Straight And True Lyrics

Well, it's not the hours of watch-on-watch, And it's not the work that I mind so much, Or the long cold miles from my lover's touch, 'Though for sure she's far away. No strange...Read Full Lyrics

He was Captain of the Nightingale Twenty-one days from Clyde in coal He could smell the flowers of Bermuda in the gale When he died on the North Rock Shore Just five short ho...Read Full Lyrics

I often take these night shift walks when the foreman's not around. I turn my back on the cooling stacks and make for open ground. Far out beyond the tank farm fence where the gas ...Read Full Lyrics

There is a young maiden, she lives all a-lone She lived all a-lone on the shore-o There's nothing she can find to comfort her mind But to roam all a-lone on the shore, shore, shore...Read Full Lyrics

Stan introduced this song on stage, "I don't care what your politics are, when Our children are dying in the streets, it's time to put away the guns. " He Said he'd never write a ...Read Full Lyrics

There were countless skirmishes on the Great Lakes between ships and boats of All makes and sizes during the War of 1812-14. "Well", Stan said, "we won the Damned war but from som...Read Full Lyrics

They neither know of night or day, They night and day pour out their thunder, As every ingot rolls away, A dozen more are split asunder. There is a sign beside the gate, "Elev...Read Full Lyrics

[Originally called 'The Midland' after a lake steamer called 'The City of Midland', this song is the true accounting of the final disposal of one of the Workers of the Lakes. I kn...Read Full Lyrics

We were drinking down to Reedy's house When first we heard the blow It seemed to come from Ripper Rock So boldly forth to go And sure enough the rusty tub Could just be barely see...Read Full Lyrics

It's up in Fox Island, prosperity lies Mackerel are plenty, but not many flies Business is booming, starvation's unknown Bananas and oranges and peaches are grown. It's in th...Read Full Lyrics