Shipbuilding

Song Shipbuilding
Artist June Tabor
Album Ashore

Lyrics

[00:13.16] Is it worth it
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[00:17.47] A new winter coat and shoes for the wife
[00:24.04]
[00:25.18] And a bicycle on the boy's birthday?
[00:29.89]
[00:32.22] It's just a rumor that was spread around town
[00:37.59]
[00:38.27] By the women and children
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[00:43.52] Soon we'll be shipbuilding
[00:48.76]
[00:50.45] Well, I ask you, the boy said
[00:55.99] "Dad, they're going to take me to task but I'll be back by Christmas"
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[01:09.60] It's just a rumor that was spread around town
[01:14.15]
[01:14.78] Somebody said that someone got filled in
[01:19.69] For saying that people get killed in the result of this shipbuilding
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[01:32.85] With all the will in the world
[01:36.65]
[01:38.09] Diving for dear life when we could be diving for pearls
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[02:08.32] It's just a rumor that was spread around town
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[02:13.71] A telegram or a picture postcard
[02:18.79] Within weeks they'll be re-opening the shipyards
[02:23.91] And notifying the next of kin once again
[02:32.54] It's all we're skilled in, we will be shipbuilding
[02:42.16]
[02:54.21] With all the will in the world
[02:57.55]
[02:59.36] Diving for dear life when we could be diving for pearls
[03:10.07]
[03:26.73] With all the will in the world
[03:30.54]
[03:32.54] Diving for dear life
[03:37.59]
[03:38.71]