what is this song: We in the same boat brother
Sullys Maze
unmarked tape. It's sung a cappella, interesting stuff.
This is the chorus - you don't need to write me out the lyrics
(though wouldn't THAT be fun!). All I want to know is who wrote
and when. Below is the chorus. below that is a verse I remember.
(chorus)
Take me down some time
Take me down but only
Look a little bit around I find
I'm not so lonely
We're in the same boat brother
we're in the same boat brother
My images come
from the woman that's on my knee
from the woman that's in my head
from the woman out in the sun
and the woman that shares my bed
and a bottle of rum
from a broken heart's misery
(another line)
(etc.
etc.
to chorus.
Mike
Gary Martin
It's called "My Images Come", and was written by Don Cooper.
The only recording I'm aware of is by Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir,
and Ed Trickett. It's on _The First Fifteen Years, Vol. II_,
Folk-Legacy CD 1004, which is a compilation of older recordings.
The original album on which it appeared is Folk-Legacy FSI-96,
_All Shall Be Well Again_, which was from around 1983.
In the liner notes to the compilation, Bok says:
I learned this from Bob Stuart of Maine, who learned it from
Don Odja-Dunaway of Florida, who learned it from "a fellow from
New Hampshire named Don Cooper." After two years of searching for
the author, Margaret MacArthur finally gave us the lead that led
us to Don Cooper himself, in Easton, CT, and he gave us permission
to record the song. It has probably taken quite a pounding in
it's [sic] wanderings, and probably has wandered far from the
original. We print here the correct words, as Don supplied them
to Folk-Legacy. The aberrations are ours, of course.
I haven't listened closely to the recording, but one tiny change
they made that appears in the lyrics quoted above is the insertion
of the word "and" before "a bottle of rum". This has a big effect.
The verses are all lists of sources for "my images", followed by
a list of troubles and hardships, linked by the line "(and) a
bottle of rum". Without the "and", as Cooper wrote it, the
bottle of rum is for dealing with the troubles. With the "and",
the bottle of rum is a source of "my images". Works both ways,
but changes the meaning quite a bit!
Anyway, it's a great song. Kallet, Epstein, and Cicone have
been singing it in concert recently, but it's not on either of
their recordings.
--
Gary A. Martin, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, UMass Dartmouth
Mar...@cis.umassd.edu
Richard Darsie
(Sullys Maze) wrote:
> As is my usual custom i've become attached to a song on an
> unmarked tape. It's sung a cappella, interesting stuff.
> This is the chorus - you don't need to write me out the lyrics
> (though wouldn't THAT be fun!). All I want to know is who wrote
> and when. Below is the chorus. below that is a verse I remember.
[words deleted]
The song is called "My Images Come", and is reported to have been
written by a Don Cooper. The only recording I know of is by
Gordon Bok, Ed Trickett & Ann Mayo Muir. I think the album is
"All Shall Be Well Again" - though I could be wrong about this.
I will check tonight.
Richard Darsie
dar...@ece.ucdavis.edu
Cutter Information
(i think) Ed Trickett and Ann Mayo Muir on one of their albums. Only
I can't remember which one and I can't find the lyric book! Maybe
it was just Bok on one of his more recent recordings? I'm sure
one of the many BTM fans out there will know this one and get you
the full lyrics and source.
-Brad Hurley
Timothy Paul Ahearn
Tim Ahearn