Biography:
Gordon Bok stands out among the various artists that can be lumped into the "Traditional Folk" category. Born in Pennsylvania, he moved to Camden, Maine and it was there in coastal Maine that Bok was influenced by sea-faring culture and its music. He released his first album in 1965 and in 1970 signed to Folk-Legacy records, where he released a number of solo albums, as well as many collaborations with Ann Mayo Muir and Ed Trickett. In 1990 he began releasing music on his own label, Timberhead Music.
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Other songs:
- A Little Road And A Stone To Roll
- A Most Unpleasant Way Sir
- A Song For Angela
- A Tune For November
- All My Sailors
- Along The Famine Road
- An Diran Than Soulder
- Another Bay
- Apples In The Basket
- Astoria Bar
- Banks Of The Reedy Lagoon
- Bare
- Bay Of Fundy
- Belamena
- Bheir Me O
- Blackbird
- Boat Of Silver
- Bold Reynolds
- Broken Down Squatter
- Candlelight Fisherman
- Cannery Shed
- Canso Strait
- Cape Ann
- Changing Times
- Clear Away In The Morning
- Come By The Hills
- Connemara Cradle Song
- Coshieville
- Crossing The Water
- Dillon Bay
- Do Something
- Dublin City
- Duna
- Duncan And Brady
- Easy And Slow
- Faraway Tom
- Farewell To Nova Scotia
- Fiddler Of Dooney
- Frankie On The Sheepscot
- Freedom On The Wallaby
- Get Her Into Shore
- Going On
- Handsome Cabin Boy
- Hang On John
- Harp Song Of The Dane Women
- Herring Croon
- Hie Awa
- High Barbary
- Johnny Stewart Drover
- Shearers Lament
- Song For The Mira
- Song Of The Wheelhouse Door
- Southern Cross
- Spell To Bring Lost Creatures Home
- Stone On Stone
- Stormy Weather
- Sufferin
- Swell Me Net Full
- The Angelus
- The Arbutus
- The Beaches Of Lukannon
- The Bird Rock
- The Boats Of Peters River
- The Brandy Tree
- The Bressay Lullaby
- The Kind Land
- The Last Battle
- The Liza Jane
- The Maiden Hind
- The Maiden In Birds Plumage
- The Net
- The Old Bard Song
- The Old Figurehead Carver
- The Parting Glass
- The Sands Of Dee
- The Shepherds Call
- The Stable Lad
- The Swag And The Shiner
- The Texas Song
- The Wreck Of The Green Cove
- These Dry Stone Walls
- This Old Mandolin
- Threeboot Philbricks Lament
- Tie Her Up
- Travelling People
- Trochus Boats
- Turn Ye To Me
- Turning Toward The Morning
- Waiting For The Rain
- Weary Of The Darning
- Weevily Wheat Wheat In The Ear
- Western Boat
- Where Am I To Go
- Wiscasset Schooners
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[Intro]
C Bb F
[Verse]
F
Come, Stumpy, old man, we must shift while we can
Bb F C
All your mates in the paddock are dead
F
We must say our farewells to Glen Eva's sweet dells
C F
And the hills where your master was bred
[Verse]
F
Together to roam from our drought-stricken home
Bb F C
Seems hard that such things have to be
F
And it's hard on a horse, when he's naught for a boss
C F
But a broken-down squatter like me
[Chorus]
Bb F
For the banks are all broken, they say
C
And the merchants are all up a tree
F
When the bigwigs are brought to the bankruptcy court
C Bb F
What chance for a squatter like me?
[Verse]
F
No more shall we muster the river for strays
Bb F C
Or hunt on the fifteen-mile plain
F
Or dash through the scrub by the light of the moon
C F
Or see the old homestead again
[Verse]
F
Leave the slip-railings down, they don't matter much now
Bb F C
For there's none but the crow left to see
F
Perching gaunt on the pine, as though longing to dine
C F
On a broken-down squatter like me
[Chorus]
Bb F
For the banks are all broken, they say
C
And the merchants are all up a tree
F
When the bigwigs are brought to the bankruptcy court
C Bb F
What chance for a squatter like me?
[Verse]
F
When the country was cursed with the drought at its worst
Bb F C
And the cattle were dying in scores
F
Though down on me luck, I kept up me pluck
C F
Thinking justice might soften the laws
[Verse]
F
But the farce had been played, and the government aid
Bb F C
Ain't extended to squatters, old son
F
When me money was spent, they doubled the rent
C F
And resumed the best part of the run
[Chorus]
Bb F
For the banks are all broken, they say
C
And the merchants are all up a tree
F
When the bigwigs are brought to the bankruptcy court
C Bb F
What chance for a squatter like me?
C Bb F
[Verse]
F
Come, Stumpy, old man, we must shift while we can
Bb F C
All your mates in the paddock are dead
F
We must say our farewells to Glen Eva's sweet dells
C F
And the hills where your master was bred
[Verse]
F
Together to roam from our drought-stricken home
Bb F C
Seems hard that such things have to be
F
And it's hard on a horse, when he's naught for a boss
C F
But a broken-down squatter like me
[Chorus]
Bb F
For the banks are all broken, they say
C
And the merchants are all up a tree
F
When the bigwigs are brought to the bankruptcy court
C Bb F
What chance for a squatter like me?
[Verse]
F
No more shall we muster the river for strays
Bb F C
Or hunt on the fifteen-mile plain
F
Or dash through the scrub by the light of the moon
C F
Or see the old homestead again
[Verse]
F
Leave the slip-railings down, they don't matter much now
Bb F C
For there's none but the crow left to see
F
Perching gaunt on the pine, as though longing to dine
C F
On a broken-down squatter like me
[Chorus]
Bb F
For the banks are all broken, they say
C
And the merchants are all up a tree
F
When the bigwigs are brought to the bankruptcy court
C Bb F
What chance for a squatter like me?
[Verse]
F
When the country was cursed with the drought at its worst
Bb F C
And the cattle were dying in scores
F
Though down on me luck, I kept up me pluck
C F
Thinking justice might soften the laws
[Verse]
F
But the farce had been played, and the government aid
Bb F C
Ain't extended to squatters, old son
F
When me money was spent, they doubled the rent
C F
And resumed the best part of the run
[Chorus]
Bb F
For the banks are all broken, they say
C
And the merchants are all up a tree
F
When the bigwigs are brought to the bankruptcy court
C Bb F
What chance for a squatter like me?
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Goribor
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