The West Moon

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[Verse 1]

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Oh, tonight the west moon hangs 
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over the harbour,
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Shines down 'cross the headland
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and out 'cross the bay,
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Shines down through the trees
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and rests on the graveyard,
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The only reminder of a long ago 
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day.


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My mind takes me back to a time in
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 that harbour,
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When stout boats at anchor dozed 
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on the sway,
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When the laughter of children
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sent glad cries to Heaven,
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And women looked seaward from 
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meadows of hay.


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But no longer I see those 
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fish-covered flakes now,
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No green rows of gardens stretched 
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over the hill,
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No punt in the beach gleaming red 
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with fresh copper,
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No fine sturdy stick freshly cut 
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for a keel.


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For the government men came 
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bribing and preaching,
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They convinced all the livyers to 
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just move away.
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Now they're scattered like dried 
leaves
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from hell to high water,
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But the wind and the west moon 
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elected to stay.


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So, tonight the west moon hangs 
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over the harbour,
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Shines down 'cross the headland
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and out 'cross the bay,
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Shines down through the trees
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and rests on the graveyard,
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As if lookin' for the souls of the 
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ones moved away.