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Fathom The Bowl

from Of Love and Sailors by Roary Skaista

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Found in Barrett's collection of English folk songs published in 1891, this drinking song has been performed over the years by Cyril Tawney, John C. Reilly, The Watersons, Andy Turner and of course Jon Boden, who learnt it from Forest School Camps as I did.

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LYRICS:

Come all you bold heroes, lend an ear to my song,
I will sing in the praise of good brandy and rum.
If the clear crystal fountains o'er England do roll,
Bring me the punch ladle, I'll fathom the bowl.

I'll fathom the bowl, I'll fathom the bowl,
Bring me the punch ladle, I'll fathom the bowl.

From France we do get brandy, from Jamaica comes rum,
Sweet oranges and apples from Portugal come.
But stout and strong cider are England's control,
Bring me the punch ladle, I'll fathom the bowl.

I'll fathom the bowl, I'll fathom the bowl,
Bring me the punch ladle, I'll fathom the bowl.

My wife she do disturb me as I sits at my ease,
For she says as she likes and she does as she please.
My wife she is a devil, heart black as the coal,
Bring me the punch ladle, I'll fathom the bowl.

I'll fathom the bowl, I'll fathom the bowl,
Bring me the punch ladle, I'll fathom the bowl.

My father he do lie at the depths of the sea
With no stone for his head, but what matters for he?
If the clear crystal fountains o'er England still roll,
Bring me the punch ladle, I'll fathom the bowl.

I'll fathom the bowl, I'll fathom the bowl,
Bring me the punch ladle, I'll fathom the bowl.

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from Of Love and Sailors, released August 1, 2015
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Roary Skaista is a queer folk musician based in Oxford, performing traditional folk songs as well as their own material on the themes of love, nature and diversity.

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