BUT A DREAM

Pull slow, pull slow on the sounding line.

Tiller man taps the tabla seven eight nine.

The lady of silks in the bow is blind.

But-a, but-a dream, row & row

The river merry flows… it’s time to go

You know me now… you know you know

Elbow to elbow in the river hall

Do you recall, do you recall?

White water... the roar of the fall

I slipped you a letter in moonlight sliver,

Beneath the cellar door -  an invitation of whisper

Potatoes white… grew eyes that winter.

It floats in the lilies it floats in the mist.

Old red slipper from the foot you kissed.

Do you do the rumba, do you do the twist?

But-a, but-a dream, row & row

The river merry flows… it’s time to go

You know me now… you know you know

Elbow to elbow in the river hall

Do you recall, do you recall?

White water the roar of the fall

Throw your pebble at the vortex wheel.

The glassy flow it draws the slender keel.

Round & round the darkling teal.

I have come to collect what’s due.

The ivory boat, the night, the falling dew.

Step lightly on the ribs,,, the sails set true.