The Lonesome Death Of Francis Clarke

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Intro

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Verse

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There is a place out in the Yukon and lying there a shipwright's bones
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By his side, his adze and compass and by his feet there is a curling stone
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Lying by his feet there is a curling stone
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A fountain pen, lies in his waistcoat, although they found no written fare-well
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He died on a night that was as cold as his family, oh it was icy at the gates of hell
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Sur-prised that it was icy at the gates of hell

Chorus

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Fare thee well, brave Uncle Francis, when the snow flakes fall I will sing the blues
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And when I think of how you left this world, I will remember how the world left you

Verse

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They say he fell for an Indian maiden, who was more lovely than mere words could tell
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And he lay in her arms and they bathed in the moonlight, He softly sang of the Bailieborough Bell
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He sang to the maiden of the Bailieborough Bell

Chorus

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Fare thee well, brave Uncle Francis, when the snow flakes fall I will sing the blues
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And when I think of how you left this world, I will remember how the world left you

Bridge

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And who among us would still say, I'll not forgive until my dying day
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Between the earth and the sky above, there must be a twinkling seam of love

Verse

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I'll summon up the drums of the Blackness foundry, Blind Mattie, the Mackay twins too
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We'll sing it up from the Overgait to Anchorage and place a coal upon the fire for you
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We'll place a precious coal upon the fire for you

Outro

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Fare thee well, brave Uncle Francis, when the snow flakes fall I will sing the blues
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And when I think of how you left this world, I will remember how the world left you
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And when I think of how you left this world, I will remember how the world left you