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Fair Dinkum?

by George Brown

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Five Years 05:24
================================================= Pushing through the market square So many mothers sighing The news had just come over; We had five years left to cry in News guy wept as he told us Earth was really dying He cried so much his face was wet Then I knew he was not lying I heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies I saw boys, toys, electric irons & T.V.'s My brain hurt like a warehouse It had no room to spare; I had to cram so many things to store Everything in there And all the fat/skinny people . . . And all the tall/short people . . . And all the nobody people . . . And all the somebody people . . . I never thought I would need so many people . . . A girl my age went off her head Hit some tiny children And If the black hadn't a-pulled her off Well, I think she would have killed them A soldier with a broken arm; His fixed stare to the wheels of a Cadillac A cop knelt & kissed the feet of a priest And a queer threw up at the sight of that I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlor Drinking milk shakes cold & long Smiling & waving & looking so fine I don't think you knew you were in this song And it was cold And it rained So I felt like an actor And I thought of ma And I wanted to get back there . . . Your face, Your race The way that you talk; I kiss you, You're beautiful I want you to walk . . . We've got five years-- Stuck on my eyes Five years-- What a surprise! We've got five years-- My brain hurts a lot Five years-- That's all we've got . . . =================================================
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================================================== You told me once That you were mine Alone forever; And I was yours 'Til the end of eternity But all those vows Are broken now And I will never Be the same Except in memory . . . Remember me When the candle lights are gleamin' Remember me At the close of a long, hard day And it would be so sweet, When, all alone, I'm dreramin' Just to know That you still remember me A brighter face May take my place When we're apart, dear; Another love With a heart more bold & free But in the end, Fairweather friends May break your heart, dear; And when they do, sweetheart, Remember me . . . Remember me When the candle lights are gleamin' Remember me At the close of a long, hard day And it would be so sweet, When, all alone, I'm dreramin' Just to know That you still remember me . . . Just to know That you still remember me ==================================================
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================================================== Oh, my darling . . . Oh, my darling . . . Oh, my darling, Clementine You are lost & gone forever; Dreadful sorry, Clementine . . . In a cavern . . . In a canyon . . . Excavating for a mine Lived a miner, forty-niner And his daughter, Clementine . . . Light she was . . . And like a fairy . . . And her shoes were no. 9 Herring boxes without topses; Sandals weren't for Clementine . . . Oh, my darling . . . Oh, my darling . . . Oh, my darling, Clementine You are lost & gone forever; Dreadful sorry, Clementine . . . Drove she ducklings . . . To the water . . . Every morning right at nine Hit her foot against a splinter; Fell into the foaming brine . . . Ruby lips . . . Above the water . . . Blowing bubbles soft & fine But alas, I was no swimmer; So I lost my Clementine . . . Oh, my darling . . . Oh, my darling . . . Oh, my darling, Clementine You are lost & gone forever; Dreadful sorry, Clementine . . . How I missed her . . . How I missed her . . . How I missed my Clementine 'Til I kissed her little sister; And for forgot that Clementine . . . Oh, my darling . . . Oh, my darling . . . Oh, my darling, Clementine You are lost & gone forever; Dreadful sorry, Clementine . . . Soon the miner . . . Forty-niner . . . Began to pique & pine Thought he oughter join his daughter; Now he's with his Clementine . . . ==================================================
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ɐʇɹǝqoɹ 04:16
================================================== Oh, Roberta Set down on my knee . . . Oh, Roberta Set down on my knee . . . I got something to tell you That's been bothering me ==================================================
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================================================ I put a spell on you Because you're mine You better stop The things that you're doin' I said, "Watch out!" I ain't lyin' I ain't gonna take none of your Foolin' around I ain't gonna take none of your Puttin' me down I put a spell on you Because you're mine ================================================
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================================================== Didn't ol' John cross the water, Water on his knees? Didn't ol' John cross the water On his knees? Let us all bow down, Good lord, and face, Face the rising sun . . . Didn't ol' John cross the water, Water on his knees? ==================================================
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================================================== It was silent on the island of Hawaii; Down Hawaii way . . . ==================================================
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osɐԀ lƎ 00:28
================================================== Out in the West Texas Town of El Paso, I fell in love With a Mexican girl . . . I met a Shaman And ate some Peyote Then I fell in love With a Mexican squirrel . . . ==================================================
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================================================== Hey George! I heard you shot your woman down . . . ==================================================
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================================================ Farther along We'll know all about it Farther along We'll understand why Cheer up, my brother; Live in the sunshine We'll understand it all By & by ================================================
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dolunp ˙ɹW 01:40
================================================== "Dear friends & neighbors . . ." ==================================================
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================================================== Take me out to the ball game; Take me out to the crowd Buy me some peanuts & crackerjacks; I don't care if I never get back For it's root! root! root! for the home team; If they don't win, it's a shame 'Cause it's one! two! three strikes, you're out! At the ol' ball game ==================================================
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================================================== I need more allowance!!! Why?! Because I do!!! ==================================================
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================================================== Old Abe Lincoln came out of the wilderness . . . Out of the wilderness . . . Out of the wilderness . . . Old Abe Lincoln came out of the wilderness Many long years ago Jefferson Davis tried to tear down the government . . . Tear down the government . . . Tear down the government . . . Ol' Jeff Davis tried to tear down the government Many long years ago But old Abe Lincoln came and built back a better one . . . Built back a better one . . . Built back a better one . . . Old Abe Lincoln cam and built us a better one Many long years ago (And then look what happened . . .) Barack Obama was the first black president . . . First black president . . . First black president . . . Barack Obama was the first black president Many long years ago But Hillary Clinton came and made him a slave again . . . Made him a slave again . . . Made him a slave again . . . Hillary Clinton came and made him a slave again; Now she rules the world!!! ==================================================
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ǝᴉxᴉp 02:24
================================================== ¿ɯnʞuᴉp ɹᴉɐℲ ==================================================
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================================================== Early in the morning I will sing you a love song And tell you of my sorrow For the years spent alone But I must tell you quickly For the memories are fading; Just before the first time That I call you my own Brighter than the Sun Lovely as the Moon; It's wonderful to know That I'll be with you soon . . . 'Cause later in the day The chance may slip far behind us The worries of a lifetime Make love harder to see And when the evening finds us We may not be together; In love with you Is all I ever wanted to be Brighter than the Sun Lovely as the Moon; It's wonderful to know That I'll be with you soon . . . Early in the morning I will sing you a love song And tell you of my sorrow For the years spent alone But I must tell you quickly For the memories are fading; Just before the first time That I call you my . . . ==================================================
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ʎqɐlln˥ 01:06

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~Dedicated to Magdalena Isabella

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Some Ghost

(you are)


I saw you today in some old washed-up video,

a high-eight recording cracked across my screen.

playing the same song, showing all your teeth,

in crooked rows,

some of them backwards in your mouth,

all of them coming to a point.


An imposter sang with you and botched all the words.

she wore an Indian headdress and scratched-up sunglasses,

like the two of you need any more theatrics,

or to be more irreverent of the dead.


Seeing an apparition not worthy of fear,

I let the tape play over,

fondling the remote control

and staring into your hair-line.


It made me think of that night in New Orleans.

We were living in my shit-hole car,

you were going down on me in the back seat in a hotel parking lot

and a security guard flashed his light in the window;

you called him a nigger,

we laughed and drove away fast.


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released August 19, 2014

FAIR DINKUM? was recorded in Prosperity, SC (06/27/14)
~Gitarre, Klavier & Vokal: uʍoɹq ǝƃɹoǝפ

uƃᴉsǝp ʇɹ∀: George Wagoner

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