1. |
Ruby
03:13
|
|||
|
Ruby’s got the speeds and the feeds all set
Putting metal on metal, keeps it cold and wet
Cuts like a dream, finish like glass
She’s getting it done right she’s getting it done fast
The factory’s cold and she’s watching the clock
But it’s Friday afternoon and they’ve got job and knock
Her quota’s beat and she’ll be home by 4
Getting ready for the dance and out of that door
To the baths up Stow Hill
They boarded over for dancing
The American serviceman he’ll
Show her Jitterbug, Jive and Swing
Piss taking and tea, sharing news from the front
Thaw ‘round the salamander eating their lunch
Here comes the foreman, he’s such a dope
But today he’s got our little brown envelopes
Men from the ministry doubted her skills
She sent them packing back to Woolwich Arsenal
She punched the clock out, the bell explodes
And she’s ready to run out on Corpa’ Road
|
||||
2. |
Tenby Boatman
03:54
|
|||
|
Local men would hire themselves to the gentry for the season
Punt their way across Tenby Bay on long blue summer days
Sugar money old and sweet from trade with the Caribbean
Trickles down to a fishing town gentle months of leisure
I love the boy in the water
He’s just a head bobbing about, a harbour kid out swimming
To the diving board at Goskar Rock around St Catherine’s Island
Pull your straw hats on we’ll take a ride by the little fortress of fishes
The long ‘un takes you where you want, he knows the currents
At the end of a narrow moonlit street under the bright horizon
Leave your prayers in a lobster pot in the chapel of St Julian
Someone washed up on the beach by the arches of the harbour
Let’s take a peep, that’s where they keep the bodies of the drowned
Father come and rescue me pull me from the deep
Chilled to the bone all alone drifting now to sleep
My sister she swam back to shore over the waves she brought you
A hot cup of tea milk and two lumps, remember the boy in the water
|
||||
Jon Langford & The Men Of Gwent Newport, UK
The Band-
Jon Langford (The Mekons, The Three Johns, Waco Brothers, Four Lost Souls) –
vocals/guitars
Matt Gray – (The Darling Buds, Give Me Memphis, Soldier Dolls) – vocals/guitars
Julian Hayman (Charlotte Greig, Give Me Memphis) – vocals/mandolin
Mark “Smartie” – Price (Two Marks & A Frank) – bass
Barkley McKay (The Pretty Things) – keyboards
Erik Stams (The Darling Buds, Burning Ferns) – drums
... more
If you like Jon Langford & The Men Of Gwent, you may also like:
Jon Langford's Lucky 7 Series, Part 2
by Jon Langford
supported by 11 fans who also own “Ruby/Tenby Boatman”
go to album
Jon Langford's Lucky 7 Series, Part 3
by Jon Langford
supported by 11 fans who also own “Ruby/Tenby Boatman”
go to album
Where It Really Starts
by Jon Langford & the Bright Shiners
supported by 10 fans who also own “Ruby/Tenby Boatman”
go to album
Hold The Door For Strangers
by Labrador
Philadelphia-based Labrador make unfussy and empathetic alt-country meant to sincerely bolster the downcast in times of strife.
go to album
Suburbia Space Program
by Wolf Collage
featured on Bandcamp Radio Jul 23, 2013
go to album
MATANGO!
by The Kill Devil Hills
Down and dirty blues rock from this Western Australian band makes for a truly visceral listening experience.
go to album
