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Grandpa was a Stoker

from This Land by Kelly Oliver

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Track 10 on Kelly Oliver's debut album This Land, featuring Dave Swarbrick

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See, see the sights with me. Breathe, breathe the air with me.
And we'll gather the oars, or fasten the sails,
and learn a new song, and learn a new tale,
for when we sail.
Say, say goodbye to your child. Tell, tell your lover to smile.
'And I don't wish to leave you, I know it'll hurt,
but we have to live, so I have to work.
So I must sail.'
Work though day and night, loading cargo on board.
Load the tonnes of supplies, five thousand or more.
And repair all the boilers, and check the machines,
and wash the decks, they need to be clean,
for when we sail.
Feed, feed the coal to the fire. Feel, feel the burn of the fire.
And attend to the furnace and challenge the heat.
And you're going mad, but 'stay on your feet!
For we must sail.'
No escape from the pain of it, 'til you're safe in your bed.
No one cares for the signs that you're going mad in your head.
And you've friends that can stand it, and friends that flee.
They jump the ship, so they can be free.
Free from the ship that sails.
Tell, tell the story again. Tell, tell of Grandpa again.
Grandpa worked as a stoker, he worked on his feet.
The work was hard, you wouldn't believe.
For so the ships could sail. ©Kelly Oliver

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from This Land, released October 27, 2014

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Folkstock Records UK

Boutique label releasing handpicked singer songwriters from the Folkstock fold.
Most engineering, mixing and mastering by Lauren Deakin Davies.
Except Bright Season by Bright Season - released 31st May 2014
The F Spot by Friends of Folkstock - release date 17th May 2014
Passing the Baton - Swarb and Folkstock friends - 5th April 2014
Debut EP release from Kelly Oliver on 26.11.13. Far From Home ... more

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