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I whistled to the waves on the open marsh
where sea spray etches the dune,
A seagull told me the way to go
I filled my cap with the fisherman's tune

I would say how do to the governors
and chat to the cormorant black
jumping my way to the Kilda's shop
licorice and sherbert lollypop snack.

A black cat showed me the line to take
and I followed its tail up the hill
there I could view our ruddy boat town
if it wasn't for Council I'd be there still.

When they set a guard on the water tap.
We waited till he'd gone home
Our mothers said 'Now Boys' so we rushed
to bathe our heads in clear clean foam.

In the war, a rocket flattened two cows
left a crater oh so wide
Broke our windows and knocked me down
you could fit two double deckers inside.

A black cat showed me the line to take
and I followed its tail up the hill
there I could view our ruddy boat town
if it wasn't for Council I'd be there still.

Mushrooms on the moorings, farm egg baps
red moon rising on furrowed furls
Warming our hands on paraffin lamps

Squeaking wheels, the kerosene man
coming right now with his rattling fuel
Back down the towpath with empty cans
the parrot screaming 'I love you'

A black cat showed me the line to take
and I followed its tail up the hill
there I could view our ruddy boat town
if it wasn't for Council I'd be there still.

We slip and float through our dinghy strides
while Rusty the kitten tumbles down.
Council is coming with his papery mitts
to improve our kipper boat town.

I dream of his face, big as a dog
staring mean mocking my soul.
We've got somewhere sensible to shut you in
let Council take control.

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from If these Mysteries are True, released March 27, 2023

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Martin Rowson - “Imagine Bertholdt Brecht, David Bowie about to book his ticket to Berlin and John Otway had kittens and puppies, and that those hellspawn then interbred incestuously - their progeny would probably sound like "Introducing Bobby Bluff", but with the passionate intensity toned down. I can think of no higher praise than that. Brilliant stuff.” ... more

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