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16 Sep 09 - 08:04 PM (#2725103) Subject: Lyr Req: Trawlerman's Requiem From: Darlodave Can anyone provide me with the lyrics to Trawlerman's Requiem, song and lyrics by John Conelly please. |
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17 Sep 09 - 03:58 PM (#2725563) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Trawlerman's Requiem From: Little Robyn It's on several of his CDs - check here. Robyn |
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17 Sep 09 - 08:01 PM (#2725715) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Trawlerman's Requiem From: Darlodave Thanks, Little Robyn, I do have a couple of his CD's already but sometimes it's hard to pick up all the correct wording hence my request from anyone. |
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17 Sep 09 - 11:23 PM (#2725800) Subject: Lyr Add: Trawlerman's Requiem From: Ross Campbell TRAWLERMAN'S REQUIEM (John Conolly) In what was once a fishing town The houses one by one come down; And now the land lies open to the wind Where once the smoke curled from a thousand chimneys. The square of streets close by the shore Will see the ice-man's cart no more; And sea-gulls wheel amongst the empty skies Where yesterday lies close around the corner. Along the silent fish-dock wall The ships that knew the Northern Trawl, Redundant now, lie prisoned to the land; Like old men clasped in nodding conversation. And you can feel the men there still, Who fought the sea with craft and skill; The oilskinned shades of hidden multitudes - Blaspheming saints and splendid drunken heroes. And in the dying of the day, Their lives are closed and filed away; By faceless men who worship tidiness, And never felt the Arctic kiss of winter. And when we laughed and cried to hear Their tales of fortune, frost and fear; We did not dream that they would vanish soon, And leave us with the singing of their story - In what was once a fishing town..... RJC |
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17 Sep 09 - 11:33 PM (#2725802) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Trawlerman's Requiem From: Ross Campbell Some great lines in this poignant song - "Like old men clasped in nodding conversation" - "Blaspheming saints and splendid drunken heroes" - "the Arctic kiss of winter". Ross |
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18 Sep 09 - 01:26 AM (#2725822) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Trawlerman's Requiem From: Darlodave Thanks a lot Ross as you say very poignant wording, appreciate your assistance. |
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18 Sep 09 - 05:55 AM (#2725881) Subject: RE: Req/ADD: Trawlerman's Requiem (John Conolly) From: Sailor Ron To me, growing up, and living in 'what was once a fishing town' albeit not Grimsby, this song sums up, better than a thousand lines of prose the heartbreak of what had happened to a way of life. I admire all of John's work greatly, but to me this is his finest. |