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Lyr Req: Tugboats (Bob Bossin) 'Wilfred said...'

17 Nov 09 - 01:35 PM (#2767845)
Subject: Lyr Req: Wilfred said
From: mg

Anyone know this song? Wilfred said wait and let it come to you Wilfred ought to know 35 years on the Straits of Georgia towboats? I have it on a tape. It sounds just like Stan Rogers singing part of it. mg


19 Nov 09 - 12:59 AM (#2768968)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wilfred said
From: Jim Dixon

Your question was answered where you first asked it, in this thread: Who sings about tugboats?

ClaireBear wrote: "That song is 'Towboats,' which was written by Bob Bossin as I noted above and recorded by his band, Stringband." She also confirmed that Stan Rogers sang on the recording.

Bob Bossin's web site lists a song called TUGBOATS on the album "The Indispensable Stringband".

Allmusic.com lists it on 5 albums:

Thanks to the Following, 1974
Stringband Revisited, 1978
Across Russia by Stage, 1981
Bossin's Generic Cassette, 1986
Bossin's West Coast, 1986

--but I couldn't find any lyrics or samples.


19 Nov 09 - 04:53 PM (#2769414)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wilfred said
From: mg

Thanks. If I get across the border this weekend I will see if any of the Canadians know it. mg