LOCH TORRIDON
© 26/11/03 – Phil Young

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‘DEAR MOTHER AND FATHER DON’T BE ANXIOUS ‘BOUT ME
YOU MUST WANT TO KNOW I’M INCLINED FOR THE SEA
I’M SORRY I’M NOT FOR YOUR BOOTMAKERS TRADE
SO I’VE GONE WHERE THE WIND AND THE SPRAY
WILL CARRY ME FAR AWAY’

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OH ME NAME IS BOB PATTMAN LIKE MY DAD ‘AFORE
SON OF A BOOTMAKER I’D NOT STAY ASHORE
SO I PACKED UP MY KIT AND WENT DOWN TO THE WHARF
AND SIGNED ON A SHIP FOR THE NORTH

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YES
AS A BOY I LEFT MY EAST SUFFOLK HOME
THE SEVEN GREAT OCEANS TO SEE AND TO ROAM
NOT KNOWING MY FATE WAS BOUND TO BE TWINED
WITH A BARQUE IN THE FAMOUS LOCH LINE

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SO BANG DOWN YOUR MONEY RIGHT HERE ON THE BAR
I’LL WAGER YOU TWENTY TO ONE
THAT THE LAST YOU’LL SEE OF MY TALL SHIP AND ME
IS THE STERN BOARD OF LOCH TORRIDON
OUTWARD BOUND ON ONE MORE RECORD RUN

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I QUICKLY BECAME A MASTER OF NOTE
A FINER CAPTAIN YOU’D NOT FIND AFLOAT
ON HER POOP DECK I REIGNED FOR TWENTY SIX YEARS
LEAVING FAST CLIPPER SKIPPERS IN TEARS

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WE SPED UP TO CALCUTTA WITH HORSES FOR JUTE
AND FROM SYDNEYTO LONDON WE BROUGHT THE FIRST WOOL
THEN A CARGO OF DEALS TO MELBOURNE ONCE MORE
AND ACROSS TO FAR FRISCO SHORES

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RIGHT ROUND THE WORLD TWENTY FIVE TIMES OR MORE
WE RACED IN THE FACE OF THE WIND AND THE STORM
THERE WAS NEVER A TRIAL WE COULD NOT OVERCOME
ON THE DECKS OF LOCH TORRIDON

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(c)2004 - Phil Young

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