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Track: Walt Whitman's Niece
Artist: Billy Bragg
Album: Mermaid Avenue

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Name: Billy Bragg
Spotify Genres: alt country, anti-folk, folk punk, singer-songwriter, americana
Followers: 188,453
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British singer-songwriter, born on December 20, 1957 in Barking, Essex. The 'Bard of Barking' has a long and successful career, particularly known in the UK for his combination of music and left-wing politics.

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Release: Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
Year: 1998
Genres: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Alternative Rock, Folk Rock, Folk

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Last night or the night before that, I won't say which night A seaman friend of mine, I'll not say which seaman, Walked up to a big old building, I won't say which building, And would have not walked up the stairs, Not to say which stairs, If there had not been two girls, Leaving out the names of those two girls. I recall a door, a big long room, I'll not tell which room, I remember a deep blue rug, But I can't say which rug, A girl took down a book of poems, Not to say which book of poems, And as she read, I lay my head, And I can't tell which head, Down in her lap, and I can mention which lap My seaman buddy and girl moved off After a couple of pages and there i was, All night long, laying and listening And forgetting the poems. And as well as I could recall Or my seaman buddy could recollect, My girl had told us that she was a niece, Of Walt Whitman, but now which niece, And it takes a night and a girl And a book of this kind A long long time to find its way back Words: Woody Guthrie 1946 - Music: Billy Bragg 1997