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Thread #27241 Message #3423355
Posted By: GUEST,luke toms
21-Oct-12 - 01:12 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Flight 641 (Lawrence Hammond)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Flight 641 (Lawrence Hammond)
Sorry. hit the wrong key and just posted an empty note.
I heard Hammond play many times in California, but never heard him sing "Freightyard Thunder," so that is intriguing.
Someone asked here if he sang any other Carl Oglesby songs besides "Cherokee Queen". Although I don't think he recorded any others I heard him sing "Le Chinois" on 2 different occasions. This mysterious song begins:
Your houseboy's body floating facedown in the river,
Does anybody dare to speak his name?
I remember this is a dark dark song with a melancholy melody. Does anybody know the rest of the words?