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The Murder of Sergeant Dodds (In the Line of Duty)

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

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ON A COLD DARK NIGHT IN FEBRUARY 1858
THE NIGHT SERGEANT GEORGE DODDS MET WITH HIS FATE RUTLEDGE WAS THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND
HE WAS STARK RAVING MAD
THE PUBLICANS KNEW HIM WELL
TONIGHT JOHN WAS BAD
RUM WAS HIS CHOICE OF POISON
BUT TONIGHT JOHN DID DRINK GIN
HE TOOK A SWING AT THE CONSTABLE
CLIPPED HIM RIGHT ON THE CHIN

HE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY

JOHN’S FINAL DRINK WAS AT THE STAR OF THE WEST ON THIS FATEFUL NIGHT
RUTLEDGE HIT THE CONSTABLE
DODDS HE BROKE UP THE FIGHT
WHILE WALKING DOWN SACKVILLE STREET
ON THE WAY BACK TO THE JAIL
JOHN PULLED A BOWIE KNIFE
AND STABBED DODDS UNTIL HE WAS PALE
12th OF MAY '58, BELFAST GENERAL SESSIONS
HE GOT OFF ON INSANITY
FOR MADNESS AND AGGRESSIONS

HE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY
THEY TOOK JOHN AWAY TO THE ASYLUM PLACED AT YARRA BEND DODDS DIED FROM HIS WOUNDS, NO JUSTICE TO COMPREHEND JOHN WAS OUT WITHIN A YEAR
THE STATE LABELLED HIM SANE
HE FLED FOR CALIFORNIA
TOWNSFOLK CURSED HIM IN VAIN
RUTLEDGE WENT TO IRELAND
AND DIED LIKE SLEEPING BEAUTY
NEVER FORGET, SERGEANT DODDS
DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY

HE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY

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

Jordan Lockett: Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Cabasa.
James Dyson: Electric Guitars, Slide Guitar, Double Bass, Accordion, Piano. Gus Franklin: 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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