Biography:
Gordon Bok stands out among the various artists that can be lumped into the "Traditional Folk" category. Born in Pennsylvania, he moved to Camden, Maine and it was there in coastal Maine that Bok was influenced by sea-faring culture and its music. He released his first album in 1965 and in 1970 signed to Folk-Legacy records, where he released a number of solo albums, as well as many collaborations with Ann Mayo Muir and Ed Trickett. In 1990 he began releasing music on his own label, Timberhead Music.
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Other songs:
- A Little Road And A Stone To Roll
- A Most Unpleasant Way Sir
- A Song For Angela
- A Tune For November
- All My Sailors
- Along The Famine Road
- An Diran Than Soulder
- Another Bay
- Apples In The Basket
- Astoria Bar
- Banks Of The Reedy Lagoon
- Bare
- Bay Of Fundy
- Belamena
- Bheir Me O
- Blackbird
- Boat Of Silver
- Bold Reynolds
- Broken Down Squatter
- Candlelight Fisherman
- Cannery Shed
- Canso Strait
- Cape Ann
- Changing Times
- Clear Away In The Morning
- Come By The Hills
- Connemara Cradle Song
- Coshieville
- Crossing The Water
- Dillon Bay
- Do Something
- Dublin City
- Duna
- Duncan And Brady
- Easy And Slow
- Faraway Tom
- Farewell To Nova Scotia
- Fiddler Of Dooney
- Frankie On The Sheepscot
- Freedom On The Wallaby
- Get Her Into Shore
- Going On
- Handsome Cabin Boy
- Hang On John
- Harp Song Of The Dane Women
- Herring Croon
- Hie Awa
- High Barbary
- Johnny Stewart Drover
- Shearers Lament
- Song For The Mira
- Song Of The Wheelhouse Door
- Southern Cross
- Spell To Bring Lost Creatures Home
- Stone On Stone
- Stormy Weather
- Sufferin
- Swell Me Net Full
- The Angelus
- The Arbutus
- The Beaches Of Lukannon
- The Bird Rock
- The Boats Of Peters River
- The Brandy Tree
- The Bressay Lullaby
- The Kind Land
- The Last Battle
- The Liza Jane
- The Maiden Hind
- The Maiden In Birds Plumage
- The Net
- The Old Bard Song
- The Old Figurehead Carver
- The Parting Glass
- The Sands Of Dee
- The Shepherds Call
- The Stable Lad
- The Swag And The Shiner
- The Texas Song
- The Wreck Of The Green Cove
- These Dry Stone Walls
- This Old Mandolin
- Threeboot Philbricks Lament
- Tie Her Up
- Travelling People
- Trochus Boats
- Turn Ye To Me
- Turning Toward The Morning
- Waiting For The Rain
- Weary Of The Darning
- Weevily Wheat Wheat In The Ear
- Western Boat
- Where Am I To Go
- Wiscasset Schooners
Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
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[Verse]
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It was in the falling summer rain, I found myself one day, sir
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And I met a young man with a bird in his hand, and this to me did say, sir
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"This bird you see has been with me since the twenty-third of May, sir"
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And all the time the rain came down in a most unpleasant way, sir
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Well, I looked at the bird in the young man's hand and the bird looked back at me, sir
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'Twas a vulture plain from the hills of Spain, I could so clearly see, sir
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I said, "I fear it's waiting here for you to pass away, sir"
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And all the time the rain came down in a most unpleasant way, sir
[Verse]
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Well, the young man shook his head and cried, "Whatever shall I do, sir?
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For I swear it's only right and fair that I give this bird to you, sir"
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I answered, "No" and turned to go, but something made me stay, sir
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And the bird was sitting on my arm in a most unpleasant way, sir
[Verse]
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So, here I've stood upon this spot for many's the night and day, sir
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For who could tend my feathered friend, 'til you came by this way, sir?
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And now the bird to you transferred, I can no longer stay, sir
Em G Em C G B7 Em B7 Em B7 Em
For it hurts to see you look at me in that most unpleasant way, sir
Em G Em C G B7 Em B7 Em
[Verse]
G Em C G B7 Em B7 Em
It was in the falling summer rain, I found myself one day, sir
G Em C G B7 Em B7 Em
And I met a young man with a bird in his hand, and this to me did say, sir
G A F#m G F#m
"This bird you see has been with me since the twenty-third of May, sir"
Em G Em C G B7 Em B7 Em B7 Em
And all the time the rain came down in a most unpleasant way, sir
[Verse]
G Em C G B7 Em B7 Em
Well, I looked at the bird in the young man's hand and the bird looked back at me, sir
G Em C G B7 Em B7 Em
'Twas a vulture plain from the hills of Spain, I could so clearly see, sir
G A F#m G F#m
I said, "I fear it's waiting here for you to pass away, sir"
Em G Em C G B7 Em B7 Em B7 Em
And all the time the rain came down in a most unpleasant way, sir
[Verse]
G Em C G B7 Em B7 Em
Well, the young man shook his head and cried, "Whatever shall I do, sir?
G Em C G B7 Em B7 Em
For I swear it's only right and fair that I give this bird to you, sir"
G A F#m G F#m
I answered, "No" and turned to go, but something made me stay, sir
Em G Em C G B7 Em B7 Em B7 Em
And the bird was sitting on my arm in a most unpleasant way, sir
[Verse]
G Em C G B7 Em B7 Em
So, here I've stood upon this spot for many's the night and day, sir
G Em C G B7 Em B7 Em
For who could tend my feathered friend, 'til you came by this way, sir?
G A F#m G F#m
And now the bird to you transferred, I can no longer stay, sir
Em G Em C G B7 Em B7 Em B7 Em
For it hurts to see you look at me in that most unpleasant way, sir
