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Thread #124976   Message #2764682
Posted By: Jim Dixon
12-Nov-09 - 07:50 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Queen Mary (Leadbelly)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Queen Mary by Huddie LEADBELLY
Here's a start. I transcribed these 2 excerpts from samples from 2 different albums at Allmusic.com. I don't know when they were recorded:

[SPOKEN:] Now ladies and gentlemen, this is a song I made about the Queen Mary when it first made up to come over to New York – and a brand-new ship and a brand-new captain – and just before the ship left the land, when everybody's on board – and people would go on the boat cryin' an' shoutin' an' happy 'cause they's on a brand-new ship....

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[SUNG:]...eagle rock.
Move on, Queen Mary, move on.

[SPOKEN:] When I got down there, the people were goin' out there shoutin' an' hollerin'.

[SUNG:] Move on, Queen Mary, move on.
Move on, Queen Mary, move on.
Queen Mary got to the dock
And seen the policemen doing the eagle rock.
Move on, Queen Mary, move on.