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A poor old man came riding by
And we say so, and we hope so
A poor old man came riding by
Oh, poor old horse.

Says I, "Old man, your horse will die."
Says I, "Old man, your horse will die."

And if he dies we'll tan his skin
And if he don't we'll ride him again.

For one long month I rode him hard
For one long month we all rode him hard.

But now your month is up, old Turk
Get up, you swine, and look for work

Get up you swine and look for graft
While we lays on and drags ye aft

He's as dead as a nail in the lamp-room door
And he won't come worrying us no more

We'll use the hair of his tail to sew our sails
And the iron of his shoe to make deck nails

We'll hoist him up to the fore yard-arm
Where he won't do sailors any harm

We'll drop him down with a long, long roll
Where the sharks will have his body and the
Devil take his soul.

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from Carvery of Blight, released May 27, 2016

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Julian Gaskell UK

Described by angry locals as the bastard son of Waits, Strummer, Reinhardt and Rachmaninov, Julian Gaskell’s music over the last 20 years has followed a wayward path of withering agricultural-folk, klezmer accordion, overly-lyrical punk, gypsy-jazz guitar, tangos, waltzes, rhumbas and skiffled-up boogie-woogie piano. ... more

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