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“Cape Horn” is my contribution to the under-appreciated genre of sea shanties about sailing the most dangerous passage in the world, the Straight of Cape Horn.

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“Cape Horn”
words and music by Chris Murphy © 2017 (ASCAP)
published by Chris Murphy Music © ℗ 2017 (ASCAP)

When I get back from old Cape Horn I’m gonna pour myself a jar
I’m gonna buy a round’ for all my friends at that old wharf town bar
Though I’ve been wet and cold as sin with my hands upon the wheel
And if you make it around the horn you got the better end of the deal

When I get back from old Cape Horn I’m gonna find myself a lass
With rosy cheeks and a sweet singing voice and cherry lips like glass
If your luck runs out around the horn to the next life you are bound
The mighty sea it must be fed, its hunger knows no bounds

Around Tierra del Fuego and through the sailor’s graveyard
Took water in Boundary Passage when the wind was blowing hard
I’ve been every clipper route, in the storm I was born
I’ll tell you all about it when I get back from Old Cape Horn
I’ll tell you all about it when I get back from Old Cape Horn

When I get back from old Cape Horn my sins are washed away
I’m gonna take a bath once a week and go to church every day
Many men find religion on the watch late at night
With nothing but the salt and sea and the dawning’s first light

Around Tierra del Fuego and through the sailor’s graveyard
Took water on in Boundary Passage when the wind was blowing hard
I’ve been every clipper route, of the storm I was born
I’ll tell you all about it when I get back from Old Cape Horn

Around Tierra del Fuego and through the sailor’s graveyard
Took water on in Boundary Passage when the wind was blowing hard
I’ve been every clipper route, with the storm I was born
I’ll tell you all about it when I get back from Old Cape Horn
I’ll tell you all about it when I get back from Old Cape Horn
I’ll tell you all about it when I get back from Old Cape Horn

credits

from The Road and the Stars, track released January 27, 2017
Chris Murphy - vocals, violin, mandolin
Nate LaPointe - guitar
Lou Fanucchi - accordion
Zac Leger - bouzouki, guitar, flute, penny whistle
Ted Russell Kamp - bass
Adam Gust - drums
Andy Reilly - bodhran, drums, percussion
Marcus Blake - harmony vocals
Music and lyrics by Chris Murphy © 2017 (ASCAP)
Originally released on The Tinker's Dream 1/27/2017

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Chris Murphy Santa Monica, California

Chris Murphy is an American musician, singer/songwriter \ multi-instrumentalist , composer, arranger, and producer. His music influences come from jazz, blues, country, classical, ethnic and electronic, resulting in a distinctly original and powerful voice. Cyrus Rhodes of NO DEPRESSION considers Murphy to be “one of the best songwriters in popular music unjustly flying under the radar.” ... more

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