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The Daddy​-​O Trilogy

by We Are Muffy

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1.
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)
2.
Me and my brother was going to town Sing away, ladies, sing away Riding a billy goat, leading a hound Sing away, ladies, sing away Hound dog bark, billy goat jump, Sing away, ladies, sing away Throwed my brother right over that stump Sing away, ladies, sing away Chorus: Don't you rock me Daddy-O Don't you rock me Daddy-O Don't you rock me Daddy-O Don't you rock me Daddy-O My old aunty promised me Sing away, ladies, sing away When she died she'd will to me Sing away, ladies, sing away Lived so long, head got bald Sing away, ladies, sing away Got out the notion of dying at all. Sing away, ladies, sing away Chorus ***************** Chorus Me and my brother was coming into to town Sing away, ladies, sing away Riding a billy goat, leading a hound Sing away, ladies, sing away Chorus x2 Sing away, ladies, sing away Sing away, ladies, sing away
3.
Me and my brother on a bus to town Fox & Goose and a half a crown Goose cub fight and foxling fuss Chuck my brother right off that bus O don't you rock me daddio Don't you rock me daddio O don't you rock me daddio Don't you rock me daddio My old granny with the long black teeth She was sitting up a tree in Washwood Heath Police come to hose her down Chase her all the way to Stechford town O don't you rock me daddio Don't you rock me daddio O don't you rock me daddio Don't you rock me daddio Brother come home with blistered feet Face as long as Livery Street O don't you rock me daddio Don't you rock me daddio O don't you rock me daddio Don't you rock me daddio O don't you rock me daddio Don't you rock me daddy O don't you rock me daddio Don't you rock me dad

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Just before We Are Muffy became We Are Muffy, NIck Duffy and Angeline Morrison released an album of cover versions. Taken from that album -Simulacra (Side Two) - these three tracks are all variants of one traditional song.

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released August 13, 2021

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We Are Muffy UK

While exploring the cover version as a form of folk music uniquely
defined by the era of sound recording, We Are Muffy fell into writing The Charcoal Pool, songs devoted to the peculiarities of growing up in Birmingham. Into the clear Cornish air they bring a whiff of the gasworks of Nechells, the drone of traffic on the Gravelly Hill Interchange and the splendour of the Chateau Impney. ... more

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