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1.
Tall Ships 03:41
I sailed for the king What good did it bring? The king made a pauper of me So I’ll honor my past before the mast And live as a rover at sea These great sails have kept me from jail From the gallows I never will sway Way Hey, take me away Tall Ships take me away There’s no life for a sailor’s wife So dress me up like Mary Read Put me aboard hand me a sword Make me a ward of the sea I will throw my fate to the wind And to the Captain I’ll say On the Ivory Coast they put us in boats To ship off to sell us as slaves Our captors lie dead in watery beds Sent to their salty graves My liberty has been granted at sea I’m be free til my dying day Way Hey, take me away Tall Ships sail me away
2.
In Hungary there was a time When playing fiddle was a crime In a village south of Budapest One family stood out from the rest Trees would shake and Children spin Moved by the tones of their fiery violin In a canvas tent on a Friday night The family played to a crowd's delight A gang of hussars rode through town And burned the celebration down The daughter losing all her kin Escaped with just her smoking violin In a port on the Adriatic Sea Playing for pennies on the street The gendarme threatened her with jail On a pirate ship she chose to sail Up to the crow's nest climbing higher Summoning the wind with her fiddle full of fire Passing ships would see the sight Of a ghostly vision in the night The fearsome song of a shrieking bird Her enchanting notes were heard A pirate clad in scarlet attire Ruling the sea with a fiddle full of fire
3.
She stood with her bridegroom weeping at the altar I was on a clipper bound for Gibraltar Staring out at the Irish Sea Longing for the love that could never be Winnie was me darling me darling my darling Winnie was me darling my darling girl Our love was strong but our love was forbidden Every kiss that we kissed was hidden I was a catholic her father not He cared not a wit what his daughter thought Winnie was me darling me darling my darling Winnie was me darling my darling girl To prove to her father I'd be a worthy suitor I bought him a goblet made out of pewter He claimed I brought him a stolen cup Called for the constable to lock me up Winnie was me darling me darling my darling Winnie was me darling my darling girl The constable came to speak with her father I broke free and ran for the water At the docks I gave the constable the slip I boarded an outbound merchant ship Winnie was me darling me darling my darling Winnie was me darling my darling girl She stood with her bridegroom weeping at the altar I was on a clipper bound for Gibraltar Staring out at the Irish Sea Longing for the love that could never be Winnie was me darling me darling my darling Winnie was me darling my darling girl
4.
Look out lovers here we come You want love we'll give you some We are not your average scum, We fight with fiddles, guitars and drums Life is short so don't be glum We'll make your Avalon a slum You would make such tasty chum Give us bread we'll leave you crumbs Fifteen men on a dead man's chest I think that was the man's request We don't know it but we'll do our best Join us in our salty mess They'll pick your pockets while I strum Sticky fingers are our rule of thumb If I fall for you don't be stunned I've got no equilibrium From "The Derelict" these lines we bummed Its parts were greater than the sum We're right back where we started from That's all one our song is done
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Sailing on the Ionian Sea A week away from Tuscany We spied a wealthy man on the promontory He wore princely garments fit for a king With a crimson cloak and glittering rings the captain said he’d fetch a fine reward So we seized him, bound him, and took him aboard  Sailing on the Ionian Sea Sailing on the Ionian Sea But the ropes unraveled and fell right away His dark eyes smiled not a word did he say The coxswain shouted "You fools can't you see, This is some kind of god we must let him go free! If we don't release him he'll raise up a storm Hurricane winds around us will swarm" Sailing on the Ionian Sea The Captain screamed "Are you out of your mind We've got a rich man whose family we'll find I'm the Captain this is the deal I give the orders you take the wheel Hoist the sail this is our lucky day When we find his family a ransom they'll pay" Sailing on the Ionian Sea As the ship started moving fast Grapevines appeared up and down the mast The bowsprit sprouted with flowers and fruit From the crow's nest came a whistling flute The rigging was crawling with slithering snakes Giving the bravest of pirates the shakes Sailing on the Ionian Sea The nobleman changed to a lion just then And with a great roar he frightened the men The terrified pirates to the good coxswain ran Begging him to steer the ship back to land The lion leapt with outstretched claw Tearing the captain apart with his jaw Sailing on the Ionian Sea The fear-struck pirates jumped overboard Becoming dolphins for evermore The lion turned into a noble again Said to the coxswain "Have courage dear friend, I'm Dionysus the son of Zeus Good fortune be with you I turn you loose"
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I saw you in the eyes of the fishes I heard you in the songs of the gulls I watched as our sad little wishes Disappeared in the wake of the hull The day that we spent in the mission Enchanted by the colorful skulls Proved to be a sad premonition Water in the wake of the hull wonders we could see in the distance worlds I’d discover with you A storm laid to waste our resistance Left to drift in the wake of the hull I stare at the water before me The sting of the scar getting dull One day the sorrow will vanish Left to drift in the wake of the hull
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Hornigold 04:57
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Mollymawk 03:49
MOLLYMAWK Mollymawk, what’s happening here? The storm is filling the crew with fear. Rounding the Horn, we’re sure to be lost. Coxs’n said it was the killing of the albatross   Cookie claimed the provisions were gone.                 Killed the mighty bird before dawn. The say the soul of a sailor who is lost Wanders the Southern Sea as an albatross.   Mollymawk, I hear the sailor cries On Mount Sarmiento I cast my eyes Into the freezing waters we’ll be tossed My soul will be the prey of the albatross
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Together we have weathered storms In this mad life on the sea And there is not another crew I’d have sail with me So lift your voice and raise your glass And promise me my friends That not too much time will pass Until we sail again It may not be tomorrow, Nay not even a year But our skull and bones will rise again Our band of buccaneers The sea will one day call us home And we will fight to the end But for now I'll count the days Until we sail again We'll bow down before no crown For our mates we'll fight to the end We'll make that vow right here and now Until we sail again So lift your voice and raise your glass And promise me my friends That not too much time will pass Until we sail again Until we sail again Until we sail again

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released July 3, 2022

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Tom Mason Nashville, Tennessee

Nashvillian Tom Mason splits his time between solo shows, band shows, and Tom Mason and the Blue Buccaneers, his band of pirates who perform their original sea shanties at folk, tall ships, and pirate festivals around the world. He’s released seven CD’s as well as six with the Blue Buccaneers. In 2024 Mason will release volume 2 of his instrumental Slide Guitar Meditations, and a new solo CD. ... more

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