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    Artwork by Dave Shelton

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Inspired by The Luminaries, by Eleanor Catton.

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Godspeed and on my way
Come here to seek a fortune
Arrived on a stormy day
Hoping I’ll reach the shoreline
Stepping out, I’m alone
Bearing my name on cases
A town wearing washed up clothes
From boats that didn’t make it
Somewhere in the depths of this ship
Cried a stranger (Magdalena)
Somewhere in the depths of this ship
Cried a stranger
So many muddied hands
Washing gold-bearing gravel
All that is flowing down
Carried by the river
Silt’s clogging up the bay
Dangerous to weigh a boat in
Even the lucky stay
Gold is not known for floating
Somewhere in the depths of my mind
Cried a stranger (Magdalena)
Somewhere in the depths of this ship
Cried a stranger...
If I am a lucky man, I will be going home
Not on the ship I came,
That one has run aground

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from That Ghost Belongs To Me, released October 19, 2016
Ben Please - vocal, guitar. Beth Porter - manjo, vocals, cello. Poppy Pitt - cello, vocals.

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The Bookshop Band Bath, UK

The Bookshop Band write songs inspired by books and play them in bookshops. They started as a collaboration between a group of musicians in Bath and their local independent bookshop, Mr B's Emporium. Now they are about to go on tour, sponsored by Vintage Books and Independent Booksellers Week, around other bookshops and lit fests. Catch them if you can. Details at www.thebookshopband.co.uk ... more

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