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Lyrics for Sir William Gower by Fairport Convention:
| | | Artist: | Fairport Convention |
| | Album: | Angel Delight | | Track: | Sir William Gower | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 287 | | | | Lyrics: | I am a sailor, both stout and strong
To a goodly vessel I do belong
Well guard and
anchored and well equipped
Sir William Gower and a very fine ship
Our captain in his
cabin lay
When a dreadful voice to him did say
"This night with me in the deep you'll
be
So prepare yourself and your company"
The sky grew dark and the sea grew
still
Though the men were fearful and the air was chill
Sir William rose to meet his
men
Saying "Hear me now for I'll not speak again"
"I loved my mother when she was
alive
And to my sister I gave babies five
I killed my wife and her children three
So
I now must face what has come for me"
"You'll lash a timber close to my side
And
throw me out on the water wide
And if I swim then let me be
But if I sink them pray for
me"
So we tied his head and we tied his feet
And around his middle a winding
sheet
At every knot the sea did stir
Grew ready for the murderer
And then we
saw his open grave
The likeness of a single wave
That swept our ship from her stern to her
bow
And bore away Sir William Gower | | | |  Reddit | X / Twitter | Facebook | Copy link |
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