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Not Violent Seas

from The Springbank Voyage by Barry Nisbet

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lyrics

I have heard the raging waters on the darkest nights
Seen balls of lightning hanging in the sky
Where hailstones fall like marbles, and you hold on for your life
As tumbling waves rear breakin close behind

I have looked down from the topsail yard and seen the decks awash
I have seen saltwater freeze hard to the shrouds
I have seen the ship’s head buried in a sea of grey
As the sky rolls dark with angry thunderclouds

It’s not violent seas but cruel disease that tears the life fae William Leslie
coughin, achin, fevered, hurtin,
heavin, pitchin, tossin, turnin,
weakening, dreamin, wastin away

Did you hear the flogging canvas fae your fevered focsle berth
The ‘All Hands’ calls, the sailors’ stamps and yells
Did you dream about your brother on the ‘Jack Snipe’ just last year
Shipwrecked, drowning, in some watery hell

It’s not violent seas but cruel disease that tears the life from William Leslie

The mate reads from his sodden prayer book
As heavy sprays cascade and green seas sweep
Across the plunging deck. The ensign drawn, the body falls
So our shipmate is committed to the deep

It’s not violent seas, but cruel disease that rips the life from William Leslie

credits

from The Springbank Voyage, released August 12, 2022
Music and lyrics by Barry Nisbet 2022
Recording: Robin Wynn Evans at Tpot Studio
Mixing: Adam Sinclair
Mastering: Andrew Tulloch

Barry Nisbet – vocals, fiddle
Ade Dacre – drums
Stephen Jack – bass
Theo Barnard – guitar, bowed bass
Pepita Emmerichs – mandolin

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Barry Nisbet Scotland, UK

A skilled guitarist, fiddler and songwriter, Shetlander Barry Nisbet is inspired by stories, both historical and contemporary. Performing in dialect and English, his songs give a sensitive, occasionally humorous take on past and contemporary events.
As likely to be seen at the wheel of a tall ship as on a festival stage, Barry runs the 'Sessions and Sail' musical sailing voyages.
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