The Wreckers Prayer - Andy Roberts - Walthamstow Folk Club

http://www.last.fm/music/Andy+Roberts/_/The+Wreckers+Prayer "The Wreckers Prayer" by Andy Roberts performed at Walthamstow Folk Club.
http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2007/01/23/the-wreckers-prayer

Lyrics

Oh Lord, please dont let there be shipwrecks,
Let the lighthouse shine out bright and clear.
But if there needs to be an accident at sea,
Please let that ship be wrecked here.

Theres a path all the way from the clifftop
to the rocks and the sea down below
Its steep and its loose and its slippery
You gotta mind how you go.

On a moonless night, you need a little light
We dont want any accidents, you see.

Dont let there be shipwrecks
Lighthouse shine out bright and clear
If there needs to be a tragedy at sea
then let the cargo be washed ashore here

Oh the living is hard down this way
the soil is all stoney and poor
We dont have a port, no fish to be caught
Theres just what the tide brings ashore
And the duty free liquor in store.

Next time it happens, dont let me be late
or allow too much salt water
to infiltrate

Please dont let there be shipwrecks,
Let the lighthouse shine out bright and clear.
If there needs to be a tragedy at sea,
Let the next one be here.

- The Wreckers Prayer by Andy Roberts 2003

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[TheBlackWreck]

amazing song! A man after me own heart! thankyou

[osckilo]

A Suberb Performence Mr Roberts!

5 Stars

[andyrob]

I think I like this version at Walthamstow Folk Club as much as the recorded track.