Walt Whitman's Niece (LP Version) Lyrics

Song	Walt Whitman's Niece (LP Version)
Artist	Billy Bragg
Album	Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions
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[00:07.29]	Last night or the night before that
[00:10.06]	And I won’t say which night
[00:13.20]	A seaman friend of mine
[00:15.17]
[00:15.91]	And I’ll not say which seaman
[00:19.49]	Walked up to a big old building
[00:22.92]	And I won’t say which building
[00:25.74]	And would have not walked up the stairs
[00:28.65]
[00:29.25]	Not to say which stairs
[00:32.11]	If there had not been two girls
[00:35.65]	Leaving out the names of those two girls
[00:38.66]	I recall a door a big long room
[00:41.94]	And I’ll not tell which room
[00:44.86]	I remember a deep blue rug
[00:47.01]
[00:48.20]	But I can’t say which rug
[00:50.85]
[00:51.36]	A girl took down a book of poems
[00:54.66]	Not to say which book of poems
[00:57.89]	And as she read I laid my head
[01:00.37]
[01:00.90]	And I can’t tell which head
[01:03.67]
[01:04.21]	Down in her lap
[01:06.27]
[01:07.07]	And I can't mention which lap
[01:09.12]
[01:11.13]	My seaman buddy and his girl moved off
[01:13.93]	After a couple of pages
[01:15.03]
[01:16.39]	And there I was all night long
[01:19.18]
[01:19.77]	Laying and listening and forgetting the poems
[01:22.42]
[01:24.35]	And as well as I could recall
[01:25.79]
[01:26.73]	Or my seaman buddy could recollect
[01:28.17]
[01:29.81]	The girl had told us that she was a niece
[01:31.79]	Of Walt Whitman but not which niece
[01:34.41]
[01:36.20]	And it takes a night and a girl
[01:38.58]	And a book of this kind
[01:39.82]
[01:40.42]	A long long time to find it’s way back
[01:42.95]
[02:16.61]	Last night or the night before that
[02:19.68]	And I won’t say which night
[02:22.77]	A seaman friend of mine
[02:24.81]
[02:25.66]	And I’ll not say which seaman
[02:29.07]	Walked up to a big old building
[02:32.49]	And I won’t say which building
[02:35.35]	And would have not walked up the stairs
[02:38.30]
[02:38.83]	Not to say which stairs
[02:41.74]	If there had not been two girls
[02:44.57]
[02:45.08]	Leaving out the names of those two girls
[02:47.83]	I recall a door a big long room
[02:51.25]	And I’ll not tell which room
[02:54.19]	I remember a deep blue rug
[02:56.31]
[02:57.49]	But I can’t say which rug
[03:00.23]
[03:00.82]	A girl took down a book of poems
[03:03.02]
[03:03.95]	Not to say which book of poems
[03:07.15]	And as she read I laid my head
[03:10.54]	But I can’t tell which head
[03:13.47]	Down in her lap
[03:15.43]
[03:16.20]	And I can't mention which lap

[00:07.29]	Last night or the night before that
[00:10.06]	And I won' t say which night
[00:13.20]	A seaman friend of mine
[00:15.17]
[00:15.91]	And I' ll not say which seaman
[00:19.49]	Walked up to a big old building
[00:22.92]	And I won' t say which building
[00:25.74]	And would have not walked up the stairs
[00:28.65]
[00:29.25]	Not to say which stairs
[00:32.11]	If there had not been two girls
[00:35.65]	Leaving out the names of those two girls
[00:38.66]	I recall a door a big long room
[00:41.94]	And I' ll not tell which room
[00:44.86]	I remember a deep blue rug
[00:47.01]
[00:48.20]	But I can' t say which rug
[00:50.85]
[00:51.36]	A girl took down a book of poems
[00:54.66]	Not to say which book of poems
[00:57.89]	And as she read I laid my head
[01:00.37]
[01:00.90]	And I can' t tell which head
[01:03.67]
[01:04.21]	Down in her lap
[01:06.27]
[01:07.07]	And I can' t mention which lap
[01:09.12]
[01:11.13]	My seaman buddy and his girl moved off
[01:13.93]	After a couple of pages
[01:15.03]
[01:16.39]	And there I was all night long
[01:19.18]
[01:19.77]	Laying and listening and forgetting the poems
[01:22.42]
[01:24.35]	And as well as I could recall
[01:25.79]
[01:26.73]	Or my seaman buddy could recollect
[01:28.17]
[01:29.81]	The girl had told us that she was a niece
[01:31.79]	Of Walt Whitman but not which niece
[01:34.41]
[01:36.20]	And it takes a night and a girl
[01:38.58]	And a book of this kind
[01:39.82]
[01:40.42]	A long long time to find it' s way back
[01:42.95]
[02:16.61]	Last night or the night before that
[02:19.68]	And I won' t say which night
[02:22.77]	A seaman friend of mine
[02:24.81]
[02:25.66]	And I' ll not say which seaman
[02:29.07]	Walked up to a big old building
[02:32.49]	And I won' t say which building
[02:35.35]	And would have not walked up the stairs
[02:38.30]
[02:38.83]	Not to say which stairs
[02:41.74]	If there had not been two girls
[02:44.57]
[02:45.08]	Leaving out the names of those two girls
[02:47.83]	I recall a door a big long room
[02:51.25]	And I' ll not tell which room
[02:54.19]	I remember a deep blue rug
[02:56.31]
[02:57.49]	But I can' t say which rug
[03:00.23]
[03:00.82]	A girl took down a book of poems
[03:03.02]
[03:03.95]	Not to say which book of poems
[03:07.15]	And as she read I laid my head
[03:10.54]	But I can' t tell which head
[03:13.47]	Down in her lap
[03:15.43]
[03:16.20]	And I can' t mention which lap

[00:07.29]	Last night or the night before that
[00:10.06]	And I won' t say which night
[00:13.20]	A seaman friend of mine
[00:15.17]
[00:15.91]	And I' ll not say which seaman
[00:19.49]	Walked up to a big old building
[00:22.92]	And I won' t say which building
[00:25.74]	And would have not walked up the stairs
[00:28.65]
[00:29.25]	Not to say which stairs
[00:32.11]	If there had not been two girls
[00:35.65]	Leaving out the names of those two girls
[00:38.66]	I recall a door a big long room
[00:41.94]	And I' ll not tell which room
[00:44.86]	I remember a deep blue rug
[00:47.01]
[00:48.20]	But I can' t say which rug
[00:50.85]
[00:51.36]	A girl took down a book of poems
[00:54.66]	Not to say which book of poems
[00:57.89]	And as she read I laid my head
[01:00.37]
[01:00.90]	And I can' t tell which head
[01:03.67]
[01:04.21]	Down in her lap
[01:06.27]
[01:07.07]	And I can' t mention which lap
[01:09.12]
[01:11.13]	My seaman buddy and his girl moved off
[01:13.93]	After a couple of pages
[01:15.03]
[01:16.39]	And there I was all night long
[01:19.18]
[01:19.77]	Laying and listening and forgetting the poems
[01:22.42]
[01:24.35]	And as well as I could recall
[01:25.79]
[01:26.73]	Or my seaman buddy could recollect
[01:28.17]
[01:29.81]	The girl had told us that she was a niece
[01:31.79]	Of Walt Whitman but not which niece
[01:34.41]
[01:36.20]	And it takes a night and a girl
[01:38.58]	And a book of this kind
[01:39.82]
[01:40.42]	A long long time to find it' s way back
[01:42.95]
[02:16.61]	Last night or the night before that
[02:19.68]	And I won' t say which night
[02:22.77]	A seaman friend of mine
[02:24.81]
[02:25.66]	And I' ll not say which seaman
[02:29.07]	Walked up to a big old building
[02:32.49]	And I won' t say which building
[02:35.35]	And would have not walked up the stairs
[02:38.30]
[02:38.83]	Not to say which stairs
[02:41.74]	If there had not been two girls
[02:44.57]
[02:45.08]	Leaving out the names of those two girls
[02:47.83]	I recall a door a big long room
[02:51.25]	And I' ll not tell which room
[02:54.19]	I remember a deep blue rug
[02:56.31]
[02:57.49]	But I can' t say which rug
[03:00.23]
[03:00.82]	A girl took down a book of poems
[03:03.02]
[03:03.95]	Not to say which book of poems
[03:07.15]	And as she read I laid my head
[03:10.54]	But I can' t tell which head
[03:13.47]	Down in her lap
[03:15.43]
[03:16.20]	And I can' t mention which lap

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