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
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
F# B F# G#m C#m
F# G#m F# B F# G#m F#
[Verse 1]
B G#m
This old mandolin is carved out of Pine
C#m F# C#m
Given to me by a hobo down the line
F#
Willed to me with these last words
B G#m C#m F#
"Before I cross over, I'll show you some chords"
[Verse 2]
B G#m
This old mandolin is made out of earth and of stone
C#m F#
If the sound of the railroad leaves you feeling all alone
G#m F# B F# G#m F#
This old mandolin will take a hobo back home
[Verse 3]
B G#m
This old mandolin is sure full of sand
C#m F#
It'll play out-of-tune if there's a cop on the train
C#m Ebm G#m B G#m E
Sing you the rhythm of the Superchief out of St. Paul
F#
And that ain't all
[Verse 4]
F#7 G#7
This old mandolin'll make a young girl open her window
C#m F#
Like a warm breeze on a rainy night
C#m F#
And like a hex-sign on a barn
G#m F# B F# G#m F#
This old mandolin will keep a hobo from harm
[Instrumental]
B F# G#m C#m
F# G#m F# B F# G#m F#
[Verse 5]
B G#m
This old mandolin is carved out of Pine
C#m F# C#m
Given to me by a hobo down the line
F#
Willed to me with these last words
B G#m C#m F#
"Before I cross over, I'll show you some chords"
[Verse 6]
B G#m
This old mandolin is sure full of sand
C#m F#
It'll play out-of-tune if there's a cop on the train
C#m Ebm G#m B G#m E
Sing you the rhythm of the Superchief out of St. Paul
F#
And that ain't all
[Verse 7]
F#7 G#7
This old mandolin'll make a young girl open her window
C#m F#
Like a warm breeze on a rainy night
C#m F#
And like a hex-sign on a barn
G#m F# B F# G#m F#
This old mandolin will keep a hobo from harm
[Verse 8]
B G#m
This old mandolin is made out of old barns and water tanks
C#m F#
If the jukebox is busted and you need an old song
G#m F# B F# G#m F# B
This old mandolin will take a hobo back home
F# B F# G#m C#m
F# G#m F# B F# G#m F#
[Verse 1]
B G#m
This old mandolin is carved out of Pine
C#m F# C#m
Given to me by a hobo down the line
F#
Willed to me with these last words
B G#m C#m F#
"Before I cross over, I'll show you some chords"
[Verse 2]
B G#m
This old mandolin is made out of earth and of stone
C#m F#
If the sound of the railroad leaves you feeling all alone
G#m F# B F# G#m F#
This old mandolin will take a hobo back home
[Verse 3]
B G#m
This old mandolin is sure full of sand
C#m F#
It'll play out-of-tune if there's a cop on the train
C#m Ebm G#m B G#m E
Sing you the rhythm of the Superchief out of St. Paul
F#
And that ain't all
[Verse 4]
F#7 G#7
This old mandolin'll make a young girl open her window
C#m F#
Like a warm breeze on a rainy night
C#m F#
And like a hex-sign on a barn
G#m F# B F# G#m F#
This old mandolin will keep a hobo from harm
[Instrumental]
B F# G#m C#m
F# G#m F# B F# G#m F#
[Verse 5]
B G#m
This old mandolin is carved out of Pine
C#m F# C#m
Given to me by a hobo down the line
F#
Willed to me with these last words
B G#m C#m F#
"Before I cross over, I'll show you some chords"
[Verse 6]
B G#m
This old mandolin is sure full of sand
C#m F#
It'll play out-of-tune if there's a cop on the train
C#m Ebm G#m B G#m E
Sing you the rhythm of the Superchief out of St. Paul
F#
And that ain't all
[Verse 7]
F#7 G#7
This old mandolin'll make a young girl open her window
C#m F#
Like a warm breeze on a rainy night
C#m F#
And like a hex-sign on a barn
G#m F# B F# G#m F#
This old mandolin will keep a hobo from harm
[Verse 8]
B G#m
This old mandolin is made out of old barns and water tanks
C#m F#
If the jukebox is busted and you need an old song
G#m F# B F# G#m F# B
This old mandolin will take a hobo back home
Gorgon City
Gori & Nekro
Goribor
Gorilla Biscuits
Gorilla Zoe