...EPISTLE TO DERROLL... by Donovan
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*from 'A Gift from a Flower to a Garden' (1968)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: )
(*N.B* The C and C/G chord are played in this rhythm):
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B|-----1--1--|-----1--1--|
G|-----0--0--|-----0--0--|
D|-----2--2--|-----2--2--|
A|--3--3--3--|-----3--3--|
E|-----------|--3--3--3--|
Intro:
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Verse 1:
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Come all ye starry star-fish,
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Living in the deep blue sea.
Crawl to me;
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I have a propo-sition to make thee.
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Would you walk the North Sea floor,
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To Belgium from Eng-land?
Chorus 1:
Bring me word of a banjo man,
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With a tattoo on his hand.
Verse 2:
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The spokesman of the star-fish,
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Spoke as spokesman should.
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"If'n you met our fee then,
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Certainly we would.
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If you cast a looking-glass,
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U-pon the scallopped sand;
Chorus 2:
You'll have word o' this banjo man,
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With a tattoo on his hand".
Verse 3:
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Come all ye starry star-fish,
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I know your ways are caped.
Maybe its be-cause you're,
Astro-logically shaped.
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Converse with the herring shoals,
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As I know you can,
Chorus 3:
Bring me word o' the banjo man,
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With a tattoo on his hand.
Verse 4:
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The eldest of the star-fish,
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Spoke, after a sigh;
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"Youthfull as you are young man,
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You have a 'Wisdom Eye';
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Surely you must know a looking-glass,
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Is made from sand?
Chorus 4:
These young-fish are fooling you,
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A-bout this banjo man."
Verse 5:
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"Come then aged star-fish,
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Riddle me no more.
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For news I am wea-ry,
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And my heart is sore;
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All on the silent sea-shore,
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Help me if you can,
Chorus 5:
Tell to me, if you know,
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Of this banjo man."
Verse 6:
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"All through the seven o-ceans,
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I am a star most famed.
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Many 'leggys' have I lost,
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And many have I gained.
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Strange to say, quite recent-ly,
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I've been to Fleming Land,
Chorus 6:
And if you are courteous,
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I'll tell you all I can."
Verse 7:
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"You have my full at-ten-tion",
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I answered him with glee,
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His brother stars were twink-ling,
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In the sky above the sea.
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So I sat there with rapt,
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At-tention, on the sand,
Chorus 7:
Very anxious for to hear,
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Of the banjo man.
Verse 8:
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"I have seen this tattooed hand,
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Through a ship port-hole.
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Steaming on the watery main,
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Through the waves so cold.
Heard his tinkling banjo,
And his voice so grand.
Chorus 8:
But you must come to Belgium,
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To shake his tattooed hand."
Verse 9:
"Gladly would I come,
Oh, gladly would I go.
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Had I not my work to do,
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And my face to show.
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I re-joice to know he's well,
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But I must go in-land,
Chorus 9:
Thank you for the words you brought,
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Of the banjo man."
Verse 10:
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I walked a-long the evening sand,
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As charcoal clouds did shift.
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Re-vealing the moon shi-ning,
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On the pebble drift.
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Contem-plating every other word,
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The starfish said;
Chorus 10:
Whistly winds, they filled my dreams,
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In my dreaming bed.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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