Talking Sailor Blues-Ramblin' Jack Elliott/Ramblin´ Jack Elliott

[ti:Talking Sailor Blues] [ar:Jack Elliott] [al:The Musical Grandfather & Father Of Bob Dylan (Digitally Remastered)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Talking Sailor Blues - Ramblin' Jack Elliott [00:15.87]In bed with my woman just singin' the blues [00:17.98]Heard the radio tellin' the news [00:19.95] [00:21.34]That the big Red Army took a hundred towns [00:23.52]And Allies droppin' them two-ton bombs [00:25.61] [00:27.32]Started hollerin' yellin' dancin' up and down like a bullfrog [00:34.61] [00:41.37]Doorbell rung and in come a man [00:43.42]I signed my name I got a telegram [00:45.35]Said If you wanna take a vacation trip [00:47.54] [00:49.93]Got a dish-washin' job on a Liberty ship [00:54.01] [00:56.91]Woman a-cryin' me a-flyin' out the door and down the line [01:03.65] [01:13.50]'Bout two minutes I run ten blocks [01:15.44]I come to my ship down at the dock [01:17.51]Walked up the plank and I signed my name [01:19.66] [01:22.29]Blowed that whistle was gone again [01:23.90] [01:26.33]Right on out and down the stream [01:27.98] [01:29.91]Ships as fur as my eye can see woman a-waitin' [01:34.31] [01:46.26]Ship loaded down with TNT [01:48.12]All out across the rollin' sea [01:50.40]Stood on the deck watched the fishes swim [01:53.92] [01:55.36]I'se a-prayin' them fish wasn't made out of tin [01:57.10] [01:59.16]Sharks porpoises jellybeans [02:04.13] [02:05.87]Rainbow trouts mudcats jugars all over that water [02:12.94] [02:22.06]This convoy's the biggest I ever did see [02:24.28]Stretches all the way out across the sea [02:26.32]And the ships blow the whistles and a-rang her bells [02:28.23] [02:30.58]Gonna blow them fascists all to hell [02:32.59] [02:35.28]Win some freedom liberty stuff like that [02:40.55] [02:47.00]Walked to the tail stood on the stern [02:48.90]Lookin' at the big brass screw blade turn [02:51.10] [02:56.48]Listened to the sound of the engine pound [02:58.02] [03:02.77]Gained sixteen feet every time it went around [03:04.91] [03:08.02]Gettin' closer and closer look out you fascists [03:11.98] [03:18.56]I'm just one of the merchant crew [03:20.60]I belong to the union called the N.M.U [03:23.87] [03:25.96]I'm a union man from head to toe [03:27.73] [03:30.35]I'm U.S.A and C.I.O [03:33.51] [03:36.50]Fightin' out here on the waters to win some freedom on the land