Great Big Sea – A Boat Like Gideon Brown (Ukulele)

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Oh Gideon lived across the bay,

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He's getting older now.

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His boat is big and bold.

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She has a stalward bow

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But my father's boat was second hand,

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One someone used before,

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And after every fishing trip

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My father always swore;

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That someday he would save enough

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To go to St. John's town.

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And buy himself a big new boat,

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A boat like Gideon Brown.

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A Boat Like Gideon Brown.

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'Cause she can punch the head in any gale

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And ride the fishing grounds.

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I often thought how pround I'd be

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In a boat like Gideon Brown.

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In a boat like Gideon Brown.

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Many years did pass away

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And Dad began to fade.

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He didn't talk of boats too much,

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He said "Son I'm afraid"

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If things don't soon improve

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Then I'll be underground;

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Before we ever get to see ourselves,

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In a boat like Gideon Brown.

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I sat and held his hand one day

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And he said "Son, that policy"

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The insurance is all in your name

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You're the beneficiary

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And when I'm gone they'll pay you off.

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Then go to St. John's town

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And buy yourself a big, new boat,

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In a boat like Gideon Brown.

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In a boat like Gideon Brown.