Epistle To Derroll Lyrics

...EPISTLE TO DERROLL... by Donovan
*from 'A Gift from a Flower to a Garden' (1968)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Eb)
(*N.B* The C and C/G chord are played in this rhythm):
Intro:
Verse 1:
Come all ye starry star-fish,
Living in the deep blue sea.
Crawl to me;
I have a propo-sition to make thee.
Would you walk the North Sea floor,
To Belgium from Eng-land?
Chorus 1:
Bring me word of a banjo man,
With a tattoo on his hand.
Verse 2:
The spokesman of the star-fish,
Spoke as spokesman should.
"If'n you met our fee then,
Certainly we would.
If you cast a looking-glass,
U-pon the scallopped sand;
Chorus 2:
You'll have word o' this banjo man,
With a tattoo on his hand".
Verse 3:
Come all ye starry star-fish,
I know your ways are caped.
Maybe its be-cause you're,
Astro-logically shaped.
Converse with the herring shoals,
As I know you can,
Chorus 3:
Bring me word o' the banjo man,
With a tattoo on his hand.
Verse 4:
The eldest of the star-fish,
Spoke, after a sigh;
"Youthfull as you are young man,
You have a 'Wisdom Eye';
Surely you must know a looking-glass,
Is made from sand?
Chorus 4:
These young-fish are fooling you,
A-bout this banjo man."
Verse 5:
"Come then aged star-fish,
Riddle me no more.
For news I am wea-ry,
And my heart is sore;
All on the silent sea-shore,
Help me if you can,
Chorus 5:
Tell to me, if you know,
Of this banjo man."
Verse 6:
"All through the seven o-ceans,
I am a star most famed.
Many 'leggys' have I lost,
And many have I gained.
Strange to say, quite recent-ly,
I've been to Fleming Land,
Chorus 6:
And if you are courteous,
I'll tell you all I can."
Verse 7:
"You have my full at-ten-tion",
I answered him with glee,
His brother stars were twink-ling,
In the sky above the sea.
So I sat there with rapt,
At-tention, on the sand,
Chorus 7:
Very anxious for to hear,
Of the banjo man.
Verse 8:
"I have seen this tattooed hand,
Through a ship port-hole.
Steaming on the watery main,
Through the waves so cold.
Heard his tinkling banjo,
And his voice so grand.
Chorus 8:
But you must come to Belgium,
To shake his tattooed hand."
Verse 9:
"Gladly would I come,
Oh, gladly would I go.
Had I not my work to do,
And my face to show.
I re-joice to know he's well,
But I must go in-land,
Chorus 9:
Thank you for the words you brought,
Of the banjo man."
Verse 10:
I walked a-long the evening sand,
As charcoal clouds did shift.
Re-vealing the moon shi-ning,
On the pebble drift.
Contem-plating every other word,
The starfish said;
Chorus 10:
Whistly winds, they filled my dreams,
In my dreaming bed.
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