Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on May 4, 2011 10:09:47 GMT
Grandma loved a sailor who sailed the frozen sea.
Grandpa was that whaler and he took me on his knee.
He said "Son I'm going crazy from living on the land
Got to find my shipmates and walk on foreign sand."
This old man was graceful with silver in his smile.
He smoked a briar pipe and he walked four country miles
Singing songs of shady sisters and old town liberty
Songs of love and songs of death, songs that set men free.
I've got three ships and sixty men
A course for ports unread.
I'll stand at mast, let North winds blow
Till half of us are dead.
Land Ho!
If I get my hands on a dollar bill
Gonna buy a bottle and drink my fill.
If I get my hands on a number five
Gonna skin that little girl alive.
If I get my hands on a number two
Come back home and marry you
Marry you, marry you. allright!
Eeeeey Land Ho!, Eeeey Land Ho!
If I get back home and I feel all right
You know baby gonna love you tonight
Love you right, love you right
Eeeey Land Ho!
Eeeeey Land Ho!
Eeeeeey Land Ho!
One of Morrison's songs from which he drew on his background.
His Grandfather on his mother Clara's side was a sailor and this song is without doubt a tribute to Morrison's maternal Grandfather.
We can only guess what sea salt stories Morrison listened to as a kid and what impression they had. Obviously his dad was a Navy Admiral but Morrison barely saw him as he was at sea for a lot of the time so it's his Grandfather who must have been the one who inspired this song.
A song about freedom and discovery as Morrison tips a hat to Columbus who with 84 men not 60 discovered the New World when he bumped into the Bahamas Islands.
Drummer John Densmore used a Skiffle beat to underpin Manzarek's jaunty keyboards and Krieger's buzz saw guitar which run through the song.
Contains some of the most beautiful guitar work Robby ever did with The Doors as he captures the movement of an old style sailing ship perfectly with a languid bluesy guitar ripple in the discovery section of the song.
The last section shows Morrison in fun mode as he exalts at finally setting foot on land again and does what any sailor would. Finds female company and gets pissed.
A particular favourite of mine since my first listen to Morrison Hotel.
Grandpa was that whaler and he took me on his knee.
He said "Son I'm going crazy from living on the land
Got to find my shipmates and walk on foreign sand."
This old man was graceful with silver in his smile.
He smoked a briar pipe and he walked four country miles
Singing songs of shady sisters and old town liberty
Songs of love and songs of death, songs that set men free.
I've got three ships and sixty men
A course for ports unread.
I'll stand at mast, let North winds blow
Till half of us are dead.
Land Ho!
If I get my hands on a dollar bill
Gonna buy a bottle and drink my fill.
If I get my hands on a number five
Gonna skin that little girl alive.
If I get my hands on a number two
Come back home and marry you
Marry you, marry you. allright!
Eeeeey Land Ho!, Eeeey Land Ho!
If I get back home and I feel all right
You know baby gonna love you tonight
Love you right, love you right
Eeeey Land Ho!
Eeeeey Land Ho!
Eeeeeey Land Ho!
One of Morrison's songs from which he drew on his background.
His Grandfather on his mother Clara's side was a sailor and this song is without doubt a tribute to Morrison's maternal Grandfather.
We can only guess what sea salt stories Morrison listened to as a kid and what impression they had. Obviously his dad was a Navy Admiral but Morrison barely saw him as he was at sea for a lot of the time so it's his Grandfather who must have been the one who inspired this song.
A song about freedom and discovery as Morrison tips a hat to Columbus who with 84 men not 60 discovered the New World when he bumped into the Bahamas Islands.
Drummer John Densmore used a Skiffle beat to underpin Manzarek's jaunty keyboards and Krieger's buzz saw guitar which run through the song.
Contains some of the most beautiful guitar work Robby ever did with The Doors as he captures the movement of an old style sailing ship perfectly with a languid bluesy guitar ripple in the discovery section of the song.
The last section shows Morrison in fun mode as he exalts at finally setting foot on land again and does what any sailor would. Finds female company and gets pissed.
A particular favourite of mine since my first listen to Morrison Hotel.