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Thread #130696   Message #2942618
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
09-Jul-10 - 05:43 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Hank (Phillip Mansell)-Harlow folk club-2010
Subject: RE: Obit: Hank (Phillip Mansell)
I remember any time anyone mentioned him at a session after he drifted away, it always seemed to end with us singing Has Anybody Here Seen Hank. Here are The Waterboys singing it, and I'm listening to them as I write this.

I ain't here for to do any business
(I got nobody special to thank/I'm not looking for glory or thanks)
I'm trying to find
a friend of mine
Has anybody here seen Hank

Well he's sure to be wearing a Stetson
he's as long and as thin as a plank
He's got a fistful of charm
and a gun beneath his arm
Has anybody here seen Hank

Now he ain't in the back of a limo
and he ain't in his bed
He ain't in jail
he ain't out on bail
He ain't getting out of his head

I don't care what he did with his women
I don't care what he did when he drank
I want to hear just one note
from his lonesome old throat
Has anybody here seen Hank

Has anybody here, has anybody here
has anybody here seen Hank


You always learn stuff when people die. I never knew his name was Philip - Hank suited him much better. Thanks for letting us know.