Walt Whitman's Niece (LP Version)

Song Walt Whitman's Niece (LP Version)
Artist Billy Bragg
Album Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions

Lyrics

[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

Pinyin

[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