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Ossie Ed (The Right Rip Revell)

from Into The Blue by The Southern Ocean Sea Band

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OSSIE ED
THE RIGHT RIP REVELL
(Had the) HEART OF A SAINT
BUT The HOOK OF THE DEVIL

5’8” TALL, SWEET DARK HAIR
HELL OF SWAGGER, AND MAJESTIC FLAIR
SWIFT ON FOOT, HE COULD DANCE ALL DAY
DUCK AND WEAVE, LEATHER AND SWAY

35 BOUTS - NEARLY WON THEM ALL
TRAINED AT THE GYM, ODD FELLOWS HALL
HAD A GLAXO JOB, BUT A WICKED RIGHT HOOK
THE PEOPLE TRAVELLED FAR… TO COME TAKE A LOOK

OSSIE ED
THE RIGHT RIP REVELL
(Had the) HEART OF A SAINT
BUT The HOOK OF THE DEVIL

THE ONLY FIGHT THAT HE DIDN’T WIN
WAS A STRAY ELBOW TO THE ERROL FLYNN
OS REMATCHED THE DISQUALIFICATION
OS REWROTE, THE SITUATION
WAS A GENTLEMAN IN A GENTLE TOWN
BUT HE COULD KNOCK ANY BLOKE STRAIGHT DOWN ON THE GROUND
A HARD WORKER AND AN HONEST MAN
BUT A VICIOUS FIGHTER WITH A VICIOUS PLAN

OSSIE ED
THE RIGHT RIP REVELL
(Had the) HEART OF A SAINT
BUT The HOOK OF THE DEVIL

SERVED QUEEN & COUNTRY IN WORLD WAR TWO
SPENT A THOUSAND DAYS WITH A GUINEA VIEW
ON THE SHIP THEY THREW UP A RING
SO THE TROOPS COULD SEE THE OSSIE THING
OSSIE WAS QUICK, HE WON THE SHOW
OSSIE SHOWED THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW
THE DENTIST DROPPED A TOOTH IN HIS LUNG
AND OSSIE’S FINAL BELL…HAD RUNG

(JAB, CROSS, UPPERCUT, HOOK)

OSSIE ED
THE RIGHT RIP REVELL
(Had the) HEART OF A SAINT
BUT The HOOK OF THE DEVIL

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from Into The Blue, released March 10, 2023

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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. ... more

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