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The itinerant working man's dream

from river sea wind by the o'flahertys

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about

this song came partly from a golden bay summer with all the backpacking kids who had come from the 4 corners of the globe and were bringing the harvest in

lyrics

I’m going down to the railway station
Gonna jump the morning train
I’ll be galloping down those rails
Like a colt on his first spring trail
Cos this town’s gotten way too small
And now winter’s knocking at the door
They say the fields are fertile further south

It’s honey season down there
With fruit flesh for the tongue to caress
And watermelon juice that’ll flood your thirst
It’s a roving rambling roadside burst
Of colour and bloom
It’s every itinerant working man’s dream


The girls in the orchards with their nut brown skin
Humming love songs bringing the harvest in
The boys work shirtless
Their muscles ripple glistening
It’s every itinerant working man’s dream

There’s a house in the field with a porch out front
Where the jugs wash the working day’s dust away
There’s always someone there to play
The campfire songs, the old analogue tales
Our voices coil and sway
Entwined
They climb and cling
Like a grapevine
Coming alive again
Like a blue note
On a guitar string
It’s every itinerant working man’s dream

Yes I’m going down to the railway station
Jump the morning train
I’ll be galloping down those rails
Like a colt on his first spring trail
Cos this town’s gotten way too small
And now winter’s knocking at the door
They say the fields are fertile further south

They say the fields are fertile further south
They say the fields are fertile further south
They say the fields are fertile further south
Yes the fields are always more fertile some place else

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from river sea wind, released April 6, 2015
composed by Chris O'Flaherty and Caelan O'Flaherty

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the o'flahertys Montpellier, France

This is a father/son collaboration. The son breathes music into the father's lyrics and hey presto 12 heartfelt songs.

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