Rolling Down The River

from Dancing Cranes by Whistling Treason

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Written by Jack Forbes. A tale of life working on container ships in the docks of London.

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Rolling Down the River
(Rolling Up, Rolling Down)


I once was a rigger & I worked like hell
Rolling up, rolling down
But now I’m working with the OCL
And go rolling down the river

Rolling up, rolling down,
We’ll all get drunk in Tilbury Town
In twenty four hours we'll turn around
And go rolling down the river

The work is good and the wages fine
When you take a trip on a container line

The cargo comes in TEUs
That's a twenty-foot box boys filled with booze

When I first saw a TEU
I wondered where they stored the crew

There’s a Tilbury girl called Kettle Jane,
First on the boil then off again,

She’s got a friend called Teapot Anne
When she's well brewed she'll take a man

Those Tilbury girls go round in pairs
You'll never catch them unawares

But at the dockyard gates when the work is done
You can pick 'em up boys, one by one

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from Dancing Cranes, released October 3, 2015
Vocals, tenor guitar and percussion by Whistling Treason
Recorded at Dog & Lion Studios by Kris Pierssené

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Whistling Treason Bristol, UK

Dubplate-folk, Soundsystem Trad, Acoustic or Valve Powered, Global Confusion. Whatever I feel like.

As guitarist with RSVP Bhangra and Malarchy, I've played countless major festivals across Britain and Europe, including Glastonbury & Womad.

What started out as a strictly folk project has expanded wildly, to incorporate tunes from around the world, original compositions, and a whole lot of dub. ... more

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