牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋?牋牋牋牋牋?Lyrics: Bill Scott/ Music: Roger Ilott ?1999
牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋?牋牋牋牋牋?Restless Music APRA/AMCOS
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牋牋牋牋牋?Bill
lives in Warwick, Queensland, Australia, these days.?This is from one of his other eight lives.?He says "When working aboard the
Commonwealth lighthouse vessel, Cape Leeuwin, in the early fifties, we
often saw some of the pearling fleet anchored among the reefs of the Barrier
where they harvested trochus shell.?The
sound of the crews' voices in song drifting across the twilit still waters
haunts me still with its beauty."
Gordon ?12-string guitar
Quasimodal Chorus - vocals
牋牋牋牋牋?I am living dry and placid
now among encircling mountains,
牋牋牋牋?An old man still remembering the days
that used to be,
牋牋牋牋?But I close my eyes and live again
those days of sweat and laughter,
牋牋牋牋?When we worked the trochus luggers* in
the western Coral Sea.
牋牋牋牋?Sailing in a black hulled lugger with
a lookout at the masthead,
牋牋牋牋?You may drift along the coral cays and
anchor where you please,
牋牋牋牋?In the glassy leeside waters of some
rocky offshore island,
牋牋牋牋?Though the outer reef be trembling
under pounding whitened seas.
牋牋牋牋?Chorus:
牋牋牋牋?Laddie oh?Laddie ay, Laddie oh?Laddie ay. (2x)
牋牋牋牋?You may anchor calm and safely in the
shallows over coral,
牋牋牋牋?Where the waters glimmer peacock in a
hundred shifting shades,
牋牋牋牋?You can hear the rippling wavelets
tinkle gently on the beaches,
牋牋牋牋?And the stays and braces strumming in
the southeast trades.
牋牋牋牋?Chorus?o:p>
牋牋牋牋?To the north of Lizard Island and to
the south of Iron Range,
牋牋牋牋?In my dreams I am returning to the
place where I would be,
牋牋牋牋?To the laughing Torres Straitsmen
singing softly in the twilight,
牋牋牋牋?To the trochus lugger's anchorage in
Princess Charlotte Bay.
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牋牋牋牋?*Trochus is a large mollusk,?Perhaps the boast were once lug rigged, but
I've seen pictures of ketches, and Bill says he's seen motor boats called
luggers.
Trochus
Boats
is recorded on the album Herrings in the Bay
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