Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Talking Merchant Marine
LYRICS:TALKING SAILOR (aka TALKING MERCHANT MARINE) by WOODY GUTHRIE (1944)In bed with my woman, just singin' the blues, Heard the radio tellin' the news: That the big Red Army took a hundred towns, And Allies droppin' them two-ton bombs. Started hollerin', yellin', dancin' up and down like a bullfrog!Doorbell rung and in come a man, I signed my name, I got a telegram. Said, "If you wanna take a vacation trip, Got a dish-washin' job on a Liberty ship." Woman a-cryin', me a-flyin', out the door and down the line!'Bout two minutes I run ten blocks, I come to my ship, down at the dock; Walked up the plank, and I signed my name, Blowed that whistle, was gone again! Right on out and down the stream, ships as fur as my eye could see, woman a-waitin'.Ship loaded down with TNT All out across the rollin' sea; Stood on the deck, watched the fishes swim, I'se a-prayin' them fish wasn't made out of tin. Sharks, porpoises, jellybeans, rainbow trouts, mudcats, jugars, all over that water.This convoy's the biggest I ever did see, Stretches all the way out across the sea; And the ships blow the whistles and a-rang her bells, Gonna blow them fascists all to hell! Win some freedom, liberty, stuff like that.Walked to the tail, stood on the stern, Lookin' at the big brass screw blade turn; Listened to the sound of the engine pound, Gained sixteen feet every time it went around. Gettin' closer and closer, look out, you fascists.I'm just one of the merchant crew, I belong to the union called the N. M. U. I'm a union man from head to toe, I'm U. S. A. and C. I. O. Fightin' out here on the waters to win some freedom on the land.Rainbow Quest with Pete Seeger (Episode 6)
Channel: Music
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm
Author: peglegsam
Length: 03:16
Rating: 4.85
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Tags: elliott folk guthrie jack ramblin' woody
Video Comments
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ssmark123 (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Talking Blues is a form. Always the same musical sound, different lyrics. Maybe Woody Guthrie started it.
ssmark123 (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Jack "sounded more like Woody Guthrie than Woody Guthrie." He ran around with Woody and always acknowledged Woody as the source of Woody's songs.
jcincosiete (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
you are truly an asshole, devoursneydt, and a waste of space. do us all a favor and take a long walk off a short bridge.
jcincosiete (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
you are truly an asshole
tooclassy4most (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
TALKIN BEAR MOUNTAIN PICNIC
jstos23 (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
oh yeah deffintly listen to talkin' new york by dylan its liek the same song wiht different lyrics and it hink its only one of 2 songs on his first album he wrote
ferretgimp (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
I don't think it was the case he wanted to be Woody Guthrie, he was his student so there is no surprise that there are similarities between the two.
stopthecar73 (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
My Mother passed away last year. She died slowly of Cancer. She did carry a musical legacy that she passed on to me. In the spirit of her life and memory, I'm happy to say, "Go Fuck Yourself Asshole."
devoursneydt (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
could be your mom
devoursneydt (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
i think it could be your mom retard |
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