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Talking Sailor
Folk
Talking Sailor was released on December 6, 1957 by Tradition Records as a part of the album Documentary Talking Blues 
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Release DateDecember 6, 1957
LabelTradition Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM129

Music Video

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Credits

Lyrics

In bed with my woman just a-singin' the blues
And I heard the radio tellin' the news
Said the Big Red Army took a hundred towns
And the Allies dropped them two-ton bombs
I started hollerin', yellin'
Dancin' up and down like a bullfrog
Doorbell rung, in come a man
I signed my name, I got a telegram
Says, "If you want to take a vacation trip
Get a dishwashing job on a Liberty ship"
Woman a-cryin', me a-flyin'
Out of the door and down to the line
'Bout two minutes I run ten blocks
I come to the ships there on the dock
Walked up the plank, I signed my name
They blowed the whistle and I'm gone again
Right on out into the stream
Ships as far as the eye could see
My old lady just a-waitin'
Ship loaded down with TNT
All stretched out across the rollin' sea
I stood on the deck, I watched the fishes swim
Prayed them fishes wasn't made of tin
Sharks and porpoises, jellybeans
Rainbow trouts, mudcats, dugongs
All over the water
This convoy's the biggest I ever seen
It stretches out across the sea
And the ships blow their whistles and ring their bells
Gonna blow the fascists clean to hell
"Win some freedom"
"Liberty"
Stuff like that
Well, I walked to the tail, I stood on the stern
And I looked at the big brass screw-blade turn
Listened to the sound of the engines pound
Sixteen feet every time it goes around
Gettin' closer
Gettin' closer
Look out, you fascists!
I'm just one of a merchant crew
Belong to the union called the NMU
I'm a union man from head to toe
I'm USA and CIO
Fightin' out here in the water
Gonna win some freedom
On good dry land
Written by: Woody Guthrie
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