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24 Jun 03 - 04:46 AM (#971423) Subject: Lyr Req: Suit of Grey From: GUEST,Steve I have looked through the DT, but can't find the words to Cyril Tawney's "suit of grey". Can anyone help please? Steve |
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24 Jun 03 - 09:57 AM (#971546) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Suit of Grey From: Sorcha Sorry, no luck. |
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24 Jun 03 - 12:35 PM (#971631) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Suit of Grey (Cyril Tawney) From: Joe Offer I bought Cyril's Grey Funnel Lines songbook, thinking it would be a collection of songs he wrote. I does have the lyrics of "Grey Funnel Line," but all the other songs are traditional sea songs. Good book, though. the song is on Tawney's Navy Cuts CD. I have to go to a meeting now, but I should be able to transcribe the song this evening unless somebody beats me to it.
Don't court your girl in the Navy blue. For when you change to the sober grey, You'll see her heart will turn the other way. |
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24 Jun 03 - 08:17 PM (#971866) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Suit of Grey (Cyril Tawney) From: Joe Offer Doesn't somebody have this on paper so I don't have to transcribe it by ear? I always have trouble understanding those British guys... -Joe Offer- |
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25 Jun 03 - 12:19 AM (#971936) Subject: DTADD: Suit of Grey (Cyril Tawney)^^ From: Joe Offer THE SUIT OF GREY (Cyril Tawney) I took a walk one September day When I met a young man dressed in grey A glaze of sadness was in his eye I heard his grief as he passed me by Oh, love is fine in the month of June But the autumn winds come around too soon They'll cool her heart like some devil's fan And then you find you're a lonely man When I wore the Navy blue No girl on earth could I find as true But now my suit's of the sober grey Her love belongs to another day She had those eyes that belong to queens The sharpest blue that I've ever seen Her hair was soft as the passing cloud Her skin as pure as an angel's shroud I know my pleas, they're no good at all ("bear no good at all" ?) Just a summer breeze on a castle wall Yet who can tell but some day I'll find A window through to her changing mind And now he walks down on the strand A bunch of pebbles in his hand Each time he casts one at the tide He feels the pain of the way she lied So, sailors all, if you'd have her true Don't court your girl in the Navy blue For when you change to the sober grey You'll see her heart will turn the other way. Transcribed from Cyril Tawney's "Navy Cuts" CD ^^ |
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25 Jun 03 - 08:12 AM (#972080) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Suit of Grey (Cyril Tawney) From: GUEST,Steve Joe, Many many thanks for the transcript. I appreciate your effort. Steve |
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23 Feb 06 - 06:20 AM (#1676631) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Suit of Grey (Cyril Tawney) From: Wolfgang I hear the first two lines of verse 5 as: I know my pleas, they're no good at all Just as summer breeze on a castle wall. Wolfgang |