Banjo Antarctica

歌詞

We're headed for a real cold winter Come in and close the door You know too well that the ship set sail We won't be together anymore I want to hear the gulls on the southern seas I want to make the rafters roar And I'll trade this five-string banjo For tobacco and a (?cuppy soar?) My grandfather showed me nothing My father showed me even less I tried to live my life as a good man Tried to do my level best But when the ice came round and the chips were down I always knew my south from west And I'll trade this five-string banjo For a woman and a reindeer vest In eighteen forty-six we boarded ships Found New York and learnt new tricks Pawn brokers and hookers Those Italian girls were lookers People from all creeds and races The first time I'd ever seen black faces Living out of cheap suitcases And drunk on smoky wine Oh, we're headed for a real cold winter Come in and close the door Tobacco and a five-string banjo And nothing more (Instrumental) Nineteen twelve, call it heaven or hell Bought two tickets and we all set sail The rich up top and the poor below And the Irish in the middle with nowhere to go Call it bad luck when the iceberg struck And everybody looking for Carpathia Pick me up and take me to America Pick me up and take me to America Oh, we're headed for a real cold winter Come in and close the door Tobacco and a five-string banjo And nothing more Tobacco and a five-string banjo Nothing more My grandfather showed me nothing My father taught me even less I tried to live my life as a good man Tried to do my level best When the ice came round and the chips were down I put my wife and the family first But I'll trade this five-string banjo For a woman and a reindeer vest I'll trade this five-string banjo For a woman and a reindeer vest I'll trade this five-string banjo For a woman and a reindeer vest