The Day of the Clipper

from Score by The Jolly Rogers

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You can see the squares of canvas dancing over the horizon.
You can hear the shanty wailing, to the heavin’ of the men.
You can feel the seas up to your knees, and you know the sea is risin’,
And you know the Clipper’s day has come again.
To the man on high the boson’s cry commands a killing strain,
‘Till every mother’s son begins to pray.
With a hearty shout, she comes about as she heads into the rain
And the ship has never seen a better day.
Sailin’ ships and sailin men, will sail the open waters,
Where the only thing that matters is the wind inside the Main.
So all you lovin’ mothers keep your eyes upon your daughters,
For sails will mend their tatters, and the mast will rise again.
Wooden beams and human dreams are all that make her go,
And the magic of the wind upon her sail.
We’d rather fie the weather than the fishes down below,
God help us if the rigging ever fails.
As the timbers creek the captain speaks above the vessel’s groans,
So every soul on board can hear the call.
“It’s nothin’ but the singin’ of the ship inside her bones,
And this when she likes it best of all”.
[CHORUS]
Where the current goes, the Clipper’s nose is plowing fields of green,
Where fortune takes the crews, we wish them well.
Where men can be when lost at sea is somewhere in between,
The region of a Heaven and a Hell.
We’re sailing eastern harbors and the California shores,
If you set your mind to see them, than you can.
As you count each mast going salin’ past you’re prouder than before,
And you know the Clipper’s day has come again!
[CHORUS] x 2

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from Score, released May 5, 2020
w/m: Steve Romanoff

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The Jolly Rogers Kansas City, Missouri

Pirates before pirates were cool. The Jolly Rogers were born as the Earth still cooled, waaaay back in 1991. Bringing maritime music, sea shanties, drinking and bawdy songs to audiences before pirates were all the rage, they've been a main stage act at venues across America and Europe. ... more

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