colin meloy - the island - the landlords daughter - youll not feel the drowning (unplugged) #
tagged unplugged
this one gets a little sketchy, as it seems he hasn't practiced it, but he pulls through in the end
LYRICS
There's an island hidden in the sound
Lapping currents lay your boat to ground
Fix your barb and bayonet
The curlews carve their Arabesques
And sorrow fills the silence all around
Come and see
There's a harbor lost within the reeds
A jetty caught in over-hanging trees
Among the bones of cormorants
No boot mark here nor finger prints
The rivers roll down to a soundless sea
You come and see
You come and see
The tides will come and go
Witnessed by no waking eye
Who rose like the wind
Though we know for sure
Amidst this fading light
We'll not go home again
You come and see
You come and see
In the lowlands, nestled in the heat
A briar cradle rocks it's babe to sleep
Its contents watched by Sycorax
And patagon in parallaxe
A foretold rumbling sounds below the deep
You come and see
You come and see
The tides will come and go
Witnessed by no waking eye
Who rose like the wind
Though we know for sure
Amidst this fading light
We'll not go home again
You come and see
You come and see
[The Landlord's Daughter]
As I was rambled
Down by the water
I spied in sable
The landlord's daughter
Produced my pistol, then my saber
To make no whistle or thou will be murdered, oh
La ahhhhh
La ahhhhh
She cursed, she shivered
She cried for mercy,
My gold and silver if thou will release me, oh
La ahhhhh
La ahhhhh
I'll take no gold miss, I'll take no silver
I'll take those sweet lips, and thou will deliver, oh
La ahhhhh
La ahhhhh
[You'll Not Feel the Drowning]
I will dress your eyelids
With dimes laid on eyes
Lay you close to water
Green your grave will rise
Go to sleep now little ugly
Go to sleep now you little fool
Forty-winking in the belfry
You'll not feel the drowning
You'll not feel the drowning
Forget you once had sweethearts
They've forgotten you
Think you not on parents
They've forgotten too
Go to sleep now little ugly
Go to sleep now you little fool
Forty-winking in the belfry
You'll not feel the drowning
You'll not feel the drowning
Hear you now the captain
Heed his sorrowed cry
Weight upon your eyelids
Is dimes laid on your eyes
There's an island hidden in the sound
Lapping currents lay your boat to ground
Fix your barb and bayonet
The curlews carve their Arabesques
And sorrow fills the silence all around
Come and see
There's a harbor lost within the reeds
A jetty caught in over-hanging trees
Among the bones of cormorants
No boot mark here nor finger prints
The rivers roll down to a soundless sea
You come and see
You come and see
The tides will come and go
Witnessed by no waking eye
Who rose like the wind
Though we know for sure
Amidst this fading light
We'll not go home again
You come and see
You come and see
In the lowlands, nestled in the heat
A briar cradle rocks it's babe to sleep
Its contents watched by Sycorax
And patagon in parallaxe
A foretold rumbling sounds below the deep
You come and see
You come and see
The tides will come and go
Witnessed by no waking eye
Who rose like the wind
Though we know for sure
Amidst this fading light
We'll not go home again
You come and see
You come and see
[The Landlord's Daughter]
As I was rambled
Down by the water
I spied in sable
The landlord's daughter
Produced my pistol, then my saber
To make no whistle or thou will be murdered, oh
La ahhhhh
La ahhhhh
She cursed, she shivered
She cried for mercy,
My gold and silver if thou will release me, oh
La ahhhhh
La ahhhhh
I'll take no gold miss, I'll take no silver
I'll take those sweet lips, and thou will deliver, oh
La ahhhhh
La ahhhhh
[You'll Not Feel the Drowning]
I will dress your eyelids
With dimes laid on eyes
Lay you close to water
Green your grave will rise
Go to sleep now little ugly
Go to sleep now you little fool
Forty-winking in the belfry
You'll not feel the drowning
You'll not feel the drowning
Forget you once had sweethearts
They've forgotten you
Think you not on parents
They've forgotten too
Go to sleep now little ugly
Go to sleep now you little fool
Forty-winking in the belfry
You'll not feel the drowning
You'll not feel the drowning
Hear you now the captain
Heed his sorrowed cry
Weight upon your eyelids
Is dimes laid on your eyes