Written by the great Cyril Tawney.
This refers to the British Navy (nicknamed the Grey Funnel Line) and the yearning for
home when at sea.
Transcribed from a magnificent performance from June Tabor for the BBC
backed by Martin Simpson and others
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61FI86oV3qA
Standard tuning capo 2
Intro
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Verse 1
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Don't mind the rain or the rolling sea
The weary night never worries me
But the hardest time in a sailor's day
Is to watch the sun as it dies a-way
Here's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line
Verse 2
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The finest ship that sails the sea
Is still a prison for the likes of me
But give me wings like Noah's dove
I'll fly up harbour to the girl I love
And it's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line
Verse 3
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Oh Lord if dreams were only real
I'd have my hands on that wooden wheel
And with all my heart I'd turn her round
And tell the boys that we're homeward bound
And it's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line
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(as the verse)
Verse 4
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I'll pass the time like some machine
Until the waters turn to green
Then I'll dance on down that walk a-shore
And sail the Grey Funnel Line no more
And sail the Grey Funnel Line no more
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
October 2011
watfordkev@gmail.com