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Thread #168446 Message #4069510
Posted By: EBarnacle
24-Aug-20 - 09:25 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Gone, Never Rise Again
Subject: Lyr Add: Gone, Never Rise Again
I wrote this in 1987 after being inspired by Sy Khan's "Gone, Gonna Rise Again. I presented it today's singaround and appreciated the comments it got.
Gone, never rise again
May, 1987 Eric P. Russell
Melody: Gone, Gonna Rise Again
I remember when my boat went down,
Gone, never rise again;
She went down in Long Island Sound,
Gone, never rise again.
She was a schooner long past her prime,
GNRA;
Clean of curve and fine of line,
GNRA.
She spewed her cotton off Fisher's Isle,
GNRA;
Caulking came out and the water ran wild,
GNRA.
Water in the Hold, running round and round,
GNRA;
Pumps working hard, couldn't keep it down
GNRA.
The engine ran until it drowned,
GNRA;
Coast Guard came up as she went down,
GNRA.
We left her there to die her death,
GNRA;
She'd served us well and deserved her rest,
GNRA.
Now, on the bottom she does lie,
GNRA;
'Twas a fitting way for a boat to die,
GNRA, GNRA, GNRA.