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Lyr Req: Old Fat Boat (Gordon Bok)

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DUNA
HEARTH AND FIRE
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HILLS OF ISLE AU HAUT
HUSH YE MY BAIRNIE
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JOHN OF DREAMS
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LITTLE RIVER
MRS. MACDONALD'S LAMENT
MY IMAGES COME
O-E-DALLAY
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TURN YE TO ME
TURNING TOWARD THE MORNING
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WEARY OF THE DARNING


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belter 24 Jan 97 - 10:47 AM
Bill 24 Jan 97 - 02:41 AM
belter 23 Jan 97 - 01:08 PM
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Subject: RE: leric req. Gordon Bok
From: belter
Date: 24 Jan 97 - 10:47 AM

Thats the one thankyou.


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Subject: ADD: Old Fat Boat (Bok)
From: Bill
Date: 24 Jan 97 - 02:41 AM

Howdy belter,

From the Gordon Bok CD from Folk-Legacy "North Wind's Clearing" which is a compilation of boat and water songs from earlier Folk-Legacy LPs, come these words.

Old Fat Boat (Mattapoisset Harbor Inventory)

So, here I am, man, all alone again,
Anchored away the hell and gone again.
Another mile from another town,
The wind Northeast n' the rain coming down.
Home is the sailor, home from the sea;
He's a home for the mildew, a friend to the flea.
I don't care, man, I'm happy.
    I got an old fat boat, she's slow but handsome,
    Hard in the chine and soft in the transom.
    I love her well; she must love me,
    But I think it's only for my money.
    And I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going,
    But I some damn tired of rowing.
No more tobacco, no more cheese;
I'm sprung in the back and lame in the knees.
It's a damned good thing I'm easy to please;
There ain't nothing in town on a Sunday.
I don't care, man, I'm happy.
    I got an old fat boat...etc.
You know, I got milk and I got ice;
I got home-made bread, a little old, but nice.
Everybody puts their cooking hat on
When you tell 'em you're leaving in the morning.
    And I don't mind staying...etc.
Oh, hey, you know I got coffee, I got tea,
I got the beans and the beans got me.
I got tuna fish, I got rum,
I got a two pound splinter in my thumb.
So I'll take my toddy and my vitamin C
And the radio for my company.
Oh, me. I got the hydrogen peroxide blues.
I don't care, man, I'm happy.
    I got an old fat boat...etc.
Well, mercy, mercy, I do declare,
If half the fun of going is getting there,
Mercy, Percy, you better start rowing,
'Cause the other half of getting there is going.


Allinkausay,
Bill


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Subject: leric req. Gordon Bok
From: belter
Date: 23 Jan 97 - 01:08 PM

I'd like to get the lerics for a Gordon bok song about a boat. I remeber something like 'She broad in the transome and ? I don't mind stayen' and I don't mind goen', but I'm so dam tired of rowen' I't may have been on fashoined in clay. thanks.


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