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I Once Loved A Sailor

from the night around me by Quaint Devices

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an old vaudevillle tune from the turn of the 20th century, notably covered in the late 20s by Charlie Poole

lyrics

I loved a sailor, a sailor loved me, he'd sail every night to my home
he was not a sailor who traveled by sea or over the white briny foam
he owned an airship and sailed upon high, just like a bird on the wing
whenever the shadows of evening drew nigh, he'd fly to my window and sing...

"come take a trip in my airship! come take a sail 'round the stars!
come take a ride out to Venus, come take a spin around Mars
no-one to see when we're kissing, no-one to know if we spoon
come take a trip in my airship and we'll visit the Man In The Moon!"

one night while sailing up over the sky out in the wide Milky Way,
while watching the comets and watching the clouds, he asked me if i'd name the day
and beneath the Big Dipper I gave him my heart - the stars shone on our honeymoon
we promised each other that we'd never part, and I still remember the tune

when he sang

"come take a trip in my airship! come take a sail 'round the stars!
come take a ride out to Venus, come take a spin around Mars
no-one to see when we're kissing, no-one to know if we spoon
come take a trip in my airship and we'll visit the Man In The Moon!"

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from the night around me, released December 25, 2019

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Quaint Devices Boston, Massachusetts

the ongoing solo project of Willow L Wisp, who also plays bass in The Skirts (herecometheskirts.bandcamp.com)

"...calm and thoughtful and devastating - the kind of still melancholy that's bursting with restless tension" - morgan miller (morganmiller.bandcamp.com)

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