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Thread #65488 Message #1079192
Posted By: GUEST,Terry Dawson
24-Dec-03 - 09:55 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Sailors' Carol (from Gordon Bok)
Subject: Lyr Add: SAILORS CAROL (from Gordon Bok)
I've been trying to figure out the entire lyric to Gordon Bok's "Sailors Carol." I've only heard it as a tape of a radio show, so the sound quality is not the greatest. Here's the best I can make it out, with considerable uncertainty; if anyone can improve on it, I'd be grateful:
Sailors Carol by Gordon Bok
For the snowful sky, in this pale December Fingers my clear eye, lest seeing I remember Not the naked baby weeping in the stable Nor the singing voice all round my table
Not the dizzy star bursting on the babe Nor the leopard sun pawing the rain Only the deep garden where green lilies grow And the sailors rowing on the seas' blue snow
For the snowful sky, in this pale December Fingers my clear eye, lest seeing I remember Only the deep garden where green lilies glow And the sailors rowing on the seas' blue snow