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Handsome Cabin Boy
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Seattle's hard stompin' Celtic rock. Ockham's Razor has been called Seattle's premier Irish band.
Ockham’s Razor is a Seattle based Celtic fusion band that blends influences of Celtic and Irish tradition with rock, pop, gypsy, punk, jazz, bluegrass, and folk elements to carve out a unique and indelible niche in the Celtic folk genre. Hailed as both “Turbo Celtic” and “Ethno Punk,” since 2006 Ockham’s Razor has performed with notable bands like Young Dubliners, Enter the Haggis and Paperboys, and has even performed alongside Irish music luminaries, the Chieftains. With two studio albums and a live album under their belt, their music has been featured on radio and podcasts in places as far flung as India and Australia as well as the US, Canada, and the rest of North America, England, Scotland, Ireland and the rest of Europe. They have been featured on the Portland OR based PDXPosed and Alaska Airline’s In Flight Entertainment Channel, Next Stop. *********
Song Info
Genre
World • Traditional Celtic
Charts
Peak #43
Peak in subgenre #1
Author
Traditional
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Ockham's Razor Music 2007
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November 07, 2007
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MP3 2.0 MB • 128 kbps • 2:12
Story behind the song
A girl dresses up like a boy in order to get hired upon a ship and ends up having a romantic relationship with the Captain.
Lyrics
It's of a pretty female... as you may understand Her mind being bent on rambling... into some foreign land She's dressed herself in sailor's clothes... or so it does appear She's signed hired with the captain to serve him for a year Her cheeks they were like roses and her hair all in a curl The sailors often laughed and said he looked just like a girl But eating of the Captain's biscuit her colour did destroy And the waist did swell of pretty Nell - the handsome cabin boy It was in the Bay of Biscay our gallant ship did plough One night among the sailors was a fearful flurrying row They tumbled from their hammocks for their sleep it did destroy And they swore about the groaning of the handsome cabin boy Oh doctor dear oh doctor the cabin boy did cry The time has come I am undone and I will surely die The doctor came a-running and a-smiling at the fun To think a sailor lad should have a daughter or a son The sailors when they saw the joke they all did stand and star The child belonged to none of them they solemnly did swear The captain's wife she says to him - my dear I wish you joy For 'tis either you or me's betrayed the handsome cabin boy
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