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Lyrics for Lure Of The Sea by Unknown:
| | | Artist: | Unknown |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | Lure Of The Sea | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 224 | | | | Lyrics: | LURE OF THE SEA
When I was young and thought about my life
I wondered what the times
they owed to me
My mother's love showed me what I would learn
Take no more than what my
merit earned
In my town, the choices they were three
The oystering, the farming, and
the sea
The land, for me, spoke of hardship and strife
And so I chose the bold seafaring
life
Oh the lure, the lure allure allure
The lure and the calling of the
sea
Well would I be one the shoreline with thee
Tending o' me own
chandlery
I went to sea with silver pieces three
They slipped into the water from my
hands
The mate, he said, "Make your mark upon the bow
And we'll fetch them out when we
return to land"
I studied hard, the captain taught me well
No need to seek
attractions on the shoreline
The hours were long and the work it was hard
But I was
captain by the age of twenty-one
Storms, disease, and many lives were lost
Our
anchor touched at many points of calling
Some tides ran smooth and high was the cost
But
five and thirty years were worth it all
Now as I look back and think of many
friends
How was it I escaped from Neptune's graveyard?
When beacon's glow I could no
longer sight
Was then I quit the bold seafaring life
__________
by Jim
Albertson assembled from the journals of Captain Alonzo
Bacon and set to the Broom of the
Cowdenknowes
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