time.
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Once a fair and handsome Seal Lord lay his foot upon the sand
For to woo the Fisher's daughter and to claim her marriage hand
'I have come in from the ocean; I have come in from the sea
And I'll not go to the waves, love, lest ye come along with me.'
'Lord, long have I loved you as a Selkie on the foam.
I would gladly go and wed ye and be lady of your home,
But I cannot go into the ocean; I cannot go into the sea.
I would drown beneath the waves, love, if I went along with thee.'
'Lady, long have I loved you; I would have you for my wife.
I will stay upon your shoreland, though it robs me of my life.
I will stay one night beside you, never go back to the sea.
I will stay and be thy husband though it be the death of me.'
'Lord, I cannot go and wed thee all to watch my lover die.
Since I'll not be left a widow, I have a plan for us to try:
Let us speak with my grandmother, who has ever dwelt beside the sea
She may know some trick or treasure that I may wed my fair Selkie.'
So they've gone to her grandmother's little cottage by the sea
To inquire how a maiden can be wed to her Selkie.
For the Selkie's watery kingdom would surely rob her of her breath,
But to stay on land past midnight, it would surely be his death.
'Lord, I know not how to aid you. You may never live on shore.
For your kind to live 'til dawning, it has ne'er been seen before.
But my mother had a seal coat that she buried 'neath the tree
And she told me that its wearer would become a fair Selkie.'
So they've journeyed farther inland, though the Seal Lord's getting weak
And she's shouldering the shovel to unearth the thing they seek.
By the rising of the full moon, underneath the elfin oak,
She has unearthed that buried treasure of which her grandmother spoke.
Just before the stroke of midnight, they have made it back to sea
And she has donned the magic seal coat and become a maid Selkie.
Now they've gone into the ocean, hand in hand into the sea
They have gone along together as their love was meant to be.
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Fields of Gold
03:05
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You'll remember me when the West wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
And we'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
When we walk in fields of gold
So she took her love for to gaze awhile
Upon the fields of barley
In his arms she fell as her hair came down
Among the fields of gold
Will you stay with me? Will you be my love
Among the fields of barley?
We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we lie in fields of gold
See the West wind move
Like a lover so among the fields of barley
Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth
Among the fields of gold
I never made promises lightly
And there have been some that I've broken
But I swear in the days still left
We will walk in fields of gold
Many years have passed since those summer days
Among the fields of barley
See the children run as the sun goes down
Among the fields of gold
You'll remember me when the West wind moves
Among the fields of barley
And we'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we lie in fields of gold
As we lie in fields of gold
As we lie in fields of gold.
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Anne's Lament
04:56
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Who is the gentleman that sits by my bed?
He says that he knows me so well.
But I'm certain that I've never seen him before
Though somehow his face rings a bell.
He's showing me pictures and telling me lies,
But there's someplace that I'd rather be.
So I drift away to the sound of his voice,
I want to go down to the sea.
I wish that our Patrick would hurry back home.
He's been away such a long time.
For he had to go, stop Hitler, you know.
He's somewhere on the front line.
But I'll keep the flame burning bright in the hearth
While he fights to keep us all free.
He'll come back from the war, and buy a new car,
And he'll chauffeur me down to the sea.
I'll put on my best Sunday dress for the day,
Bright ribbons to tie up my hair,
And I'll wait by the gate for me mother to come.
All the longing is so hard to bear.
We'll build castles so high, that they'll reach to the sky
And the ice cream will all be for free
And we'll dance in the sand to an old-time brass band.
I want to go down to the sea.
Instrumental
Now I sit all alone at the end of the room,
And gaze out the window all day.
For I know that me father will be coming soon,
He promised to take me away.
And sometimes I cry over nothing at all,
Still nobody listens to me.
When I close my eyes, I can hear the gulls call.
I want to go down to the sea.
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Now She's Gone
02:38
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Now she's gone, let her go, let her sink or let her swim
The love we shared has gone like dust in the wind
She's gone across the ocean, to do the best she can
I hope that she finds favor in some far distant land.
Now she's gone, let her go, let her sink or let her swim
Though once I truly loved her, my thoughts of her grow dim
Except those times at sunset, as I walk along the sand
I hope that she finds favor in some far distant land
Now she's gone, let her go, let her sink or let her swim
No longer around my hat is there green upon the brim
With splendor do I wear, a feather in the band
I hope that she finds favor in some far distant land
Now she's gone, let her go, let her sink or let her swim
Happily a-roving I found new love with him.
How can I be so lucky? This love was never planned.
I hope that she finds favor in some far distant land
Now she's gone, let her go, let her sink or let her swim
We've made our lives together, the chances were so slim
Now we walk the beach at sunset, ever hand-in-hand
I hope that she finds favor in some far distant land.
Now she's gone, let her go.
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Thirty Nine ('39)
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In the year of '39, assembled here the volunteers
In the days when lands were few
Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn
The sweetest sight ever seen
And the night followed day
And the story tellers say
That the score brave souls inside
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
Write your letters in the sand
For the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew
In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue
The volunteers came home that day
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
For the Earth is old and grey, little darling, we'll away
But my love, this cannot be
Oh, so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
Your mother's eyes, from your eyes, cry to me
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away?
Don't you hear me calling you?
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away?
Don't you hear me calling you?
All your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand
For my life
Still ahead
Pity me
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They All Faded Away
04:03
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All those rolling little hills
And ramshackle towns
And green green rocky roads
Have got my head all turned around
Oh I see them in my mind
When I think of you
I can see the countryside
That we two were just passing through
Your folks lived down by the lake
I'd see them for your sake
But when you turned away, they all began to fade
Like ghosts in the air
Like they were never there
They all faded away
I held you tight in my arms
But then I heard you cry
I felt my world begin to spin
Our love was young why did it die
Down the valley I see
The country of my soul
It's a land both green and young
Where the blue waters gently flow
Your folks lived down by the lake
I'd see them for your sake
But when you turned away, they all began to fade
Like ghosts in the air
Like they were never there
They all faded away
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Home, Come On Home
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Home, come on home, ye who are weary, come home.
Softly and tenderly calling, home, come on home.
Sometimes when I’m feeling lonesome, and no one on earth seems to care,
I’m all by myself in the darkness with no one and nothing to share.
Just when it feels like it’s hopeless and I’ll never make it alone,
I hear the voices of angels tenderly calling me home,
Home, come on home, ye who are weary, come home.
Softly and tenderly calling, home, come on home.
I try to keep it together, I never let on that I’m scared.
Still sometimes I fall to pieces, scatter and lost everywhere.
Just when it feels like there’s no one to mend all my broken down dreams,
I hear a voice deep inside me tenderly calling to me.
Home, come on home, ye who are weary, come home.
Softly and tenderly calling, home, come on home.
So don’t be afraid of the darkness and don’t run away from the storm.
Stand up and face your reflection, the feelings you try to ignore.
After the tempest is over, you’ve let yourself come on through.
You’ll hear a voice in the silence tenderly calling to you.
Home, come on home, ye who are weary, come home.
Softly and tenderly calling, home, come on home.
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As I walked out one evening
To breathe the air and soothe my mind,
I thought of friends and the home I had,
And all those things I left behind.
A silent star shone on me,
My eyes saw a far horizon,
As if to pierce this veil of time,
And escape this earthly prison.
Will there come a time when the memories fade.
and pass on with the long, long years,
When the ties no longer bind?
Lord save me from this darkest fear.
Don't let me come home a stranger,
I couldn't stand to be a stranger.
In this place so far from home
They know my name, but they don't know me
They hear my voice, they see my face
But they can't lay no claim on me, woah-oh
As I walk this universe
I free my mind of time and space
I wander through the galaxy
But never do I find my place, woah-oh
Will there come a time when the memories fade.
and pass on with the long, long years,
When the ties no longer bind?
Lord save me from this darkest fear.
Don't let me come home a stranger,
I couldn't stand to be a stranger.
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I've been sitting here thinking back over my life
All of the good things the trouble and strife
And my share of heartaches, so many I've had
But I still think the good things outweigh the bad.
I've rocked on the anchor (rain pouring down) at night and I've cried (so many tears)
I've felt the tempest (lightning and storm) before the wind died
And that's when I realized (adding it up) all the bad luck I've had (there's been so much)
But I still think the good things (all the good things) outweigh the bad.
Well I never have riches, no money to spare
Just a sailor's poor wages is my only fare.
I'm making my living far away from the land
But I still think the good things outweigh the bad.
Chorus
I've worked in the boatyard in the heat of the day
And then paid the chandler nearly all that I made
Well I've seen the ocean take all that I had
But I still think the good things outweigh the bad.
Chorus
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Some Days Are Diamonds
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When you ask how I've been here without you
I'd like to say, "I've been fine," and I do
But we both know the truth is hard to come by
And if I told the truth, that's not quite true
Some days are diamonds, some days are stones
Sometimes the hard times won't leave me alone
Sometimes the cold wind blows a chill in my bones
Some days are diamonds, some days are stones.
Now the face that I see in the mirror
More and more is but a stranger to me
More and more I can see there's a danger
In becoming what I never thought I'd be
Some days are diamonds, some days are stones
Sometimes the hard times won't leave me alone
Sometimes the cold wind blows a chill in my bones
Some days are diamonds, some days are stones.
Every day that I spend upon the water
Makes me feel the blessing in my soul.
When the sun, the wind or rain each caress me
With joy I watch the sea billows roll.
Some days are diamonds, some days are stones
Sometimes the hard times won't leave me alone
Sometimes the cold wind blows a chill in my bones
Some days are diamonds, some days are stones.
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SaltyPaws Punta Gorda, Florida
When you think of wandering minstrels, do you ever think they might live on a boat? SaltyPaws is a sailing acoustic duo, living aboard their catamaran, sailing and singing the Atlantic eastern seaboard. You'll hear guitar and 5 string banjo, spiced with harmonica and concertina. Wherever the boat is in port, you'll find Bentley and Jim joining a jam, at an open mic, or busking a street corner. ... more
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