The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #13722   Message #2795997
Posted By: mg
24-Dec-09 - 07:32 PM
Thread Name: Songs about Christmas/Solstice at sea.
Subject: Lyr Add: CRABBING ON CHRISTMAS EVE
Here is about crabbing on Christmas eve..

Probably the most dangerous fishery in these parts and there always seem to be negotiations into December on prices.

CRABBING ON CHRISTMAS EVE

Good news he said I do believe they've settled on a price
But to have him home this Christmas Eve it would have been so nice
A storm is brewing on the coast a warning dark and dim
And he the man I love the most thinks it doesn't mean for him

I light a candle all aglow and stick it in the sand
The wind will blow it out I know it flickers in my hand
Waves blow over waves blow under waves can flip the boat
I know he's good and yet I wonder how he stays afloat

I stand alone on Klipsan Beach the boats are in a line
Their lights seem close within my reach I think I counted nine
Nine went to the crabbing site to bounce upon the foam
Nine went out this stormy night nine better make it home