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Thread #3093   Message #14927
Posted By: Joe Offer
18-Oct-97 - 02:14 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Genny Glenn (Kingston Trio)
Subject: Lyr Add: JENNY-LYNNE (Michael Lussen)
Less, I think you're talkin' through your hat on this one. I transcribed "Jenny-Lynne," as performed by the Woods Tea Co. Good song, though - I'm glad you led me to it. -Joe Offer-
JENNY-LYNNE
by Michael Lussen (Woods Tea Co.)

There is a lofty schooner, named the Jenny-Lynne
In every port from Boston Harbor to St. Thomas she has been.
She rides the roughest ocean, and always makes good time,
There's another harbor farther down the line.
[chorus]
The sea's a hard mistress,
She'll kill you just for fun
She'll tempt you with her beauty,
She'll steal away your mind
I shipped on board the Jenny-Lynne at the age of 21,
There's another harbor farther down the line.

I left my girl in Newport, waving from the shore;
A lady of uncommon grace, so gentle and so fine,
When I returned, the note she left said she'd wait no more
There was another harbor farther down the line.
[chorus]

So now I sail the Jenny-Lynne, I rove upon the Main
Sometimes the sea is calm, sometimes there's wind and rain
Just keep on tackin' to the wind that cuts the ocean brine
"Cause there's another harbor farther down the line.
[chorus]

And someday I may find a port where all the nights are warm
Or maybe I'll be drowned in a North Atlantic storm
I must believe in heaven, when it comes my time,
There's another harbor farther down the line.
[chorus]

Transcribed from the "Journey Home" CD - a few words may not be exactly right.