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FAMILY TRADITION
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SONG ABOUT THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERMEN
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ACOUSTIC FOLK MUSIC AND SONGS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERMEN. SONGS IN SETS INCLUDE:DYLAN,PRINE.CASH,MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT,DELTA BLUES ALONG WITH ORIGINAL SONGS
WE ARE THE ROYAL OAK MUSICIANS BASED ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND. WE PLAY ACOUSTIC FOLK MUSIC WE CONSIST OF THREE ACOUSTIC GUITARS AND HARMONICA WE SPECIALIZE IN SONGS OF THE CHESAPEAKE WATERMEN AND PLAY AT EVENTS, PRIVATE PARTIES, AND FESTIVALS BESIDES OUR WATERMAN SONGS WE PLAY: DYLAN,PRINE,JOHNNY CASH,DELTA BLUES,AND OTHER TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
#13,469 today Peak #81
#2,988 in subgenre Peak #15
Author
ed klein
Rights
1992
Uploaded
July 20, 2006
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MP3 3.6 MB • 128 kbps • 3:54
Story behind the song
THE WATERMEN ON TILGHMAN ISLAND HAVE PASSED DOWN THE HERITAGE OF WORKING THE BAY FOR MANY GENERATION
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my great grand dad and his dad to worked on the chesapeake bay dredging on a skipjack the water was the only way sons went out when they were young learned all their daddys knew have me a son and take him out befor my days are throgh chorus: its a family tradition ,family tradition every dad is a wishing his son works on the chesapeake bay like old time relgion a family tradtion, family tradtion working on the chesapeake bay verse2 started workin the chesapeake bay when i was knee high learned every creek and every cove and how to fish the tide dropped out of school when i was sixteento work full time on the bay took my teacher about a week to make what i earned in a day chorus: verse 3 got to get me a steady job before i get me a wife being married to a waterman can't be an easy life bringing in less than we did last year less than three years ago chesapeake bay is a dying my friens and i want you all to know no more chorus: verse got my first boat when i was nine license at 16 worked the bay everyday and the years in between born the son of a waterman and a watermen i'll be started working the chesapeake bay sitting on my daddy's knee chorus
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