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Track: Barges
Artist: Ralph McTell
Album: Not Till Tomorrow

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Name: Ralph McTell
Spotify Genres: folk
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English singer, songwriter and guitarist (and also piano and harmonica player) born on December 3rd, 1944, in Farnborough, Kent (England). He's been influential in the UK folk scene and is most famous for Streets Of London, which has been covered worldwide. He has also presented and played songs for 2 children's tv programmes, viz. Alphabet Zoo and Tickle On The Tum. And he has also recorded the theme song to the tv adaptation of The Wind In The Willows..

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Release: Ralph McTell - Not Till Tomorrow
Year: 1972
Genres: Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Folk

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LYRICS

Me and my brother returned to the water
I saw a pike that was two feet long.
Two small magicians, each with a jam jar
Cast spells on the water with hazel twig wands.
Country boys catch tadpoles, dive into water
Made shy by their laughter, we wandered down stream
And summer rolled o'er us with no complications
'Cept thinking of Mama sometimes in dreams.

Stand by the drawbridge, waiting for barges
Waiting around for smiles from the man.
Lifting the bridge whilst watching the horses
Dragging the slow boats up the canal.

I do remember the times but no number
After the day, but before evening comes
Waiting for castles and kettles with roses
Painted on barges that sailed into the sun.

Oh, see the river run, that was by man begun
Open the locks, let the boats sail on,
Taking their castles and kettles with roses
With summers of childhood leaving smiles on the man.