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Sail Away Ladies (Trad. Arr. Morrison​/​Duffy)

from The Daddy​-​O Trilogy by Nick Duffy & Angeline Morrison

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There's the Lonnie Donegan version of 'Don't You Rock me Daddy-O' and there's another by The Vipers Skiffle Band, but it doesn't stop there, not by the longest of chalks. Following Cecil Sharp's practice of seeking out the many variants of a song rather than attempting to find the one true 'original' it soon became clear that this was a song with a long history and a multitude of different iterations. Many of them elbow Daddy-O out of the title, giving preference to the Ladies who sail or sing away. What began as an homage to skiffle was revealing hidden depths, deepest of them all being the glorious renderings of Sail Away Ladies by Odetta. Should we even attempt a version of a song that she had brought to perfection? I was hesitant, but Angeline thought otherwise. Odetta wouldn't have wanted us to be put off, she insisted.

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Ain't no use to sit and cry (Sail away ladies sail away)
You'll be an angel by and by (Sail away ladies sail away)

Don't you rock
Don't you rock
Don't you rock em
Don't you rock em Daddy-O

I got a home in Tennessee (Sail away ladies sail away)
That's the place I want to be (Sail away ladies sail away)

Don't you rock
Don't you rock
Don't you rock em
Don't you rock em Daddy-O

Ever I get my new house done (Sail away ladies sail away)
Give my old one to my son (Sail away ladies sail away)

Don't you rock it Daddy-O
Don't you rock it Daddy-O
Don't you rock em Daddy-O
Don't you rock em Daddy-O

Ain't no use to sit and cry
You'll be an angel by and by

Don't you rock it Daddy-O
Don't you rock it Daddy-O
Don't you rock em Daddy-O
Don't you rock em Daddy-O

*whistles*

Ain't no use to sit and cry
You'll be an angel by and by

Don't you rock it Daddy-O
Don't you rock it Daddy-O
Don't you rock em Daddy-O
Don't you rock em Daddy-O

I got a place beyond this world (Sail away ladies sail away)
Gold in store for my baby girl (Sail away ladies sail away)

Don't you rock
Don't you rock
Don't you rock em
Don't you rock em Daddy-o

*hums*
(Sail away ladies sail away)

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from The Daddy​-​O Trilogy, released February 3, 2017

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