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]
D Em7 A7 G D Em7 D
[Verse]
Em7
In Canso Strait our vessel lay
A7 G D Em7 D
We'd just returned from out the Bay
Em7
A schooner built both stout and strong
A7 D
And to Gloucester she did belong
[Verse]
Em7
We were homeward bound and ready for sea
A7 G D Em7 D
When our drunken captain got on a spree
Em7
He come on board and to us did say
A7 D
"Get your anchors, boys, and fill away"
[Verse]
Em7
Well, we got our anchors at his command
A7 G D Em7 D
And with all sail set, we left the land
Em7
We left old Sand Point on our lee
A7 D
And headed her out against a steep head-sea
[Instrumental]
D Em7 A7 G D Em7 D
[Verse]
Em7
Well, the night come on, the dark clouds lower
A7 G D Em7 D
The wind did howl and the waves did roar
Em7
An angry wave from the angry sky
A7 D
It knocked her down about half-mast high
[Verse]
Em7
Well, the jib-sheets parted, which eased her some
A7 G D Em7 D
She come head-to-wind and she rose again
Em7
We got our jibs in and a new sheet bent
A7 D
And straight'way aft to our captain went
[Verse]
Em7
We kindly asked him to shorten sail
A7 G D Em7 D
Or we'd be lost in the heavy gale
Em7
He cursed and swore, that if the wind would blow
A7 D
He'd show us how his old boat could go
[Verse]
Em7
Then up spoke one of our gallant men
A7 G D Em7 D
"There's twelve of us right here at hand
Em7
We'll reef her down and to sea we'll go
A7 D
And if you refuse, you'll be tied below"
[Verse]
Em7
Well, the seas did roar and the wind did rave
A7 G D Em7 D
We never thought our lives we'd save
Em7
But we reefed her down to her own success
A7 D
She's like a bird swinging for the nest
[Instrumental]
D Em7 A7 G D Em7 D
[Verse]
Em7
She's headed up off the Cape Shore now
A7 G D Em7 D
She knocks the white foam off her bow
Em7
Oh, never again will I ever sail
A7 D
With a drunken captain and a heavy gale
D Em7 A7 G D Em7 D
[Verse]
Em7
In Canso Strait our vessel lay
A7 G D Em7 D
We'd just returned from out the Bay
Em7
A schooner built both stout and strong
A7 D
And to Gloucester she did belong
[Verse]
Em7
We were homeward bound and ready for sea
A7 G D Em7 D
When our drunken captain got on a spree
Em7
He come on board and to us did say
A7 D
"Get your anchors, boys, and fill away"
[Verse]
Em7
Well, we got our anchors at his command
A7 G D Em7 D
And with all sail set, we left the land
Em7
We left old Sand Point on our lee
A7 D
And headed her out against a steep head-sea
[Instrumental]
D Em7 A7 G D Em7 D
[Verse]
Em7
Well, the night come on, the dark clouds lower
A7 G D Em7 D
The wind did howl and the waves did roar
Em7
An angry wave from the angry sky
A7 D
It knocked her down about half-mast high
[Verse]
Em7
Well, the jib-sheets parted, which eased her some
A7 G D Em7 D
She come head-to-wind and she rose again
Em7
We got our jibs in and a new sheet bent
A7 D
And straight'way aft to our captain went
[Verse]
Em7
We kindly asked him to shorten sail
A7 G D Em7 D
Or we'd be lost in the heavy gale
Em7
He cursed and swore, that if the wind would blow
A7 D
He'd show us how his old boat could go
[Verse]
Em7
Then up spoke one of our gallant men
A7 G D Em7 D
"There's twelve of us right here at hand
Em7
We'll reef her down and to sea we'll go
A7 D
And if you refuse, you'll be tied below"
[Verse]
Em7
Well, the seas did roar and the wind did rave
A7 G D Em7 D
We never thought our lives we'd save
Em7
But we reefed her down to her own success
A7 D
She's like a bird swinging for the nest
[Instrumental]
D Em7 A7 G D Em7 D
[Verse]
Em7
She's headed up off the Cape Shore now
A7 G D Em7 D
She knocks the white foam off her bow
Em7
Oh, never again will I ever sail
A7 D
With a drunken captain and a heavy gale
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