(c) 1970 Gordon Bok<\/p>\n
Gordon Bok<\/a> is a prolific songwriter from Maine in the maritime tradition and a close personal friend of Cliff. \u00a0I have heard this song performed by many singers but it wasn’t until I heard Danny Spooner sing it with concertina that it became something on my list… I perform it usually during the first set when people haven’t imbibed enough to gear up the evening. \u00a0Gordon wrote this about the song…<\/p>\n “I made this after a trip as mate in the old Brixham Trawler Provident in 1964 (I believe). \u00a0The Plymouth here is in England, Pedro Martir is a mountain on the coast of Spain where we made land, Cascais is a town down the river from Lisbon, and Isle au Haut<\/a> is a mythical island off the coast of Maine<\/em>.” \u00a0Well, perhaps “mystical” was what he intended… If you’ve the money, there is an inn on the island one might stay at.\u00a0 At any rate, here is a .pdf of some info on Isle au Haut that perhaps will sweep away those who think it a pretend island… Isle au Haut<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jos. Morneault<\/p>\n <\/p>\n G \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 C \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 D C \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0D \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 G Now the trouble with old Martir And the girls of old Cascais Now the winters drive you crazy (c) 1970 Gordon Bok Gordon Bok is a prolific songwriter from Maine in the maritime tradition and a close personal friend of Cliff. \u00a0I have heard this song performed by many singers but it wasn’t until I heard Danny Spooner sing it with concertina that it became something on my list… I perform it usually […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4060","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4060"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6549,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4060\/revisions\/6549"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIt’s away and to the westward
\nC \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0D \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 G
\nIs the place a man should go
\nG \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 C \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0D
\nWhere the fishing’s always easy
\nC \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0D \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 G
\nThey’ve got no ice or snow<\/p>\n
\nBut I’ll haul down the sail
\nC \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0D \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0G
\nWhere the bays come together
\nC \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 D \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0G
\nBide away the days
\nC \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 D \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 G
\nBy the hills of Isle au Haut
\nNow, the Plymouth girls are fine
\nThey put their hearts in your hand
\nAnd the Plymouth boys are able
\nFirst-class sailors, every man<\/p>\n
\nYou don’t try her in a trawler
\nFor those Bay of Biscay swells
\nWill roll the head from off your shoulder<\/p>\n
\nThey are strong across the shoulder
\nThey don’t give a man advice
\nAnd they don’t want to cook his supper<\/p>\n
\nAnd the fishing’s hard and slow
\nYou’re a damn fool if you stay
\nBut there’s no better place to go<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"