Текст песни Poem To The Lonesome Boatman / The Lonesome Boatman - Davey Arthur , The Fureys
The
lonesome
Boatman
by
Finbarr
Furey
A
song
which
nearly
broke
my
heart
A
tramp
lay
dying
in
the
park.
I
knelt
beside
him
to
hear
him
speak
And
the
words
he
spoke,
they
were
oh
so
weak.
He
told
me
a
story
of
long
since
past,
Of
a
sailing
ship
with
its
long
grey
mast,
Of
his
captain's
cap
with
it's
shining
braid
And
the
wonderful
voyages
that
he'd
made.
"Silent
Annie"
was
his
great
ship's
name.
Like
a
token
of
love
he
spoke
her
name.
She
sailed
'round
the
Horn,
aye,
more
that
once.
She
could
cut
through
the
waves
like
a
sharpened
lance.
"Believe
me,"
he
said.
His
eyes
filled
with
tears
Like
a
drunk
on
a
corner,
trying
to
remember
his
years.
He
reached
out
his
hand
and
I
took
it
in
mine.
"I
believe
you,"
I
said,
and
he
gave
a
sad
smile.
"I
remember
the
day
when
they
towed
her
away.
Her
sides
they
were
sore
from
the
sea's
angered
spray.
They
said
she's
unfit
for
to
sail
out
once
more
(And
they
towed
her
more
inward
from
her
own
sandy
shore)?
And
as
they
broke
my
Silent
Annie.
I
watched
with
a
sigh.
I
remembered
her
beauty
when
I
was
a
boy.
She
was
my
one
love,
my
life's
only
dream,
When
we
sailed
out
together
as
captain
and
queen."
It
started
to
drizzle,
and
I
felt
my
hand
tight
And
he
squeezed
even
harder
as
he
ended
the
fight.
And
a
crowd
they
had
gathered,
and
they
watched
with
dismay
As
some
ambulance
men
came,
and
they
took
him
away.
So
I
got
to
my
feet,
and
I
walked
through
that
park.
The
sun
it
was
gone,
but
it
was
not
yet
dark.
My
body
was
wet,
and
my
clothes
were
not
many,
But
my
mind
was
aroused
by
the
ship
Silent
Annie.
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