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Oh the storm's raged for three days
and the damage to our houses we must live with
for at, twelve noon
a schooner from South Shields seeks shelter within our harbour wall
and should she stall
Amelia has been called
(Chorus)
H'away lads and fetch your oars and gather prayers we're off to save the Coupland
She's attracting crowds and she wont be going far
She's been drinking water now she's dancing on the spa, in the waves
where sailors row into a watery grave.
The waves crash over her bow
They have turned the vessel round!
they have turned the vessel right right round!
And now, she looks forlorn,
she's been worn down by the storm, and thrown into the spa's sea wall
where should she fall,
Amelia has been called.
(Chorus)
Charles Beauclerk he stands up on the shore
he hauls a rope, but he's never hauled before
he wades in deep and he's never seen no more
just like the boys of our Amelia
(Chorus)
Well rocket lines, thrown too the Coupland
and the men who make the shore thank to god that they've been saved
for Amelia was taken in the waves, all boys, Amelia was taken in the waves
(Chorus)
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Waverley Bridges
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(Refrain)
Come and see the Sun, past the forth bridges, past the forth bridges.
Come and see the sun, speckling down through thickening clouds
Its fifteen years since he last touched gin
whisky its another thing
and he's calmed right down, his life of sin
its winter under waverley bridges again
(refrain)
Its a cold wind that bites and mauls,
its a cold stone floor for bow decked halls
he's got his hot food parcel from the bethany van
its winter under waverley bridges again
(refrain)
The tron kirk strikes five to three
he's got a special place to be; up by the observatory
with friends he'll watch the sunset
he'll raise a toast to another year, to absent friends who he holds dear
he'll raise a toast to another year, to absent friends who he holds dear
and oh, when all the light is done
and all his friends have gone
its winter under waverley bridges again
Come and see the Sun, past the forth bridges, past the forth bridges.
Come and see the sun, speckling down through thickening clouds
Come and see the sun, speckling down to the cold cold ground.
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Great Lakes of Silver
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Sir Tom Watton Edinburgh, UK
Passionate, Resonant & Nostalgic
A storyteller, singer-songwriter and entertainer. Tom
writes songs which tell stories from his own weird world.
His fingerpicking guitar style and his lyrics are eloquently emotive and unique.
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Tom has supported Jon Gomm, Waterson Carthy and Toby Jepson
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