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]
G C G
[Verse]
C G
I met my mates in the morning, and oh, but I am old!
C G
Where roaring on the ledges, the summer ground-swell rolled
C G C D
I heard them lift the chorus that drowned the breakers' song
G C D G Gm
The Beaches of Lukannon, two million voices strong
[Verse]
Dsus2 Gm
The song of pleasant stations, beside the salt lagoons
Dsus2 Gm
The song of blowing squadrons, that shuffled down the dunes
Dsus2 Eb D7
The song of midnight dances, that churned the swell to flame
G C D G
The Beaches of Lukannon, before the sealers came!
[Verse]
C G
I met my mates in the morning, I'll never meet them more!
C G
They came and went in legions that darkened all the shore
C G C D
And o'er the foam-flecked offing as far as voice could reach
G C D G Gm
We hailed the landing-parties and sang them up the beach
[Verse]
Dsus2 Gm
The Beaches of Lukannon, the winter-wheat so tall
Dsus2 Gm
The dripping crinkled lichens, and the sea-fog drenching all!
Dsus2 Eb D7
The platforms of our playground, all shining smooth and worn!
G C D G C G
The beaches of Lukannon, the home where we were born!
[Verse]
C G
I met my mates in the morning, a broken, scattered band
C G
Men shoot us in the water, they club us on the land
C G C D
Men drive us to the Salt House like silly sheep and tame
G C D G Gm
And still we sing Lukannon, before the sealers came
[Verse]
Dsus2 Gm
Wheel down, wheel down to South'ard, go Gooverooska, go!
Dsus2 Gm
And tell the Deep Sea Viceroys the story of our woe
Dsus2 Eb D7
Ere, empty as the sharks-egg the tempest flings ashore
G C D G C G
The Beaches of Lukannon will know their sons no more!
G C G
[Verse]
C G
I met my mates in the morning, and oh, but I am old!
C G
Where roaring on the ledges, the summer ground-swell rolled
C G C D
I heard them lift the chorus that drowned the breakers' song
G C D G Gm
The Beaches of Lukannon, two million voices strong
[Verse]
Dsus2 Gm
The song of pleasant stations, beside the salt lagoons
Dsus2 Gm
The song of blowing squadrons, that shuffled down the dunes
Dsus2 Eb D7
The song of midnight dances, that churned the swell to flame
G C D G
The Beaches of Lukannon, before the sealers came!
[Verse]
C G
I met my mates in the morning, I'll never meet them more!
C G
They came and went in legions that darkened all the shore
C G C D
And o'er the foam-flecked offing as far as voice could reach
G C D G Gm
We hailed the landing-parties and sang them up the beach
[Verse]
Dsus2 Gm
The Beaches of Lukannon, the winter-wheat so tall
Dsus2 Gm
The dripping crinkled lichens, and the sea-fog drenching all!
Dsus2 Eb D7
The platforms of our playground, all shining smooth and worn!
G C D G C G
The beaches of Lukannon, the home where we were born!
[Verse]
C G
I met my mates in the morning, a broken, scattered band
C G
Men shoot us in the water, they club us on the land
C G C D
Men drive us to the Salt House like silly sheep and tame
G C D G Gm
And still we sing Lukannon, before the sealers came
[Verse]
Dsus2 Gm
Wheel down, wheel down to South'ard, go Gooverooska, go!
Dsus2 Gm
And tell the Deep Sea Viceroys the story of our woe
Dsus2 Eb D7
Ere, empty as the sharks-egg the tempest flings ashore
G C D G C G
The Beaches of Lukannon will know their sons no more!
Gorgon City
Gori & Nekro
Goribor
Gorilla Biscuits
Gorilla Zoe