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Thread #16144 Message #1965606
Posted By: katlaughing
12-Feb-07 - 11:28 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Will the Turtle Be Unbroken? (Les Barker)
Subject: ADD: Will the Turtle Be Unbroken? (Les Barker)
Here you go, GP, from another thread, posted by Morticia:
WILL THE TURTLE BE UNBROKEN Les Barker
I have bought a small apartment In a lonely part of town There are 27 storeys It's a long way to the ground
There I live with my friend Myrtle My companion, my best friend She ain't human; she's a turtle And I'll love her to the end
She was standing at my window On a cold and cloudy day Till some wild and wilful wind blew My poor Myrtle clean away
Will the turtle be unbroken By and by Lord, by and by Lord help my Myrtle as she hurtles Through the sky Lord, through the sky
I ran downstairs, I was crying I must find her, I must know My poorMyrtle would be lying Several hundred feet below
Will the turtle be unbroken By and by Lord, by and by Lord help my Myrtle as she hurtles Through the sky Lord, through the sky
Was she sundered into sections As her shell fell to the ground Would I find two hundred plectrums My friend Myrtle all around
Will the turtle be unbroken By and by Lord, by and by Lord help my Myrtle as she hurtles Through the sky Lord, through the sky
Oh caretaker, poor caretaker Why do you lie here stone cold dead Poor man went to meet his maker Something landed on his head
And the turtle was unbroken By and by Lord, by and by For you guided my friend Myrtle Through the sky Lord, through the sky
Undertaker, undertaker Lay that poor man in his grave Good Lord took the old caretaker But my best friend she was saved
Yes the turtle was unbroken By and by Lord, by and by For you guided my friend Myrtle Through the sky Lord, through the sky ^^