One More Night

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In the fall of 1883 I had just one more load of coal for the Cornish Jacks at the Silver Islet mine
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Beneath the icy waves, they picked and hacked at the silver caves
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And the coal fires kept them dry
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And I never once did think that just a couple drinks
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Could cause that mine to die
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For 17 good years I've been a faithful captain here Always had an eye for the weather
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And it's an easy thing to say, if you're looking for someone to blame
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Well, the captain should have known better
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And everyone still thinks that the captain's love of drink
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Is why that silver mine died

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I could hear the voice of gin whisper in my ear
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Or maybe it was Sally saying "Who's the captain here?"
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The Tuttle is your ship, and you surely have the right
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To set the time of sail And to stay here where it's warm one more night
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The captain of my ship and the master of my pride
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But still there's an undertow in every sailor's mind
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And the blue of Sally's eyes and the warmth of her thighs
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Spoke to me in terms that could not be denied
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I turned my back on the lake, thinking she would wait
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And give me a little more time
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With gin and love, half-crazed, we'd lain there for three days
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When I staggered to the window to catch a breath of air
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I remember Sally laughed as an icy winter blast
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Caught me in the face and snapped back my hair
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And one thought filled my head, as I fell back on the bed:
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That silver mine's gonna die

Em                           |C
I could hear the voice of gin whisper in my ear
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Or maybe it was Sally saying "Who's the captain here?"
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The Tuttle is your ship, and you surely have the right
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To set the time of sail And to stay here where it's warm one more night

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We stoked the boilers hot But the Tuttle she was caught
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No way to get the lake to change her stubborn mind
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There was no way to entice that wretched winter ice
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To leave a channel open to the Silver Islet Mine
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And with no coal to fire the pumps And November all at once
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The lake had drowned that mine

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In the fall of 1883, just one more load of coal would have saved the Silver Islet Mine
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Now I know that I'm to blame, and I must bear the shame
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But try to understand the nature of my crime
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I was unfaithful to the lake, she raged at my mistake
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She wanted that mine to die

Em                           |C
I could hear the voice of gin whisper in my ear
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Or maybe it was Sally saying "Who's the captain here?"
Em                     D|C
The Tuttle is your ship, and you surely have the right
C          |       Am   |           |               C          |
To set the time of sail And to stay here where it's warm one more night

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