Tom Bowling-John Potter/Lucie Skeaping/The Broadside Band

[ti:Tom Bowling] [ar:John Potter/Lucie Skeaping/The Broadside Band] [al:The Songs of England] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tom Bowling - John Potter/Lucie Skeaping/The Broadside Band [00:29.69]Here a sheer hulk lies poor Tom Bowling [00:36.90]The darling of our crew [00:43.21]No more he'll hear the tempest howling [00:50.69]For death has broached him to [00:56.70] [00:57.36]His form was of the manliest beauty [01:04.64]His heart was kind and soft [01:10.74] [01:11.33]Faithful below he did his duty [01:19.05]And now he's gone aloft [01:25.33] [01:26.26]And now he's gone aloft [01:32.66] [01:49.08]Tom never from his word departed [01:56.67]His virtues were so rare [02:02.61] [02:03.12]His friends were many and true hearted [02:10.91]His Poll was kind and fair [02:16.13] [02:17.68]And then he'd sing so blithe and jolly [02:25.11]Ah Many's the time and oft [02:31.24] [02:31.95]But mirth is turn'd to melancholy [02:39.99]For Tom is gone aloft [02:46.22] [02:47.10]For Tom is gone aloft [02:53.88] [03:09.93]Yet shall poor Tom find pleasant weather [03:17.69]When He who all commands [03:23.61] [03:24.24]Shall give to call life's crew together [03:31.89]The word to pipe all hands [03:36.70] [03:38.21]Thus Death who kings and tars despatches [03:45.55]In vain Tom's life hath doff'd [03:51.83] [03:52.40]For tho' his body's under hatches [04:00.45]His soul is gone aloft [04:06.89] [04:07.80]His soul is gone aloft