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ethome
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0 posted 2001-06-18 06:29 PM



Jessie's Ship


Jessie lives in the clouds and she dreams through the days,
oh she dreams about a sailor his duty far away.
And the days they run long in the cool mountain air
and the last words he spoke echo back to her there.

Jessie wait for the day
I'll be comin back home
and your mother's a tailor
she can sew you a gown.
When that silver ship comes in
to the Cluny's bay again
there'll be singin on the mountain
wedding bells will join us then.

There's a picture on the wall of a smilin sailor boy  
and his smile is a promise of tommorrows lovin joy
and her tender arms unfold a flowing gown held dear
and she stares down the mountain she's been doin that for years.

Jessie wait for the day
I'll be comin back home
and your mother's a tailor
she can sew you a gown.
When that silver ship comes in
to the Cluny's bay again
there'll be singin on the mountain
wedding bells will join us then.

Well the wars they come ragin to claim a sailor's world  
with a missing sailor's promise lost in a mountain girl
and on a quiet valley evenin when the whisper breezes play  
you can hear his voice singin off the cliffs of Cluny's bay.

Jessie wait for the day
I'll be comin back home
and your mother's a tailor
she can sew you a gown.
When that silver ship comes in
to the Cluny's bay again
there'll be singin on the mountain
wedding bells will join us then.

copyright June 1994  Celtrue@E3B1G9


© Copyright 2001 Eric Lewis True - All Rights Reserved
Corinne
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1 posted 2001-06-18 06:31 PM



Wonderful, Ehtome.

Reads like a song, is there music to go with it?

Corinne

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2 posted 2001-06-18 09:29 PM


I have to echo Corinne...sounds like a great old chanty...so?  Is there? Music?
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3 posted 2001-06-18 10:50 PM


ETHome~
I knew I'd like it from the title ...
I did ... I do !
Singing along with you.

I liked this thought ...
'And the days they run long in the cool mountain air'
~*Marge*~

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Mabel A. Dilley
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4 posted 2001-06-18 11:50 PM


Only those dead in heart would not but sing this fair song. Love it.

"I am not now that which I have been."

Paula Finn
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5 posted 2001-06-19 12:21 PM


You pulled the sighs right out of me with this one sweet poet man....
serenity blaze
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6 posted 2001-06-19 12:32 PM


If you don't send me a soundtrack soon? I am going to have a MOST UNSERENE fit!!!! (like that's news..lol)

The rhythm of this reminded me of Gordon Lightfoot...I could hear a twelve string...hmm..wait? ovation...roundback...APPLAUSE!!!  
and throwing smooches!

JLR
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7 posted 2001-06-19 01:24 AM


Have to agree with the majority...the notes of this were so pleasing!
Logan
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8 posted 2001-06-19 01:41 AM


ahh, sadness and gentleness combined. How many never came back after those words so softly spoken..well done..gentle smile
ethome
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9 posted 2001-06-19 05:39 AM


Corinne, Sunshine and Marge I thank you so much for your thoughts!

Julian thank you for the quote!

Paula I thank you so much once again!

Serenity the album will come someday and you will be the first to get a copy...Thanks!

Thank you JLR for taking the time to read!

Logan this is another sad love song as you say but it's always a subject that fills the heart with wistful and melancholy emotions....a part of this imperfect life!  Thanks!

Janet Marie
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10 posted 2001-06-19 12:00 PM


There's a picture on the wall of a smilin sailor boy  
and his smile is a promise of tommorrows lovin joy
and her tender arms unfold a flowing gown held dear
and she stares down the mountain she's been doin that for years.

Jessie wait for the day
I'll be comin back home
and your mother's a tailor
she can sew you a gown.
When that silver ship comes in
to the Cluny's bay again
there'll be singin on the mountain
wedding bells will join us then.
============================

You wrote this in 94????
why you must have been all of what--18???  
when you sing to us...we all just have to go with the flow...
lovely bittersweet melody E-babes..
reminded me of that old song "Brandy"
well done music man  

Sudhir Iyer
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11 posted 2001-06-19 12:18 PM


This is a fascinating style... a song... a poem... a flowing write...

and you have me singing words of praise to the beauty of your writing skills...

regards, my friend,
sudhir

"I was born intelligent - education ruined me"

Alicethruglass
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12 posted 2001-06-19 12:26 PM


Yes, must be a song. I like it very much. Thank you for sharing your words.

~A~

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Deep in the heart
13 posted 2001-06-19 01:57 PM


Sing along with ET ... I love it.  Well done.
Watersign6
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14 posted 2001-06-22 07:35 AM


this is very very wonderful and i will sing along,you have such a amazing poetic ability

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15 posted 2001-06-25 04:41 PM


Yanno, ethome... I often compare my singing voice to the delicate sound of cats fighting. *G* But your words are so lyrical I find myself singing... Fortunately, their beauty drowns out the inevitable sour notes. *G* This is lovely!
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16 posted 2001-06-25 06:46 PM


I will wait for this on my local country radio station Sir!!!

Great job. . .

-------------------------------------------------------

To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

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17 posted 2001-06-26 01:23 AM


I loved it, and sure hope you send it to Garth Brooks, or perhaps this one is better sung by Tim McGraw (yup that is the one who should sing this so we can hear it sung out loud) unless you know how to add voice to this thing, I know someone who could sing it?  Beautiful job on this one, it is a best seller ethome.

"Lose your temper and you lose a friend; lie and you lose yourself."
~ Hopi ~

RMW
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18 posted 2001-06-26 09:20 AM


Encore!!!
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