{"id":372,"date":"2012-09-07T18:58:07","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T22:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cliffhaslam.com\/?page_id=372"},"modified":"2018-04-13T07:51:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T11:51:24","slug":"this-dreadful-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cliffhaslam.com\/?page_id=372","title":{"rendered":"This Dreadful Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Song of a sailor who enjoyed the hard life of a sailor until he smartened up and decided otherwise. This was written by Kevin Brown<\/strong> of the Ancient Mariners Chanteymen who also helped on the chorus.<\/p>\n

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[These are the lyrics as sung by Cliff during the concert, which vary slightly from other performers… The folk music progression in action]<\/p>\n

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When I was just a young man
\nI left my family
\nSet out upon the ragin’ main,
\nTo serve Amerikee.<\/p>\n

When the fight was over,
\nI found I needed more,
\nI signed on board a packet ship,
\nBound for some distant shore.<\/p>\n

cho:<\/span> I have sailed across the ocean,<\/em>
\nI have rolled upon the sea,<\/em>
\nAnd this dreadful life I’m livin’<\/em>
\nIs just the life for me<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I went down to a native bar,
\nWhen we pulled into shore,
\nGot drinkin’ ale and whiskey,
\n‘Til I was good and poor.<\/p>\n

When I awoke, beside me,
\nLay a girl I didn’t know,
\nWhich proves that heathen whiskey
\nCan lay a sailor low.<\/p>\n

cho:<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s haulin line and ropes, me boys,
\nAnd pushin’ capstan ’round;
\nWorkin’ at the pumps, me boys
\nAnd prayin’ for that sound.<\/p>\n

The sound of the bosun callin’,
\nTo send us all below,
\nAnd end the pain of every day,
\nA sailor’s come to know.<\/p>\n

cho:<\/span><\/p>\n

When we sailed into Bank Street
\nAt the old New London port
\nCould hear the music playin’
\nSaw the dancin’ on the wharf.<\/p>\n

The people there were happy
\n‘Cause our ship was comin’ in,
\nHoping friends and their relations
\nWould not go to sea again.<\/p>\n

cho<\/span>:<\/p>\n

When the mighty ocean tells me
\nWith a piece of broken deck
\nThat life on land’s not half as bad,
\nAs livin’ through a wreck<\/p>\n

So I am goin’ home, me boys,
\nTo the friends I used to know,
\nAnd hoist a jar to every man
\nWho has the urge to go.<\/p>\n

last cho<\/span>: 2x<\/p>\n

I have sailed across the ocean,<\/em>
\nI have rolled upon the sea,<\/em>
\nAnd this dreadful life I used to live<\/em>
\nIs not the life for me.<\/em><\/p>\n

(c) Kevin Brown, Westbrook, CT, USA<\/p>\n

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