Posted on 01/22/2015 6:05:35 PM PST by fatima
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The Decemberists - “The Mariner’s Revenge Song”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sw61oITuts
We are two mariners
Our ship’s sole survivors
In this belly of a whale
It’s ribs are ceiling beams
It’s guts are carpeting
I guess we have some time to kill
You may not remember me
I was a child of three
And you, a lad of eighteen
But, I remember you
And I will relate to you
How our histories interweave
At the time you were
A rake and a roustabout
Spending all your money
On the whores and hounds
(oh, oh)
You had a charming air
All cheap and debonair
My widowed mother found so sweet
And so she took you in
Her sheets still warm with him
Now filled with filth and foul disease
As time wore on you proved
A debt-ridden drunken mess
Leaving my mother
A poor consumptive wretch
(oh, oh)
And then you disappeared
Your gambling arrears
The only thing you left behind
And then the magistrate
Reclaimed our small estate
And my poor mother lost her mind
Then, one day in spring
My dear sweet mother died
But, before she did
I took her hand as she, dying, cried:
(oh, oh)
“Find him, Bind him
Tie him to a pole and break
His fingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
Wakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
Of his grave”
It took me fifteen years
To swallow all my tears
Among the urchins in the street
Until a priory
Took pity and hired me
To keep their vestry nice and neat
But, never once in the employ
Of these holy men
Did I ever, once turn my mind
From the thought of revenge
(oh, oh)
One night I overheard
The prior exchanging words
With a penitent whaler from the sea
The captain of his ship
Who matched you toe to tip
Was known for wanton cruelty
The following day
I shipped to sea
With a privateer
And in the whistle
Of the wind
I could almost hear
(oh, oh)
“Find him, Bind him
Tie him to a pole and break
His fingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
Wakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
Of his grave
There is one thing I must say to you
As you sail across the sea
Always, your mother will watch over you
As you avenge this wicked deed”
And then, that fateful night
We had you in our sight
After twenty months at sea
Your starboard flank abeam
I was getting my muskets clean
When came this rumbling from beneath
The ocean shook
The sky went black
And the captain quailed
And before us grew
The angry jaws
Of a giant whale
(oh..)
Don’t know how I survived
The crew all was chewed alive
I must have slipped between his teeth
But, oh, what providence
What divine intelligence
That you should survive
As well as me
It gives my heart great joy
To see your eyes fill with fear
So lean in close
And I will whisper
The last words you’ll hear
(oh, oh)
Ping for later reading ... good stuff :-)
Nickel Creek - The Lighthouse’s Tale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARIr6S_0lAQ
I am a lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves.
I keep my lamp lit, to warn the sailors on their way.
I’ll tell a story, paint you a picture from my past.
I was so happy, but joy in this life seldom lasts.
I had a keeper, he helped me warn the ships at sea.
We had grown closer, ‘till his joy meant everything to me.
And he was to marry, a girl who shone with beauty and light.
And they loved each other, and with me watched the sunsets into night.
[Chorus:]
And the waves crashing around me, the sand slips out to sea.
And the winds that blow remind me, of what has been, and what can never be.
She’d had to leave us, my keeper he prayed for a safe return.
But when the night came, the weather to a raging storm had turned.
He watched her ship fight, but in vain against the wild and terrible wave.
In me so helpless, as dashed against the rock she met her end.
[Chorus]
Then on the next day, my keeper found her washed up on the SHORE.
He kissed her cold face, that they’d be together soon he’d swore.
I saw him crying, watched as he buried her in the sand.
And then he climbed my tower, and off of the edge of me he ran.
[Chorus]
I am a lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves.
And though I am empty, I still warn the sailors on their way.
Ok... Call in the Viking Kitties... Led Zeppelin the Immigrant Song.
As a throw away. take me to the River, the Talking Heads.
Al Green-Take Me To The River
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGD8aQ2GKr0
Talking Heads - Take me to the River 1980
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RHZEzVUBPk
The Decemberists - Down by the Water [HD] (Live on Austin City 2011)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRgK5hVkYYM
Shemekia Copeland LIVE from Buddy Guy’s Legends! “Dirty Water” PT1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0fW7HUYGRo
THE STANDELLS- “DIRTY WATER” (W/LYRICS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JLNnXgQeqU
Murder on the high seas.
Love the accompaniment on that one.
Well hello, Luvvie Sue. Wondered when you would check in.
Evening, Fatima (& Kathy, hi!).
“La Pluie,” by Claude Nougaro. (”The Rain”)
Also “Listen to the Rhythm of the Pouring Rain.”
Schubert was a consummate professional when it came to writing piano lines to accompany his songs. When you get the chance, go back to the beginning and try out the various Schubert songs I posted.
That song is included on my purely personal list of top five best cover versions
I am doing that now!
Excellent choice! I still have that LP. Haven’t played it for a hundred years - almost forgot about it. Thanks!
Howdy, Mr. P! Good to see you tonight! How ya doin’?
Took me a while to find just the right song/graphic combination. LOL!
Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne” sung by Judy Collins
I love this-—and haven’t a clue what it really means.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyVavcfAzN8
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Southern Cross by Jimmy Buffett is actually better than the original.
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