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Big Ben is a mythical story about a shark that has haunted the waters around Port Fairy for many years....

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Big Ben

There he is! Where is he?
Over there, I don’t see
I don’t’ know and I don’t care
Big Ben don’t eat me

Is he a myth or is he real
I’m sure he eats’ a lot of Seal
Paddle out across the reef
Oh big Ben don’t’ show your teeth

Big Ben, oh Big Ben, Big Ben of the Southern sea
Big Ben, oh Big Ben, Big Ben don’t eat me

Frolicking at little east
Don’t you start a lunchtime feast?
Surfing once at so’ west passage
Big Ben sent a scary message

Lee and John tried ‘T hook
The fisherman they always look
It’s the town’s shark story
Blood and bones and fins and glory!

Big Ben, oh Big Ben, Big Ben of the Southern sea
Big Ben, oh Big Ben, Big Ben don’t eat me

Big Ben, oh Big Ben, Big Ben of the Southern sea
Big Ben, oh Big Ben, Big Ben don’t eat me

Portland town to Apollo Bay
Big Ben swims all day
He put the fear in our lives
In our kids and in our wives

They used to try and catch Big Ben
But now he’s only named by pen
Are we safe now we don’t know?
We’ll have to let the story go

Big Ben, oh Big Ben, Big Ben of the Southern sea
Big Ben, oh Big Ben, Big Ben don’t eat me

Big Ben, oh Big Ben, Big Ben of the Southern sea
Big Ben, oh Big Ben, Big Ben don’t eat me

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released July 10, 2015
Jordan Lockett: Music / Lyrics / Lead vocals / guitars / backing vocals
Gus Franklin: Producer, mixer, engineer, backing vocals
Chris Hedges: Drums / engineer / backing vocals
Dave Lodge: Accordian / backing vocals
Jelena Marsic: backing vocals
David Gibb: backing vocals
Gareth Colliton: backing vocals
Zoe Robertson: backing vocals

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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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