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There was a wealthy merchant, in London he did dwell
He had a beautiful daughter, the truth to you I'll tell
Oh, the truth to you I'll tell
She had sweethearts aplenty, and men of high degree
But none but Jack the sailor, her true love there could be
Oh, her true love there could be
Jackie's gone a-sailing with trouble on his mind
He's left his native country, and his darling girl behind
Oh, his darling girl behind
She went down to a tailor's shop and dressed in mens' array
She climbed on board a vessel to convey herself away
Oh, to convey herself away.
Before you get on board, sir, your name we'd like to know
She smiled all in her countenance, "They call me Jack-A-Roe."
Oh, they call me Jack-A-Roe.
I see your waist is slender, your fingers they are small
Your cheeks too red and rosy to face the cannonball.
Oh, to face the cannonball.
I know my waist is slender, my fingers, they are small
But it would not make me tremble to see ten thousand fall
Oh, to see ten thousand fall.
The wars then being over, she went and looked around
Among the dead and wounded, her darling boy she found
Oh, her darling boy she found.
She picked him up all in her arms and carried him to the town
She sent for a physician who quickly healed his wounds
Oh, who quickly healed his wounds.
This couple, they got married, so well they did agree
This couple, they got married, so why don't you and me
Oh, so why don't you and me?
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Mar 27, 2013 - 09:42 Jelani wrote: Do tell about the mime. My friend and I, having donned our rented inline skates, were rolling through Golden Gate Park. This was post, "hot dog cart / Jerry Sunday encounter". We headed down a stretch of road that had open grassy areas on either side with folks engaged in various recreational activities. Coming to a downhill stretch of road we gained a fair amount of speed for our fledgling skating abilities but managed to stay upright. On my right I noticed a sign in the grass that read, "Free Mime Show!” Not thinking about how my voice would carry, I shouted back to my friend, "Free mime show?!?! Like anyone would pay for a mime show!” Well... let's just say one of the mimes didn't preserve his mime-like silence. His protests trailed away as I continued to gain speed and distance but it was clear that he was heatedly admonishing me and pointing out the many virtues of mime and its place in the world as a serious art form. He had a very slight figure and a rather high-pitched voice. He gave chase with a rather tepid power walk of sorts, all the while waving his arms and screeching at me. I will readily admit that I was insensitive but I also have to admit that it is one of my fondest memories. Had I been capable of stopping I would have done so, and apologized. Having rolled well out of his site I thought it best to just keep on rolling. If I ever have a band, it will probably be called, “Free Mime Show”. |
| jackiewelsh (ATX) | Posted: Jan 23, 2013 - 14:56 i second that emotion! caregiver wrote:    toe-tappin' happy tune |
| caregiver (near contentment now) | Posted: Dec 23, 2012 - 06:40 toe-tappin' happy tune |
| tulfan (Still in SE MI) | Posted: Oct 08, 2012 - 07:06 Neither a hater nor a fan... |
| Toke (Bournemouth UK) | Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 12:48 neuticle wrote: Don't like. Sounds like he's about to burst into tears, I know I am... Feel free dont let me hold you back.... |
| neuticle (fog fog fog) | Posted: May 16, 2012 - 17:53 Don't like. Sounds like he's about to burst into tears, I know I am... |
| C57BL6 (PB) | Posted: Apr 15, 2012 - 00:15 craving satisfied |
| black321 (Apogee) | Posted: Dec 28, 2011 - 10:18 bokey wrote: I just don't get the whole "They were great live" thing.In the studio their stuff could get tweaked and fixed,and is semi-palatable sometimes. I saw them once, and they would have needed a hook and ladder firetruck,or maybe the space shuttle to climb up to the awful range.Just horrible and out of tune, but I wasn't on drugs that night,because I had hoped to learn something.Maybe if I was it would have been different. Completely soured me on them. You know, I admittedly have heard more than a few bad dead shows...but none of them were "out of tune." |
| midreaming | Posted: Dec 10, 2011 - 00:31 everything is so close (thank you) I hate to mention it but Jerry was missing the middle one on that hand calypsus_1 wrote:  Box of Rain by *shelleyinez Shelley Williams ©2003-2010 *shelleyinez I am not a big fan of the Greatful Dead. I did this for a friend about 6 years ago. Just happened across it. Pencil & Paper. Thanks for looking! |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Nov 08, 2011 - 08:10 PA1749 wrote: Holy Grateful Dead day Batman! Robert Hunter sure can right lyrics. Did Hunter write this one? Got back to me cubicle just as the song was concluding, and I thought I heard Bill say this was a Garcia/Hunter tune, which of course it isn't. It is, yes, their variation on an old English folk song cum sea shanty, "Jack Monroe," which has been around for some time. And Hunter may have written some new lyrics for it, as he's been well known to do. Wiki offers as concise a summation as anywhere: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Monroe_(song) And, Bill, if you didn't say it was a Garcia/Hunter tune, my apologies. |
| PA1749 (Room 106) | Posted: Nov 08, 2011 - 08:02 Holy Grateful Dead day Batman! Robert Hunter sure can right lyrics. Did Hunter write this one? |
| bokey (Left of Centerfield) | Posted: Oct 07, 2011 - 20:16 horstman wrote: The dead are a band that you either get or you don't. Those who do get it really love these guys (and gals) and how they influenced and shaped our lives. They sure made me a better person because of their presence. I don't miss them, but I would certainly would miss them if they weren't a part of my life. I just don't get the whole "They were great live" thing.In the studio their stuff could get tweaked and fixed,and is semi-palatable sometimes. I saw them once, and they would have needed a hook and ladder firetruck,or maybe the space shuttle to climb up to the awful range.Just horrible and out of tune, but I wasn't on drugs that night,because I had hoped to learn something.Maybe if I was it would have been different. Completely soured me on them. |
| gatorade (Peninsuland) | Posted: Oct 07, 2011 - 20:08 The traditional music they did opened up a whole new world. This is one of my favorites that they did. The New Minglewood Blues is another. |
| ch83575 | Posted: Sep 06, 2011 - 10:07 Doesn't get much better than this. |
| Sleepytyme (We are everywhere) | Posted: Jul 23, 2011 - 16:02 Bleyfusz wrote: What a loss to the world since he is gone: Jerry Garcia. At least, he had been among us. |
| Webfoot (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: Jul 05, 2011 - 15:49 Insta-mute don't fail me now. |
| SuzG (at my desk) | Posted: May 03, 2011 - 11:01 scrubbrush wrote:  Sometimes being the eternal optimist works out |
| kelty (Nantucket Island) | Posted: May 03, 2011 - 10:35 love the Grateful Dead back-to-back, thanks RP! |
| scrubbrush (Sea of Calm) | Posted: May 03, 2011 - 10:35 this one goes out to SuzG!! |
| Flipmode (Spartanburg, SC) | Posted: Apr 01, 2011 - 19:05 10. This reminds me of playing guitar with my buds in college. Man those were the days. Really fun song to play! |
| Mugro (My body is in Dubai, my heart is in Red Sox Nation) | Posted: Mar 19, 2011 - 08:36 8-Most Excellent. Indeed. |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Jan 29, 2011 - 01:42 What a loss to the world since he is gone: Jerry Garcia. At least, he had been among us. |
| glassbuteo (home) | Posted: Dec 28, 2010 - 17:51 LongGoneDaddy wrote:   |
| peacockangel (Phoenix) | Posted: Dec 15, 2010 - 07:39 nerakdon wrote: <3 Robert Hunter. From memory, so forgive me if it's not quite right. Out of print, sadly: We knew enough to begin with, But after a while we didn't know enough anymore, so we put what we did know into something like a basket with your arms for handles and my legs to steady it in case it had to be set down suddenly. What we didn't tell the basket was where to stand. By the time we realized it was necessary to do so It had run off with everything we knew to begin with and most of what we'd found out since. It was obvious someone would have to go after it. I agreed, but since the legs the basket ran off on were mine It was obvious someone would have to carry me. You declined because you had no arms. Love is like that in the city. Like A Basket ~ from Sentinel a spoke word CD |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Nov 13, 2010 - 13:15 CamLwalk wrote: ...... Been my experience that Angels & bikers in general are great to party with. Treat 'em with respect. I often saw bikers at shows and never saw bad behavior. ..... That's my experience too.
Incidentally, the low-key, respectful approach of the Hells Angels have allowed them to more fully exploit the doomed War on Drugs as uber-violent, insecure and disrespectful gang-bangers draw police and public attention. Straight America does not understand the streets and it is manipulated by fear and ignorance for private gain. |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 09:12 MojoJojo wrote: I was in Golden Gate park on a Saturday, shortly after Jerry Garcia died. There were flyers all over, titled, "Remembering Jerry Sunday", which was to be the next day (Sunday). Standing in line at a hot dog cart, I turned to my friend and facetiously said, "I know Jerry Garcia, but who is this "Jerry Sunday" guy? A "dood" in front of me turned around, and in a perfect "Jeff Spicoli" way said, "Nooooo maaaan, like, it IS Jerry Garcia! Like, they're doooin this tribute thing tomorrow - Sunday - ya know???". All I could say was, "Oh, OK, sure. Thanks".  (if you liked that, ask me about the mime incident that same day in the park) Do tell about the mime. |
| mcklein18 | Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 09:04 enough with the GD theme already! 3 in a row? this really isn't Pandora is it!!!  |
| nerakdon (Colorado) | Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 16:57 <3 Robert Hunter. From memory, so forgive me if it's not quite right. Out of print, sadly: We knew enough to begin with, But after a while we didn't know enough anymore, so we put what we did know into something like a basket with your arms for handles and my legs to steady it in case it had to be set down suddenly. What we didn't tell the basket was where to stand. By the time we realized it was necessary to do so It had run off with everything we knew to begin with and most of what we'd found out since. It was obvious someone would have to go after it. I agreed, but since the legs the basket ran off on were mine It was obvious someone would have to carry me. You declined because you had no arms. Love is like that in the city. |
| Webfoot (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: Aug 23, 2010 - 16:39 horstman wrote: You've rated two songs, both 5s. So we here know nothing about what you like or dislike. Based on your opinions on the rating scale, your ambivalent on everything (or at least two things). Alot of us probably ingested something we wished we hadn't (or were very happy that we did!!!) at some point in our lives. Learn how to rate songs by rating a shitload of em. Then we'll know your preferences. Not that we really give a hoot. You've expressed your general ingorance quite well. The dead are a band that you either get or you don't. Those who do get it really love these guys (and gals) and how they influenced and shaped our lives. They sure made me a better person because of their presence. I don't miss them, but I would certainly would miss them if they weren't a part of my life. Good reply. I number in the group that "don't get them." I didn't live that particular experience. I'm glad that others did and find meaning in the music, because that's the point right? Enjoy. |
| peacockangel (Phoenix) | Posted: Aug 23, 2010 - 16:35 for the faithful ~ forever the Jack of Roses |
| triskele (too close to the edge) | Posted: Aug 23, 2010 - 16:34  |
| Jeff09 (Gainesville, Florida USA) | Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 17:21 Great set! |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jun 30, 2010 - 19:07 Grateful Dead - It's All Over Now - Alpine Valley, Live(1989) |
| ick (S.E. La Jolla) | Posted: Jun 07, 2010 - 08:18 Is that the b-flat blues pentatonic? |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 22, 2010 - 19:53 Box of Rain by *shelleyinez Shelley Williams ©2003-2010 *shelleyinez I am not a big fan of the Greatful Dead. I did this for a friend about 6 years ago. Just happened across it. Pencil & Paper. Thanks for looking! |
| peacockangel (Phoenix) | Posted: May 06, 2010 - 15:14 thank you ~ forever the Jack of Roses |
| Dude (Los Gatos, CA) | Posted: May 06, 2010 - 15:05 Great song from one of the all-time great live albums. Thanks for brightening my day! |
| ziakut (Chicago, IL) | Posted: May 06, 2010 - 15:00 Well put. Beautifully put. Johnny_Wave wrote: *Yawn* |
| Johnny_Wave (California, baby) | Posted: Mar 17, 2010 - 16:52 *Yawn* |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: Mar 17, 2010 - 16:50 paulpaar wrote: Why do I dislike t dead so? Must bebthe gangcha or whhatever that crap is they ate. Oh: and an awful lot of californiers are sick.  |
| LongGoneDaddy | Posted: Mar 04, 2010 - 07:26 HarrO wrote: Yeah, We're still here.  |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Jan 13, 2010 - 16:26 paulpaar wrote: Why do I dislike t dead so? Must bebthe gangcha or whhatever that crap is they ate. Oh: and an awful lot of californiers are sick. You've rated two songs, both 5s. So we here know nothing about what you like or dislike. Based on your opinions on the rating scale, your ambivalent on everything (or at least two things). Alot of us probably ingested something we wished we hadn't (or were very happy that we did!!!) at some point in our lives. Learn how to rate songs by rating a shitload of em. Then we'll know your preferences. Not that we really give a hoot. You've expressed your general ingorance quite well. The dead are a band that you either get or you don't. Those who do get it really love these guys (and gals) and how they influenced and shaped our lives. They sure made me a better person because of their presence. I don't miss them, but I would certainly would miss them if they weren't a part of my life. |
| h8rhater | Posted: Dec 15, 2009 - 08:31 paulpaar wrote: Why do I dislike t dead so? Must bebthe gangcha or whhatever that crap is they ate. Oh: and an awful lot of californiers are sick. It seems like you might be on something. Learn how to write (or at least think in complete sentences). |
| LongGoneDaddy | Posted: Dec 15, 2009 - 08:27 For The Faithful  |
| Giselle62 (San Luis Obispo,Ca) | Posted: Nov 16, 2009 - 15:10 I love songs about girls dressing up as sailors and the captain falling in love with them. |
| denbear (Denver, Colorado) | Posted: Nov 11, 2009 - 20:51 Can't never go wrong here. |
| finkle007 | Posted: Oct 29, 2009 - 14:44 flatpicker wrote: I've loved this album for a lot of years. Some better songs on it than this... but there is no bad track on it. Huzzah! |
| fran_tarkenton (Kamloops, British Columbia) | Posted: Oct 29, 2009 - 14:44 livemuzc wrote: Finally, some decent tunes.... Good Old Jerry is the best!! Where do you get that stuff like Nick Cave???? horrible Here here! |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Oct 13, 2009 - 11:30 Just what I needed to warm up. |
| livemuzc (Troy, New York) | Posted: Oct 13, 2009 - 11:28 Finally, some decent tunes.... Good Old Jerry is the best!! Where do you get that stuff like Nick Cave???? horrible |