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 F C G/B Am G
C F C G C
[Verse]
F C
Well, the weather had been sultry for a fortnight's time or more
Am G
The shearers had been battling might and main
C F C
And some had got the century as never did before
G C Bb
And now all hands are waiting for the rain
[Verse]
F C
The boss is getting rusty and the ringer's caving in
Am G
His bandaged wrist is aching with the pain
C C7 F C
And every second man, I fear, is going to make it hot for him
G C Bb
Unless we get another fall of rain
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C F C G C
[Verse]
F C
Well, the sky is clouding over and the thunder's muttering loud
Am G
The clouds are driving eastward o'er the plain
C F C
And I see the lightning flashing followed by an awful crash
G C Bb
And I hear the gentle patter of the rain
[Verse]
F C
So, lads put on your stoppers and let us to the hut
Am G
We'll gather 'round and have a friendly game
C C7 F C
And some are playing music and some play ante-up
G C Bb
And some are gazing outward at the rain
[Instrumental]
C Bb F C G/B Am G
C F C G C
[Verse]
F C
Well, now the rain is over, let the pressers spin their screws
Am G
Let the teamsters drive their wagons in again
C F C
And we'll block the classer's table by the way we push them through
G C Bb
Since now all hands are merry since the rain
[Verse]
F C
And the boss won't be so rusty when the sheep have all been shorn
Am G
And the ringer's wrist won't ache so with the pain
C C7 F C
Of pocketing a season's check for fifty pounds or more
G C Bb
And the second man will drive him hard again
[Verse]
F C
So boss, bring out the bottle and we'll wet the final flock
Am G
For the shearers here may never meet again
C C7 F C
And some may meet next season and some not even then
G C
And some they will just vanish like the rain
C F C G/B Am G
C F C G C
[Verse]
F C
Well, the weather had been sultry for a fortnight's time or more
Am G
The shearers had been battling might and main
C F C
And some had got the century as never did before
G C Bb
And now all hands are waiting for the rain
[Verse]
F C
The boss is getting rusty and the ringer's caving in
Am G
His bandaged wrist is aching with the pain
C C7 F C
And every second man, I fear, is going to make it hot for him
G C Bb
Unless we get another fall of rain
[Instrumental]
C Bb F C G/B Am G
C F C G C
[Verse]
F C
Well, the sky is clouding over and the thunder's muttering loud
Am G
The clouds are driving eastward o'er the plain
C F C
And I see the lightning flashing followed by an awful crash
G C Bb
And I hear the gentle patter of the rain
[Verse]
F C
So, lads put on your stoppers and let us to the hut
Am G
We'll gather 'round and have a friendly game
C C7 F C
And some are playing music and some play ante-up
G C Bb
And some are gazing outward at the rain
[Instrumental]
C Bb F C G/B Am G
C F C G C
[Verse]
F C
Well, now the rain is over, let the pressers spin their screws
Am G
Let the teamsters drive their wagons in again
C F C
And we'll block the classer's table by the way we push them through
G C Bb
Since now all hands are merry since the rain
[Verse]
F C
And the boss won't be so rusty when the sheep have all been shorn
Am G
And the ringer's wrist won't ache so with the pain
C C7 F C
Of pocketing a season's check for fifty pounds or more
G C Bb
And the second man will drive him hard again
[Verse]
F C
So boss, bring out the bottle and we'll wet the final flock
Am G
For the shearers here may never meet again
C C7 F C
And some may meet next season and some not even then
G C
And some they will just vanish like the rain
Gorgon City
Gori & Nekro
Goribor
Gorilla Biscuits
Gorilla Zoe