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
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[Intro]
B F# B F#
[Verse]
B E F# B
Rock by rock and stone by stone, I walked along the famine road
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From the limestone at The Burren to the foot of Mullaghmór
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And I had a silent revelation as I walked along the lonely strand
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That every stone along this road, was touched by hungry hands
[Verse]
B F# B
In my mind I see their black coats turned against the wind and rain
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I hear their cries of desperation, the anger and the shame
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To see their children die of hunger, to be driven from the land
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I hear their prayers that went unanswered, to feed these hungry hands
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In spite of rain and hunger, they broke and laid these stones
E B C#m F#
And somewhere deep inside them they found the strength to carry on
E B C#m F#
And I'm sure they never realized, it was never in the plan
E B E F# B F#
But they held the spirit of a nation, safe in hungry hands
[Verse]
B E F# B
Now they say this road goes nowhere, but I say it never ends
E B C#m F#
For it took their children round the world, to strange and distant lands
E B C#m F#
And we who are their children's children, in our hearts we understand
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That every road we've ever walked, was built by hungry hands
[Verse]
B E F# B
Rock by rock and stone by stone, I walked along the famine road
E B C#m F#
From the limestone at The Burren to the foot of Mullaghmór
E B C#m F#
And we who are this island's children in our hearts we understand
E B E F# B F# B
That every road we'll ever walk, was built by hungry hands
B F# B F#
[Verse]
B E F# B
Rock by rock and stone by stone, I walked along the famine road
E B C#m F#
From the limestone at The Burren to the foot of Mullaghmór
E B C#m F# E
And I had a silent revelation as I walked along the lonely strand
E B E F# B F#
That every stone along this road, was touched by hungry hands
[Verse]
B F# B
In my mind I see their black coats turned against the wind and rain
E B C#m F#
I hear their cries of desperation, the anger and the shame
E B C#m F#
To see their children die of hunger, to be driven from the land
E B E F# B F# B
I hear their prayers that went unanswered, to feed these hungry hands
[Verse]
E F# B
In spite of rain and hunger, they broke and laid these stones
E B C#m F#
And somewhere deep inside them they found the strength to carry on
E B C#m F#
And I'm sure they never realized, it was never in the plan
E B E F# B F#
But they held the spirit of a nation, safe in hungry hands
[Verse]
B E F# B
Now they say this road goes nowhere, but I say it never ends
E B C#m F#
For it took their children round the world, to strange and distant lands
E B C#m F#
And we who are their children's children, in our hearts we understand
E B E F# B F# E B
That every road we've ever walked, was built by hungry hands
[Verse]
B E F# B
Rock by rock and stone by stone, I walked along the famine road
E B C#m F#
From the limestone at The Burren to the foot of Mullaghmór
E B C#m F#
And we who are this island's children in our hearts we understand
E B E F# B F# B
That every road we'll ever walk, was built by hungry hands
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Goribor
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