x#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: 26 Sep 95 12:15:45 EDT From: Scott Durham <[email protected]> Song: Eddiestone Light Performed By: Kingson Trio Submitted by Scott Durham [email protected] G MY FATHER WAS THE KEEPER OF THE EDDYSTONE LIGHT (C D7) G HE MARRIED A MERMAID ONE FINE NIGHT FROM THIS UNION THERE CAME THREE (C D7) G A PORPOISE, A PORGY, AND THE OTHER WAS ME A7 D YO HO HO, THE WIND BLOWS FREE D7 G OH FOR THE LIFE ON THE ROLLING SEA G LATE ONE NIGHT I WAS TRIMMING THE GLIM (C D7) G WHILE SINGING A VERSE FROM THE EVENING HYMN A VOICE FROM STARBOARD SHOUTED "AHOY!" (C D7) G AND THERE WAS ME MOTHER SITTING ON A BUOY A7 D YO HO HO, THE WIND BLOWS FREE D7 G OH FOR THE LIFE ON THE ROLLING SEA G WHAT HAS BECOME OF MY CHILDREN THREE? (C D7) G ME MOTHER SHE DID ASK OF ME ONE WAS EXHIBITED AS A TALKING FISH (C D7) G THE OTHER WAS SERVED ON A CHAFING DISH A7 D YO HO HO, THE WIND BLOWS FREE D7 G OH FOR THE LIFE ON THE ROLLING SEA G THEN THE PHOSPHORUS FLASHED IN HER SEAWEED HAIR (C D7) G I LOOKED AGAIN AND ME MOTHER WASN'T THERE A VOICE CAME ECHOING OUT OF THE NIGHT (C D7) G I DON'T LIKE THE KEEPER OF THE EDDYSTONE LIGHT A7 D YO HO HO, THE WIND BLOWS FREE D7 G OH FOR THE LIFE ON THE ROLLING SEA \\\\\\\\[]\\\\ [] [] \\ [] [] [] ////////[] [] The joy in life is not in holding a good [][] [] hand but in playing a bad one well [][] // \\\\\\\\[]////
