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Auburn Annie (the Ballad of Annie Baxter)

from Blood & Bones & Fins & Glory by The Southern Ocean Sea Band

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ANNIE BAXTER ROAMED, ROAMED THIS BELFAST LAND
ABOARD AUGUSTA JESSIE SHE WAS VAN DIEMEN’S BOUND
MARRIED TO LIEUTENANT BAXTER IN 1834
SHE WASN’T VERY PLEASED WITH HIM, KNEW SHE WANTED MORE WROTE DIARIES OF HER TROUBLES FOR 34 YEARS DID SHE WOULDN’T BE TOLD BY ANY MAN, SHE WASN’T AFRAID OF THE SEA

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OH DEAR ANNIE SHE LIVED HER LIFE SO FREE
AUBURN ANNIE COME AND SAIL AWAY WITH ME
OH DEAR ANNIE YOU LIVED YOUR LIVE SO FREE
AUBURN ANNIE COME AND SAIL AWAY WITH ME

ANNIE WAS A SOCIALITE DOWN IN NEW HOBART TOWN
VISITING HER BROTHER AND ALWAYS SAILING DOWN
MACQUARIE TO THE RIVER DISTRICT, ALWAYS ON THE MOVE RELATIONSHIP BECAME QUITE STRAINED, THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT TO PROVE
ANDREW BOUGHT YAMBUK STATION, KOORI FOR THE MOON
ANNIE WAS RELUCTANT BUT THEY SET OFF AT HIGH NOON

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AUBURN ANNIE WITH MASSIE, CROWN LAND COMMISSIONER FOREVER ON THE TRAVEL, SHE FELT JUST LIKE A CONVICT PRISONER
ROAMED THE WESTERN DISTRICT, LOADED PISTOLS BY HER SIDE WOULD TAKE NO LIP FROM NO FAIR MAN,
SHE TOOK IT ALL IN HER STRIDE
“MUSIC, SWEET MUSIC” SHE WOULD DANCE TO IN COX STREET MUSTERING CATTLE, TRAINING HORSES,
LIFE WAS SOMETIMES BITTER SWEET

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WHILE DANCING AT THE RUTLEDGE HOUSE
ANNIE KNEW IT WAS THE END
ANDREW SPENT THE NIGHT AT THE MERRIJIG DRINKING WITH A FRIEND
ANNIE WAS FED UP WITH HIM AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO BRITAIN
MET HERSELF A NEW MAN, DAWBIN, SHE BECAME QUITE SMITTEN
THE LONELY LIEUTENANT SHOT HIMSELF,
SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD
THE POOR OLD SOUL HAD RUN AGROUND,
WAS FILLED WITH LONESOME DREAD

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from Blood & Bones & Fins & Glory, released September 5, 2016
(Lyrics: Lockett, Gane. Music: Lockett, Gane, Franklin, Dyson.)

Katie Gane: Lead & Backing Vocals.
Gus Franklin: Backing Vocals, Bass, Handclaps, Percussion, Vibraphone.
James Dyson: Acoustic Guitar, Lead & Bass Guitar.
Jordan Lockett: Shaker, Handclaps.
Lachlan Davidson: Fiddle, Mandolin.

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The Southern Ocean Sea Band Port Fairy, Australia

The Southern Ocean Sea Band are a 10-piece band singing historical songs & shanties about their hometown.

Borne directly from the late Danny Spooner’s ‘Shanties at the River,’ sessions, they made their Port Fairy Folk Festival debut to launch their album, 'Blood & Bones & Fins & Glory,' in 2017, and have since toured the regions, spreading their historical songs & shanty love far and wide.
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