...EPISTLE TO DERROLL... by Donovan ------------------------........... *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): e|-----------|-----------| 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: , /, / Verse 1: / Come all ye starry star-fish, / Living in the deep blue sea. Crawl to me; / I have a propo-sition to make thee. / Would you walk the North Sea floor, / To Belgium from Eng-land? Chorus 1: Bring me word of a banjo man, / With a tattoo on his hand. Verse 2: / The spokesman of the star-fish, / Spoke as spokesman should. / "If'n you met our fee then, / Certainly we would. / If you cast a looking-glass, / U-pon the scallopped sand; Chorus 2: You'll have word o' this banjo man, / With a tattoo on his hand". Verse 3: / Come all ye starry star-fish, / I know your ways are caped. Maybe its be-cause you're, Astro-logically shaped. / Converse with the herring shoals, / As I know you can, Chorus 3: Bring me word o' the banjo man, / With a tattoo on his hand. Verse 4: / The eldest of the star-fish, / Spoke, after a sigh; / "Youthfull as you are young man, / You have a 'Wisdom Eye'; / Surely you must know a looking-glass, / Is made from sand? Chorus 4: These young-fish are fooling you, / A-bout this banjo man." Verse 5: / "Come then aged star-fish, / Riddle me no more. / For news I am wea-ry, / And my heart is sore; / All on the silent sea-shore, / Help me if you can, Chorus 5: Tell to me, if you know, / Of this banjo man." Verse 6: / "All through the seven o-ceans, / I am a star most famed. / Many 'leggys' have I lost, / And many have I gained. / Strange to say, quite recent-ly, / I've been to Fleming Land, Chorus 6: And if you are courteous, / I'll tell you all I can." Verse 7: / "You have my full at-ten-tion", / I answered him with glee, / His brother stars were twink-ling, / In the sky above the sea. / So I sat there with rapt, / At-tention, on the sand, Chorus 7: Very anxious for to hear, / Of the banjo man. Verse 8: / "I have seen this tattooed hand, / Through a ship port-hole. / Steaming on the watery main, / Through the waves so cold. Heard his tinkling banjo, And his voice so grand. Chorus 8: But you must come to Belgium, / To shake his tattooed hand." Verse 9: "Gladly would I come, Oh, gladly would I go. / Had I not my work to do, / And my face to show. / I re-joice to know he's well, / But I must go in-land, Chorus 9: Thank you for the words you brought, / Of the banjo man." Verse 10: / I walked a-long the evening sand, / As charcoal clouds did shift. / Re-vealing the moon shi-ning, / On the pebble drift. / Contem-plating every other word, / The starfish said; Chorus 10: Whistly winds, they filled my dreams, / In my dreaming bed. CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x32010 332010 133211 x02210