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Skippers and Mates
04:14
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COME ALL YE WISE OR SIMPLE MEN - SKIPPERS & MATES & DECKHANDS
TO MAN THE CARGO SHIPS AGAIN - SKIPPERS & MATES & DECKHANDS
WE PLACE NO STOCK IN RANK NOR NAME - SKIPPERS & MATES & DECKHANDS
TO THE ROLLIN’ SEAS YOU’RE ALL THE SAME - SKIPPERS & MATES & DECKHANDS
ALL YE HALE AND HEARTY SAILORS – HOIST THE SAILS ONCE MORE
THERE’S PLENTY OF FOOD FOR THE MEN THAT WORK - SKIPPERS & MATES & DECKHANDS
AND MOLDY BREAD FOR THOSE THAT SHIRK - SKIPPERS & MATES & DECKHANDS
NOW COINS ARE SCARCE, I’M SURE YOU KNOW - SKIPPERS & MATES & DECKHANDS
SO SIGN ABOARD AND GET BELOW - SKIPPERS & MATES & DECKHANDS
LEAVE BEHIND ALL YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS
SET THE COURSE FOR FOREIGN WATERS – SAIL ME HEARTIES, SAIL
WAVE GOOD-BYE TO YOUR WIVES AND LOVERS
CUT THE ROPES AND CLEAR THE SCUPPERS – SAIL ME HEARTIES, SAIL
SET THE COURSE FOR FOREIGN WATERS – SAIL ME HEARTIES, SAIL
WAVE GOOD-BYE TO YOUR WIVES AND LOVERS
CUT THE ROPES AND CLEAR THE SCUPPERS – SAIL ME HEARTIES, SAIL
THERE’LL BE NO JOKING WITH YOUR FRIENDS - SKIPPERS & MATES & DECKHANDS
THERE’S DECKS TO WASH AND SAILS TO MEND - SKIPPERS & MATES & DECKHANDS
YOU’LL GET NO REST AROUND THE HORN - SKIPPERS & MATES & DECKHANDS
YOU’LL WISH, BY GUM, YOU’D NEVER BEEN BORN - SKIPPERS & MATES & DECKHANDS
LEAVE BEHIND ALL YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS
SET THE COURSE FOR FOREIGN WATERS – SAIL ME HEARTIES, SAIL
WAVE GOOD-BYE TO YOUR WIVES AND LOVERS
CUT THE ROPES AND CLEAR THE SCUPPERS – SAIL ME HEARTIES, SAIL
AND WHEN AT LAST YOU’RE BACK ON SHORE - SKIPPERS & MATES & DECKHANDS
YOU’LL SWEAR TO GOD YOU’LL SAIL NO MORE - SKIPPERS & MATES & DECKHANDS
YOU’LL PLEDGE AN OATH TO NEVER LEAVE HOME - SKIPPERS & MATES & DECKHANDS
TILL YOU HEAR THE CALL FROM THE BRINY FOAM - SKIPPERS & MATES & DECKHANDS
ALL YE RUGGED SALTY SAILORS – HOIST THE SAILS ONCE MORE
HOIST THE SAILS ONCE MORE – WE’RE BOUND TO LEAVE THIS SHORE
HOIST THE SAILS ONCE MORE
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2. |
Sweetly Weak
05:08
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Nestle close to me – It’s you I want to hold
Sink into my dreams – Where you’ll feel no cold
Oh the miles I’ve logged – I’ve been on overload
Didn’t see much countryside – Only saw the road
If you’d like a tune – whisper your request
Maybe just a lullabye – to give the weary rest
If you want my love – it’s yours without a word
And if you just want sleep – let love remain unstirred
Let me wish away (wish away wish away)
All remaining fear (wish away wish away)
All those stubborn hurts – let them disappear
I felt a surging urge when we were worlds apart
To be a breath away – right by your heart
Can you breathe new life – into a road worn song
Give it just a little harmony – to help the song along
Ohhh to feel your lips – softly brush my cheek
Let my tender strength make you sweetly weak…..
Make you sweetly weak
Cactus silhouettes – near a desert plain
Watching as we wake - making love again
Don’t you wish this night (don’t you wish, don’t you wish)
Could just drift on and on (don’t you wish, don’t you wish
Long enough to find (long enough to find) – where two hearts belong
I felt a surging urge when we were worlds apart
To be a breath away – right by your heart
No more thoughts to think – no more words to speak
Just a tender strength – that makes us sweetly weak…Oh that makes us sweetly weak
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3. |
AdventuRing 1
00:58
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Adventuring, adventuring – Come join in our adventuring
We serve no Prince nor Queen nor King
But serve the muses beckoning
Come join in our “Adventure Ring”
Come circle round we’ve songs to sing
Come join in our adventuring
New fables to this table bring – come join in our adventuring
Come join in our “Adventure Ring”
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4. |
Gullwind
04:20
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FIND THE GULLWIND IN THE HARBOUR
TRACE THE TIDELINE ON THE WATER - READ THE SIGNS
CATCH THE FISH WITH LURE AND LINE BAMBOO POLE AND GOLDEN TWINE
SEE THE STARFISH SHINE
PADDLE LIGHTLY THROUGH THE NARROWS
OUT BEYOND THE SHOALS AND SHALLOWS… DRIFTING FREE
OUT TO WHERE THE FLOATS ARE STRUNG
ALL AROUND MY NETS ARE HUNG DEEP WITH PLENTY
LADEN DEEP WITH PLENTY
SEE THE RICHES THAT HAVE BEEN SENT ME… FROM THE SEA
AND A PELLICAN CRIES AS THE DOLPHINS RISE
INTO THE CLEAR BLUE SKIES
SEE THE MINNOWS GENTLY SPLASHING
SCALES BELOW THE SURFACE FLASHING… SILVER WHITE
SOON THE LARGER FISH WILL COME
‘NEATH MY BOAT THE SCHOOLS WILL RUN… SLEEK AND SLENDER
OH, SO SLEEK AND SLENDER
AS THE SOOTHING SUN SURRENDERS TO THE NIGHT
INSTRUMENTAL PASSAGE
HEAR THE WAVELETS SOFTLY LAPPING
SAILS UNFURLED AND SLOWLY FLAPPING IN THE WIND
OH, MY BOAT UPON THE CURRENTS RIDE
CARRIED ON THE RESTLESS TIDE TO THE MAINLAND
OVER TO THE MAINLAND
THERE TO TOUCH UPON THE WARM SAND… ONCE AGAIN
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5. |
Lonesome Valley
03:26
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OH, SAY A PRAYER FOR ME
I'M OUT IN THE HOT SUN WORKIN' IN THE QUARRY
I FEEL AS LOW AS A MAN CAN BE
DOWN IN THE LONESOME VALLEY
PLEASE SAY A PRAYER FOR ME - SIMPLE AND SWEET
TAKE THESE SHACKLES FROM MY HANDS AND FEET
I MISS MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY
DOWN IN THE LONESOME VA-A-LLEY
OH, PLEASE SAY A PRAYER FOR ME - SIMPLE AND SWEET
TAKE THESE SHACKLES FROM MY HANDS AND FEET
I MISS MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY
DOWN IN THE LONESOME VA-A-LLEY
OH, IF ONLY I'D STAYED IN MEMPHIS
LORD, IF ONLY I'D STAYED IN MEMPHIS
I COULD BE EARNING MY PAY - A DOLLAR A DAY -
JUST WORKING AND MINDING MY BUSINESS
BUT I'M TIRED AND LONESOME - WHY DID I EVER COME
DOWN TO THE LONESOME VALLEY?
TIRED AND LONESOME - IT GETS SO WORRISOME
DOWN IN THE LONESOME VALLEY...
OH WO-WOE, LORD HAVE MERCY ON ME.
PLEASE COME AND SET ME FREE
I'M OUT IN THE HOT SUN WORKIN' IN THE QUARRY
I'D RATHER BE BURIED IN TENNESSEE
THAN DOWN IN THE LONESOME VALLEY
OH, PLEASE COME AND SET ME FREE - I'M BROKEN AND I'M WEAK
LORD, THE SUMMER'S DYING AND THE NIGHTS ARE BLEAK
AND ALL I AM IS A MEMORY
DOWN IN THE LONESOME VA-A-LLEY
ALL I AM IS A MEMO-O-RY...
A-WAY-WAY DOWN IN THE LONESOME VA-A-LLEY
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6. |
Huckleberry Finn
03:29
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OH, WON’T YOU TAKE ME DOWN THAT WARM WINDING RIVER
WHERE THE WATER WIDENS OUT TO FIND NEW ADVENTURE
I HOPE THAT YOU’LL COME AWAY WITH ME
DOWN THE OLD MISSOURI RIVER
TO WHERE THE AIR IS SO FRESH AND FREE
JUST DRIFTIN’ ON DOWN THAT RIVER
WELL, IT’S A SUN’S UP BRIGHTEN UP BUTTERCUP MORNING
AND I’M GOING OUT TO SEEK MY GOOD FORTUNE
I HOPE THAT YOU’LL COME AND SHARE THE VIEW
DOWN THE OLD MISSOURI RIVER
I KNOW THAT YOU’LL HEAR THE MUSIC TOO
JUST DRIFTIN’ ON DOWN THAT RIVER
SING ANOTHER RIVER SONG
SING IT JUST LIKE IT WAS MEANT TO BE SUNG
SING ANOTHER RIVER SONG – LIKE THEY USED TO
WHEN HUCKLEBERRY FINN WAS YOUNG
WELL I’M MIGHTY GRATEFUL TO MY LORD AND MAKER
TO MARK TWAIN AND TO MOTHER NATURE
AND FOR THE BREEZE THAT IS GUIDING ME
DOWN THE OLD MISSOURI RIVER
TO SOME SWEET SIMPLE DESTINY
JUST DRIFTIN’ ON DOWN THAT RIVER
NOW, THAT RUSTY OLD HARMONICA NEVER SOUNDED BETTER
AS WE PADDLE OUT SINGIN’ OUT “OH SHENENDOAH”
WE DIP THE OARS IN BETWEEN EACH RHYME
DOWN THE OLD MISSOURI RIVER
UPON A RAFT GOING BACK IN TIME
JUST DRIFTIN’ ON DOWN THAT RIVER
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7. |
AdventuRing 2
01:14
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Adventuring, adventuring – Come join in our adventuring
Lift high your glasses welcoming
And bid our guests assembling
To join in our “Adventure Ring”
With travellers’ tales unravelling – Come join in our adventuring
The mists of time enveloping
The silhouettes all listening
Come join in our “Adventure Ring”
Adventuring, adventuring – Come join in our adventuring
So beat the drums and sound the strings
In harmony - ring in the Spring
Come join in our “Adventure Ring”
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8. |
The Hampden Whaler
05:25
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9. |
The Streetsweeper
03:13
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The artist parades at his lowly charade – through the streets he sweeps neatly
With purpose that captures the work of the masters – his brush moves and so proves
That the Street sweeper knows that new metal is soon to rust
The Street sweeper knows that the ending for all is dust
He renders his beauty with brush strokes of duty – in laneways with dirt grays
And frames with his being a sight beyond seeing – so tender, remember
The Street sweeper knows that new metal is soon to rust
The Street sweeper knows that the ending for all is dust
All furtive and stooped low he blends in the shadow – as graceless and faceless
THE street scene is done with the turn of the sun – while forgiving the living
Chorus 3
For the Street sweeper knows that new metal is soon to rust
The Street sweeper knows that the ending for all……………………….. is dust
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10. |
Tall Ships
02:40
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11. |
Sad Soldier Boy
07:26
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Where are you bound to my sad soldier boy?
Your eyes look so dark, have they never known joy?
There are sorrows a-plenty for soldiers to bear
But surely they know when a man’s had his share
Far more than his share
Sad soldier boy, I’ve clean sheets to unfold
And warm winter lodgings to soften the cold
And a night’s worth of love both to have and to hold
To keep long in your heart should you ever grow old
If they let you grow old
Oh, soldier boy come and rest in my arms
Let a sad woman’s love gently keep you from harm
There are tears in our hearts even love cannot dry
But so long as there’s love, ah, we mortals must try
And so shall we try
Sad soldier boy, can you manage a small
With burdens and woes cast aside for a while
Til the fighting resumes and you’re called to the fray
By high men in hiding whom you must obey
For they’ll not let you stay
Oh soldier boy you’re a long way from home
And though you are tired I know you must roam
For there’s orders to follow and muskets to load
And a foe to confront ‘round the bend of the road
So far down that road
Oh soldier boy if you’d marry me now
I would love you as much as these times would allow
Will you ever be free from your duty and pride?
Keeping all of your pain and your troubles inside
With so few to confide
Sad soldier boy may you safely return
For this flame once alit shall constantly burn
To ne’er be extinguished by distance or death
To glow on and on for as long as I’ve breath - For as long as I’ve breath
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Come look to the lee...Out there in the rising mist
It's land that I see - hold your course boys and we'll drift
1783 the coming of the loyalists who founded Shelburne town
They landed on the shore and they settled in the wilderness
Allegiance they swore to uphold the royal interests
And so forever more they became the loyalists who founded Shelburne town
They brought their dreams and their strength and talent
Far across the wind-swept foam
Their hopes were high and their hearts were gallant, and at last they had found a home
Those first years were long with hardships and loneliness
But they carried on with courage and willingness
Until good fortune shone - shone down on the loyalists, who founded Shelburne town
They brought their dreams and their strength and talent
Far across the wind-swept foam
their hopes were high and their hearts were gallant
and at last they had found a home
Look back through the years historians and journalists
Pay tribute to them here - the builders and the blacksmiths
The true pioneers - the ones called the loyalists who founded Shelburne town...
The millers and the carpenters the woodsmen and the weavers, Shelburne town
The farmers and the fishermen the tradesmen and the teachers, Shelburne town
The merchants the soldiers the drifters and the dreamers
Yes, they founded Shelburne town
Come look to the lee
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13. |
Truly Home
02:54
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NO MORE DARKNESS TO CLOUD MY VISION
TO MAKE ME BLIND TO THE LIGHT I SEEK
NO MORE CHAINS NOW TO KEEP ME IN PRISON
TO MAKE MY HEART GROW WEAK
NO MORE TRIALS NOW TO TRY MY COURAGE
TO ROB ME OF MY STRENGTH TO SPEAK
NO MORE FAILURES TO HURT OR DISCOURAGE
I’VE SCALED THAT MOUNTAIN PEAK
OH, I’M GONNA FOLLOW MY FATHER HOME
HEY, FOLLOW MY FATHER HOME
NO MORE WEAKNESS TO DROWN MY SPIRIT
TO WEIGH ME DOWN IN A SEA OF GRIEF
JUST SWEET MUSIC ALL AROUND CAN’T YOU HEAR IT
TO BRING MY SOUL RELIEF
OH, I’M GONNA FOLLOW MY MOTHER HOME
HEY, FOLLOW MY MOTHER HOME
OH, I’M GONNA FOLLOW MY BROTHER HOME
HEY, FOLLOW MY BROTHER HOME
THOUGH IT SEEMS TO SOME THAT I’M ONLY A MEM’RY
TO HAUNT THOSE PLACES I USED TO ROAM
DON’T LET YOUR DAYS GET DARK AND EMPTY
CAUSE NOW I’M TRULY HOME
OH, I’M GONNA FOLLOW MY SISTER HOME
HEY, FOLLOW MY SISTER HOME
OH, I’M GONNA FOLLOW MY FAMILY HOME
FOLLOW MY FAMILY HOME
FOLLOW MY FAMILY HOME
MY JOURNEY’S OVER AND I’M HOME
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14. |
AdventuRing 3
00:49
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Adventuring, adventuring – Come join in our adventuring
Imagination is our King
All hail him now with strength we sing
Come join in our “Adventure Ring”
Come circle round we’ve tales to spin
Come join in our adventuring
the webbing growing string by string
the plot-threads intermingling
Come join in our “Adventure Ring”
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Naming The Twins Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Naming the Twins is the Nova Scotia based guy gal duo of Robbie Smith & Kath Glauser who sound a little bit like Peter, Paul
and Mary if one of the fellows took the night off, a bit like Simon & Garfunkel if Art was a girl, a bit like Gordon Lightfoot or Stan Rogers if either had a girl harmonizer.
Not twins by birth, but twins at heart, they share a sibling like sense of humour and harmony.
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