A Fishwife's Tale

from Get Free by Rossco Galloway and The Chans.

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Crab in the sun by the water, fisherman caught her
Merchants there bought her
So out of place on the dry land, Galapagos island
Where she left her daughter
Packed in a crate with a stingray, eyeing her up deadly
But she knew him from the back bay
Talking in the tongues of the sea, she told him exactly
What they had to do to get free
Listen to me, listen to me

There is an underwater world out there
Current drag you under, try to catch you unawares
I'm an old sea snail, I'm hangin' round in a fishwife's tale

Sand and mirrors in the zahir, a sarong and foreign love songs
He fought so hard to get here
He found his little Indian squaw, way more deadly than the stingray
She is the quickest on the quickdraw
Back to the crate on the dock, pincers in a rope lock
Time's goin' tick-tock
I was crawlin' on the ocean floor
I got entangled in a Portuguese man o' war
I'm an old sea snail, I'm hangin round in a fishwife's tale.

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from Get Free, released August 8, 2012
features Roberta Pia on backing vocals.

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Rossco Galloway and The Chans. Sweden

Welcome to my bandcamp page. I am a Scottish folk Singer/Songwriter and guitarist. Originally from Gullane, a tiny east coast village in Scotland, i now live in Skellefteå, Sweden, via ten years spent learning my music trade in Edinburgh.

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