2. The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Feel Not the Drowning

INTRO



VERSE 1

There's an island hidden in the sound
Lapping currents lay your boat aground 
              
Affix your bar

      
b and bayonet
             
The curlews ca

          
rve their arab

esques
    
And sorrow fil

ls the silence

 all around
Come and see 

VERSE 2

There's a harbor lost within the reeds
A jetty caught in over-hanging trees
              
Among the bone

   
s of cormorant

s
           
No boot-mark h

ere nor finger

print
    
The rivers rol

l down to a so

undless sea
Come and see
          
Come and see 

# 

CHORUS

              
The tides all 

        
come and go wi

tnessed by no 

waking eye
           
The willows ma

          
rk the wind
           
And all we kno

 
w for sure ami

dst this fadin

g light
           
We'll not go h

        
ome again
            
Come and see

 
            
Come and see 

       

VERSE 3

In the lowlands, nestled in the heath
A briar-cradle rocks its babe to sleep
              
Its contents w

          
atched by Syco

rax
             
And Patagon in


 parallax
  
A foretold rum

bling sounds b

elow the deep 

        
Come and see
          
Come and see 

# 

CHORUS

              
The tides all 

        
come and go wi

tnessed by no 

waking eye
           
The willows ma

          
rk the wind
           
And all we kno

      
w for sure ami

dst this fadin

g light
           
We'll not go h

        
ome again
            
Come and see

 
            
Come and see

       

*The Landlords Daughter*

       
            
As I was a-ram

           
ble down by th

        
e water
            
I spied in sab

           
le the landlor

                 
d's daughter 
            
I produced my 

           
pistol, then m

       
y saber
            
Said, "Make no

           
 whistle or th

              
ou will be mur

       
dered!"

        
La-Ha-Ha      

         
La-Ha
            
She cursed, sh

            
e shivered, sh

             
e cried for me

   
rcy
            
"My gold and s

           
ilver if thou 

              
will release m

  
e!"

       

            
I'll take no g

          
old, miss. I'l

              
l take no silv

       
er.
            
But I'll take 

            
those sweet li

            
ps and thou wi

       
ll deliver!

        
La-Ha-Ha      

         
La-Ha 

    

*You'll Feel Not the Drowning*

INTRO

  

VERSE 1

   
I will dress y

our eyelids
         
With dimes upo

n your eyes
       
Lay you close 

to water
       
Green your gra

ve will rise 

CHORUS


Go to sleep no

w, little ugly

Go to sleep no

w, you little 

fool

Forty winking 

in the belfry
     
You'll not fee

l the drowning
       
You'll not fee

l the drowning

VERSE 2

           
Forget you onc

e had sweethea

rts
          
They've forgot

ten you
         
Think you not 

on parents
        
They've forgot

ten too 

CHORUS


Go to sleep no

w, little ugly

Go to sleep no

w, you little 

fool

Forty winking 

in the belfry
     
You'll not fee

l the drowning
       
You'll not fee

l the drowning

VERSE 3/OUTRO

         
Hear you now t

he captain
           
Heave his sorr

owed cry
           
The weight upo

n your eyelids
            
Is dimes laid 

              
on your eyes