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Galleons

from Autobisongraphy by Dave Atkinson

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1970. From the studio tape of The Beggar and the Sand 1976.

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Lately all my galleons, I have sent your way,
And still I hear no word of their arrival;
I wonder are they waiting outside your harbour gates
While other ships unload their cargoes?

So I’ll recall my captains from the fringes of your land
And shelter them until I find another;
Maybe they went sailing, when we were still too young,
And that was all that was the matter.

Chorus
Let’s not say we lost, or failed to find a way,
Don’t bury all the mem’ry in the mourning;
When you think it over, all you need to say,
Is ‘Guess we should have met some other day’.

Round wringing sails torn with tears the harbour lights go down,
And oceans full of crying flood the jetties;
Things that I’ll remember will be fair winds in my mind:
So let it be with you or else forget me.

Chorus

Let’s not say we lost, or failed to find a way,
Don’t bury all the mem’ry in the mourning;
When you think it over, baby, all you need to say,
Is ‘Guess we should have met some other day’.

©Dave Atkinson 1970

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from Autobisongraphy, released November 19, 2021
Colin Foster, violin. Produced by Colin and Simon Letts.

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Dave Atkinson Chester, UK

I have been writing songs since 1967 when I was 17 and since I have accumulated over 440. Early influences were Dylan, Cohen, Jackson Browne Joni Mitchell, Kristofferson. Though never 'successful' in any conventional sense, my songs and guitar have led many sing-rounds and a couple of 1970's albums sell for £100s as 'rare vinyl'. Above all, it has been a happy adventure. www.atkinsongs.co.uk ... more

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