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The Ghost of Lloyd Rutledge

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

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I WAS BORN IN IRELAND IN 1826
A CHILD OF 8 ANOTHER LAD IN THE MIX
I MARRIED ISABELLA IN 1852
MOVED TO PORT FAIRY, TO JOIN THE SAILING CREW
THE RUTLEDGES WERE IRISH, IRISH THROUGH AND THROUGH WILLIAM BUILT THE HOME ‘EMOH,’ HE BUILT IT TO BE TRUE
WE WERE THE FIRST TO SETTLE IN NEW BELFAST LAND
JOHN AND ME WE CAME ON DOWN, TO LEND A BROTHER A HAND

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HE WAS NO PRODIGY, HE WAS NO PRODIGAL SON
WHETHER OR NOT, THIS IS TRUE, HE DIED WHILST HAVING FUN

WE HAD THREE CHILDREN; EDWARD, ANNIE, AND OLD MATE PERCY
I AM KNOWN FOR DRINKING AND THE GIVING OF MERCY
I BUILT THE HOME “COOINDA” IN 1855
RUTLEDGE AND CO. WAS FLOURISHING
THE DREAM WAS WELL ALIVE
I STAGGERED HOME DEARLY, LATE IN ‘58
I HURLED MYSELF DOWN THE STAIRS ON MY FINAL DATE
JOHNNY STABBED A COPPER AND WAS SENT FAR FROM HERE
A BLOODY MESS - US RUTLEDGE LADS - WE BROUGHT ABOUT THE TEARS

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THE BREAKING OF MY NECK SAW ME DIE ON BALTIC FLOOR
MY WIFE AND KIDS WERE HORRIFIED AT THE BLOOD ALL ON THE DOOR
I DIED IN THE HOME THAT I HAD POORLY MADE
GASPING MY LAST BREATH ON THE FLOOR THAT I HAD LAID
THE DAY OF MY FUNERAL THUNDER SPOOKED THE HORSES
THEY BOLTED FROM THE CHURCH, AMIDST THE GALE FORCES MOURNERS TOOK THE CASKET TO THE GRAVE SITE
LIGHTNING AND THUNDER ROARED WITH ALL ITS RAGING MIGHT

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WHEN I WAS BEING LAID TO REST ALL OF THE ROPES DID SNAP
THE CASKET FELL, IN I WENT, (SUCH AN UNLUCKY CHAP!)
I’D FALLEN ONCE, I FELL AGAIN, HEAD FIRST INTO MY GRAVE
THE DRUNKEN MESS THAT I ONCE WAS AND STILL I WON’T BEHAVE MY TOMBSTONE READ 32 WHEN MY TIME WAS DONE
THE REGISTER OF DEATHS PROCLAIMED THAT I WAS 31
STEGZY SAYS THAT I WAS CURSED FROM BIRTH UNTIL DEPART ‘CAUSE OLD MATE WILLY’S EMPIRE, EVENTUALLY FELL APART

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LEGEND SAYS MY GHOST IS SEEN UPSTAIRS AND IN MY HOME
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF MY DEATH, IN DARKNESS AND ALONE OTHERS SAY YOU’LL SEE ME AT TOMBSTONE AND GRAVESITE ON THE 17TH OF DECEMBER, AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT

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

Jordan Lockett: Lead Vocals, Lagerphone, Bodhran, Banjo Mandolin (hit - not strummed).
James Dyson: Guitar, Backup Vocals.
Tim Conlan: Double Bass.
David Gibb: Banjo.
Merran Moir: Whistle.
Lachlan Davidson: Fiddle.
Backing Vocals: Gus Franklin, Kate Gane, Jelena Lockett, Lillie Gibb .

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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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