Epistle To Derroll

C C/G C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Come all ye starry star-fish, living in the deep blue sea C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Crawl to me, I have a propo-sition to make thee C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Would you walk the North Sea floor, to Belgium from Eng-land C C/G Am Bring me word of a banjo man F C C/G C C/G With a tattoo on his hand C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G The spokesman of the star-fish, spoke as spokesman should C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G If'n you met our fee, then certainly we would C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Should you cast a looking-glass u-pon the scalloped sand C C/G Am You'll have word o' this banjo man F C C/G C C/G With a tattoo on his hand C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Come all ye starry star-fish, I know your ways are caped C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Maybe its be-cause you're astro-logically shaped C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Converse with the herring shoals, as I know you can C C/G Am Bring me word o' the banjo man F C C/G C C/G With a tattoo on his hand C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G The eldest of the star-fish, spoke after a sigh C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G "Youthful as you are young man you have a wisdom high C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Surely you must know a looking-glass is made from sand Chorus 4 C C/G Am These young fish are fooling you F C C/G C C/G A-bout your banjo man C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Come then aged star-fish, riddle me no more C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G For news I am wea-ry, and my heart is sore C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G All on the silent sea-shore, help me if you can Chorus 5 C C/G Am F C C/G C C/G Tell to me, if you know, of my banjo man C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Now all through the seven o-ceans, I am a star most famed C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Many 'leggys' have I lost, many have I gained C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Strange to say, quite recent-ly, I've been to Flemish Land Chorus 6 C C/G Am F C C/G C C/G And if you are courteous, I'll tell you all I can C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Oh you have my full at-ten-tion", I answered him with glee C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G His brother stars were twink-ling, in the sky above the sea C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G There I sat there with rapt at-tention, on the sand Chorus 7 C C/G Am F C C/G C C/G Very anxious for to hear, of the banjo man C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G I have seen this tattooed hand, through a ship port-hole C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Steaming on the watery main, through the waves so cold C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Heard his tinkling banjo, and his voice so grand Chorus 8 C C/G Am F C C/G C C/G But you must come to Belgium, to shake the tattooed hand C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Oh gladly would I come, gladly would I go C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Had I not my work to do, and my face to show C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G I re-joice to hear he's well, but I must go in-land Chorus 9 C C/G Am F C C/G C C/G Thank you for the words you brought, of my banjo man C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G I walked a-long the evening sand, as charcoal clouds did shift C C/G C C C/G F C C/G C C/G Re-vealing the moon shi-ning, on the pebble drift C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Contem-plating every other word, the starfish said Chorus 10 C C/G Am F C C/G C C/G Whistly winds, they filled my dreams, in my dreaming bed