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We Rigged Our Ships

from Labor and Love 1988 by Atwater-Donnelly

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We Rigged Our Ships
by Cindy Kallet

This song was re-recorded, remixed and/or remastered on DAT in 1991.

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We rigged our ships with lines of silver
Way, hey, and we'll all come down
We set our sails in New England waters
Way, hey, gonna bring her round

We scraped her decks till our backs were strong...
Caulked her seams with strands of oakum...

We oiled her rails with pans of linseed...
We sailed her up to the Beaufort Sea...

We sewed her sails with threads of seaweed...
We sailed her into Takoradi...

We filled her decks with bales of hay...
We ran her down to Casco Bay...

We filled her holds with rum for the winter...
We sailed her into old Bluffs harbor...

We rigged our ship with lines of silver...
We set our sails in New England waters...

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from Labor and Love 1988, released May 9, 1988
Aubrey Atwater: vocals
Elwood Donnelly: vocals, spoons

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Atwater-Donnelly Warren, Rhode Island

Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, present delightful programs of traditional American and Celtic folk songs, a capella pieces, old-time gospel songs, dance tunes, and original works, blending gorgeous harmonies with guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, limberjacks, and Appalachian clog dancing and French Canadian footwork. ... more

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