Yes, I think it must be a recording of Andy singing that I learned it from where the first verse is repeated; probably from Archie Fisher's programme. I was struck with it but stopped singing it at sessions some time ago. I don't know Andy's intentions obviously but the song, to me, can have a very dark interpretation. Did he kill her? As a schoolboy I stood on the hillls above Greenock with my class and watched the QE2 as she sailed down the Clyde on her maiden voyage. It's a remarkable testament to the now all but lost skills of Clyde shipbuilding. The bow forms were constructed on machinery from the 1930s.
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