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(Traditional)
"Ship's Mate David Loweriston and other sealers were left on an island in Open Bay (now Jackson Bay) in Fiordland, New Zealand in 1810. They were there for nearly 4 years before being rescued by the Governor Bligh." -from www.nzfolksong.org.nz
lyrics
G D G
Oh my name is Davy Lowston, I did seal, I did seal.
G D G
My name is Davy Lowston, I did seal.
G Em C D
Though my men and I were lost, though our very lives it cost
Em C D
We did seal, we did seal, we did seal
We were set down in Open Bay, we were set down, were set down
We were set down in Open Bay, we were set down
We were left we gallant men, never more to sail again
For to seal, for to seal, for to seal.
Our Captain John Bedar he set sail, he set sail.
Our Captain John Bedar he set sail
“I’ll return, men, & not fail” - but she foundered in a gale
And went down, and went down, and went down.
We cured ten thousand skins for the fur, for the fur.
We cured ten thousand skins for the fur.
Brackish water, putrid seal, we did all of us fall ill,
For to die, for to die, for to die.
Come all you sailor lads who sail the sea, sail the sea,
Come all you jolly tars who sail the sea,
Though the schooner Governor Bligh took on some who did not die
Never seal, never seal, never seal.
Okay it is too hard to choose one favorite track but Oak & Ash & Thorn is the first song of TLJ I heard and it's just THE song of the year for me. I am READY for adventures. twofeatheredarrow
A fascinating, appealing record no less “weird” than the rest of her oeuvre, but certainly the most weirdly versatile. Bandcamp Album of the Day Mar 25, 2022