The West Moon

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[Verse 1]

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Oh, tonight the west moon hangs 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 day.


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My mind takes me back to a time in that harbour,
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When stout boats at anchor dozed 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 meadows of hay.


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


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For the government men came bribing and preaching,
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They convinced all the livyers to 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 elected to stay.


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So, tonight the west moon hangs 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 ones moved away.