{"id":397,"date":"2020-04-24T16:01:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T16:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northseagas.co.uk\/?p=397"},"modified":"2020-04-29T14:22:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T14:22:50","slug":"slip-jigs-and-reels-steve-tiltson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northseagas.co.uk\/?p=397","title":{"rendered":"Slip jigs And Reels (Steve Tiltson)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
He was barely a man in his grandfather's coat\nSewn into the lining, a ten-shilling note\nGoodbye to the family, goodbye to the shore\nTill I taste good fortune, you'll see me no more\n\n\nThe boat on the ocean tossed like a cork\nThen one fine morning they sighted New York\nAnd he stood on the gangplank and breathed in the air\n\"Hello land of plenty, I've come for my share\"\n\n{Refrain}\nAnd he did like the ladies, the rise and the fall\nOf their ankles and dresses, down on the dance floor\nAnd rolling the dice and spinning the wheels\nBut he took most delight in the slip jigs and reels\n\n\nThere's talk a pistol and some say a knife\nBut all are agreed there was somebody's wife\nSome kind of commotion, a terrible fight\nHe left a man dead and ran into the night\n\nA train to St. Louis, just one jump ahead\nHe slept one eye open, a six-gun in bed\nAnd he dreamt of the mountains and green fields of home\nWhile crossing the plains where the buffalo roam\n\n{Refrain}\n\nOh, bad reputation's a hard thing to bear\nMothers pour scorn and young children they stare\nBut he found consolation in flash company\nYour life ain't so bad with a girl on your knee\n\nOh, they called him the Kid, and by twenty-one\nAll that he knew was the power of the gun\nAnd by twenty-three, he'd shot five men down\nWho got in his way as he rambled around\n\n{Refrain}\n\nThere's bones in the desert and buzzards that fly\nIn the highest of circles, just wishing he'd die\nBut in matters of cruelty, it must be said\nA landlord will pick your bones before you're dead\n\nIt was wild mescaleros, I heard people say\nIn the deadliest ambush near old Santa Fe\nAnd a young buck was taken dressed in a coat\nAnd inside the lining, a ten-shilling note<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
He was barely a man in his grandfather’s coat Sewn into the lining, a ten-shilling note Goodbye to the family, goodbye to the shore Till I taste good fortune, you’ll see me no more The boat on the ocean tossed like a cork Then one fine morning they sighted New York And he stood on … <\/p>\n
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