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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When I was a young man in my prime
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I had a woman and her future by my side
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But the four winds blow and the grass don't grow
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'Round the feet of a man with travellin' in his hide
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So I threw off all the shackles and the chains
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And I said goodbye to what's-her-name
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And I suffered through the cold September rain
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Headed back to freedom once again
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Well, I tried my luck on a fiery buck
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At the back of a two-room ramblin' ranchin' shack
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Now there's nothing worse than a buckskin horse
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With a mind of his own and a saddle on his back
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For riding he just couldn't seem to care
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So he left me there in the dusty air
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And I suffered through the insult and the pain
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Landed on my backside once again
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Well, I broke my back laying down the track
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For the railroad that was making its way out West
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But I had no feel for the cold hard steel
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And a kind of a job that would give a man no rest
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So I said goodbye and I headed North for gold
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And I staked my claim on a salted vein
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And I suffered from the hunger and the cold
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And all I found was a young man growing old
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I drank my fill of the barroom swill
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And I danced 'til the sun was a jewel in the morning sky
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I used my fist for a goodnight kiss
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On the face of a man with evil in his eye
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Then I stumbled through the morning feeling ill
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Till I fell with a thud in the rain and the mud
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And I suffered through a day or two in jail
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Then I headed back for the freedom of the trail
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[Verse]
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Well, the years have flown, but the times I've known
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Were better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail
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If a man will try and a man don't lie to himself
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Life can be one hell of a tale
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To change my life, I wouldn't give a dime
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And when I go the books will show
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That I suffered from my youth right through my prime
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I'm headed back to freedom, one last time
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[Verse]
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When I was a young man in my prime
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I had a woman and her future by my side
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But the four winds blow and the grass don't grow
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'Round the feet of a man with travellin' in his hide
[Verse]
E F# B
So I threw off all the shackles and the chains
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And I said goodbye to what's-her-name
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And I suffered through the cold September rain
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Headed back to freedom once again
[Verse]
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Well, I tried my luck on a fiery buck
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At the back of a two-room ramblin' ranchin' shack
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Now there's nothing worse than a buckskin horse
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With a mind of his own and a saddle on his back
[Verse]
E F# B
For riding he just couldn't seem to care
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So he left me there in the dusty air
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And I suffered through the insult and the pain
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Landed on my backside once again
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Well, I broke my back laying down the track
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For the railroad that was making its way out West
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But I had no feel for the cold hard steel
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And a kind of a job that would give a man no rest
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E F# B
So I said goodbye and I headed North for gold
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And I staked my claim on a salted vein
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And I suffered from the hunger and the cold
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And all I found was a young man growing old
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I drank my fill of the barroom swill
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And I danced 'til the sun was a jewel in the morning sky
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I used my fist for a goodnight kiss
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On the face of a man with evil in his eye
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Then I stumbled through the morning feeling ill
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Till I fell with a thud in the rain and the mud
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And I suffered through a day or two in jail
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Then I headed back for the freedom of the trail
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[Verse]
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Well, the years have flown, but the times I've known
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Were better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail
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If a man will try and a man don't lie to himself
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Life can be one hell of a tale
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To change my life, I wouldn't give a dime
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And when I go the books will show
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That I suffered from my youth right through my prime
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I'm headed back to freedom, one last time
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