Mark,

You're right--that has all of the earmarks of one of Dad's songs. It would be "bumbershoot" (umbrella) and the **** in the DT would be "Alki" Point (we lived near there for a number of years) as you suggest.

Over the years he sang a lot of songs to me over the phone--I don't remember this one, but that doesn't mean a lot--he was always working on this stuff and I was moving all over the country for many years. I didn't hear all of it as it was written.

The crowded berth line doesn't make a lot of sense. He liked ferry's, so perhaps there is a mangled ferry run? Isn't the ferry to Bainbridge right down there by Ivars? Anyway, I'll have to look through his papers for this one, but I'll make a note and stick it to the box on top of his records and let you know if I find it.

Thanks, Joe, for calling my attention to this.

Maggie (SRS)