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Nine Times A Night

from Through The Morning by Tell Tale Tusk

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A handsome young sailor to London came down,
He'd been paid off his ship from old Liverpool town.
They asked him his name and he answered them, “Quite,
I belong to a family called nine times a night.”

Well a handsome young widow who still wore her weeds,
Her husband had left her his money and deeds,
Resolved she was on her conjugal rights
And to soften her sorrows with nine times a night.

So she's called to her serving maids Ann and Amelia
To keep a watch out for this wonderful sailor,
And if ever he happened to chance in their sight
To bring her fond tidings of nine times a night.

She was favoured by fortune the very next day
The two giggling saw him coming their way.
They've rushed up the stairs full of amorous delight,
Crying, “Here comes that sailor with his nine times a night.”

She's jumped out of bed, she's pulled on her clothes
And straight to the hall door like lightening she goes.
She's looked him once over and gave him a smack
And the bargain was struck: no more sailing for Jack.

The wedding was over, the bride tolled the bell,
Jack trimmed her sails five times, that pleased her well.
She vowed to herself she was satisfied quite
But she still gives sly hints about nine times a night.

Says Jack, “My dear bride, you mistook me quite wrong,
I said to that family I did belong:
Nine times a night's a bit hard for a man;
I couldn't do it myself, but my sister she can

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from Through The Morning, released October 11, 2017
Trad/Arranged by Tell Tale Tusk

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Tell Tale Tusk weave spellbinding and award-winning vocal harmonies around melodious instrumentals to reimagine folktales old and give light to folktales new.

Tell Tale Tusk’s take on folk is boundlessly creative: as well as being inventive interpreters of music from around the British Isles, the ensemble are prolific writers, adding their distinctive and astute voices to modern day folksong.
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