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Thread #161277 Message #3830861
Posted By: Joe Offer
07-Jan-17 - 01:47 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Laverne and Captain Flint (Guy Clark)
Subject: ADD: Laverne and Captain Flint (Guy Clark)
Here's my formal transcription:
THE BALLAD OF LAVERNE AND CAPTAIN FLINT (Guy Clark)
Here come Martha runnin' down the pier, Lord, it looks like Captain Flint is here; You get the bow, I get the stern, Lord would you look at that, Laverne - Flint's got shrimp from the deep blue sea And buckets of fish for you and me.
CHORUS Well, Old Flint's boat is fine and she's called the Miss-Inclined, And there's no home port painted on the stern; They say she's like a ghost up and down that Texas coast, But you saw it all, didn't you, Laverne?
Daddy said Flint is a weird old bird, And, what's more, I have heard That his nets are charmed by a woman who knew How to work that Louisiana Voo-Doo. Laverne, get away from that boat, you hear? Your mama don't want you hangin' round here!
[spoken] And Laverne told us, she said: Old Flint's boat is fine....
Martha, Martha won't you tell me, please, That it is not Laverne that I see There on the deck of the Miss-Inclined With Captain Flint? I must be blind. Laverne, girl, what's got the matter with you? Old Captain Flint, he put a spell on you, baby.
CHORUS Well, Old Flint's boat is fine but she's called the Miss-Inclined And there's no home port painted on the stern They say she's like a ghost up and down that Texas coast But you saw it all, didn't you, Laverne?
Well, Old Flint's boat is fine but she's called the Miss-Inclined And there's no home ports painted on the stern They say she's like a ghost up and down that Texas coast But you saw it all, didn't you, Laverne?
from http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/guyclark/theballadoflaverneandcaptainflint.html - which ain't all that bad. Corrections by Joe Offer.