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Rust On Me Collar

from Into The Blue by The Southern Ocean Sea Band

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lyrics

My bonnie lassie told to me
of foreign land way across the sea
a promised Port set in ocean heath
where the seagulls fly over waters deep

King & Queen we leave on shore
O house of commons and petty wars
I wave goodbye to my friends and kin,
hoist the sails on days of toil & sin,

Aye with Rust on me Collar and some dust in our hearts,
We'll roll 'round the coast until our banners fall apart
and with minds for tomorrow we could dream a new start
We'll haul our bones to South Australia

A hundred days on the ocean blue
And all at sea with my thoughts of you
We'll sing ourselves to sleep and dream it too,
morning fog it cleared and the light shone through

A heavy heart I carry high
The setting sun in a northern sky
I take my comfort in the work and song,
hoist the wind in sail and carry on

Aye with Rust on me Collar and some dust in our hearts,
We'll roll 'round the coast until our banners fall apart
and with minds for tomorrow we could dream a new start
We'll haul our bones to South Australia

I'd follow you, on ocean blue
New destinies beyond horizons wait,
with baited breaths, inside our chests
and onwards to the suns' first golden rays

My bonnie lassie told to me
Of foreign land way across the sea
An English man stood on sacred sand
and shook the hand of the dreaming ancient man...

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from Into The Blue, released March 10, 2023
Music: Gus Franklin.
Lyrics: Gus Franklin & Jordan Lockett.

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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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