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Across The Line (The Sailors Way)

from Car Boat Sail by The Strangers Almanac

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i've traded with the maoris, the yankees and chinese
i've courted dark eyed beauties beneath the kauri trees
i've travelled along with a laugh and a song in the land where they call you 'mate'
rainbow beach and home again for that is the sailors fate

across the line, the tasman
i've been in nelsons bay
rainbow beach and home again for that is the sailors way

i've ran aground in many a sound with no pilot aboard
longboat lowered by lantern light, pushed off and gently oared
row-lock creak and a thumping swell and a wind that'll make you ache
who would sail the seven seas and share a sailors fate?

across the line, the tasman
i've been in nelsons bay
rainbow beach and home again for that is the sailors way

we've sailed away to northward, we've hauled away to east
we've skimmed our sail by the teeth of a gale and stood the calmest seas
we've set our course by a southern star, by stewart through the straight
westward round by milford sound for that is the sailors fate

across the line, the tasman
i've been in nelsons bay
rainbow beach and home again for that is the sailors way

hey!

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from Car Boat Sail, released October 10, 2009

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Folky acoustic singer-songwriter stuff from Dundee, Scotland.

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