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24 Apr 05 - 07:56 AM (#1469228) Subject: Lyr Req: 'Below below below me boys' From: GUEST,Erlend Gjerde On a concert some time ago I heard a band sing a song where the chorus goes like: "And the ocean goes below, and the ocean goes below me boys " and then some lines I don't remember, and then continues "below, below, below me boys" + some more which I don't remember. At least this is what I interpreted it as. I may have misinterpreted it so that the words I've used abow are false. (After all, english is not my mother tongue.) I would be gratefull to anyone who can provide me with the correct lyrics and/or give me a tip about a CD with this song recorded. |
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24 Apr 05 - 12:58 PM (#1469352) Subject: Lyr Add: BELOW, BELOW (Joe Grant) From: Peace BELOW, BELOW written by: Joe Grant A miner leads a dreary life just to earn his daily bread He's closer to Hell than the Devil himself He's buried before he is dead Chorus Below, Below below me boys to work in the dirt down below You give your best years just for darkness and tears When you work in the dirt down below Well the hours go slow when you're digging the coal Three miles out under the sea The timbers they groan with the weight of the stone And the rocks keep falling on me Chorus Now many's the day as I'm toiling away I dream as I hack at the coal Of the sunshine above and the family I love And I curse this filthy old hole Just yesterday as I gathered my pay I coughed and I tasted my blood God pity my son for he's just begun To work in the dirt and the mud Chorus FROM http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:XOqixNGEhTIJ:www.tanglefootmusic.com/records/lyrics/grain_of_salt.htm+%22below,+below,+below, However, this is about mining. |
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24 Apr 05 - 03:33 PM (#1469501) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Below below below me boys' From: SINSULL The Mermaid? We brave tars are sitting at the top While the landlubbers are lying down below, below. below And the landlubbers lying down below. |
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24 Apr 05 - 10:36 PM (#1469791) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Below below below me boys' From: mg or stowing sugar in the hold below..below below below below stowing sugar in the hold below...etc. Great sea shanty. Or whatever. mg |
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24 Apr 05 - 11:10 PM (#1469812) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Below below below me boys' From: Peace http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:WWVVP1Etcg8J:mysongbook.de/msb/songs/m/mermaid.html+While+the+landlubbers+are+lying+down+be I think SINSULL got it. Here's a link to the song and its history. |
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28 Apr 05 - 08:46 AM (#1473080) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Below below below me boys' From: Jim Dixon Here's THE MERMAID in the DT. From there, you can follow links to several threads that discuss it. SUGAR IN THE HOLD is also in the DT. |