Force 10 From Fair Isle

The Shipping Forecast is a daily radio report for British mariners which has become a favourite with other folks ( like myself) who have hardly been to sea, but just like the mystery and strangeness of the names and images conjured up by the ocean weather terms.
Joanne Cooper kindly agreed to sing this cautionary tale and helped to come up with the backtrack.

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1604 Fiddle Background Pop


Force 10 From Fair Isle

a boy threw a pebble
changed his mind about letting go
mother let me dive into the ocean
bring it back for you to hold

my boy the sea`s bright shimmers
are the skin of a beast
don`t be a fool like your brothers
no selkie waits to save you in the deep

come away now I tell you true
come away for the shipping news

force 10 from Fair Isle
veers east to Viking
cyclonic winds expected low
I am held by
sons I cannot hold
held by their saviour on the radio

Fitzroy Tyne and Trafalgar
mother I see galleons
in the storms off Lundy Island
u-boats and Napoleon

boy I see my dreams a-drowning
in these pictures you make
drowning in the tears
our lord will cry for my sake

come away now I tell you true
come away from the shipping news

force 10 from Fair Isle
veers east to Viking
cyclonic winds expected low
I am held by
sons I cannot hold
held by their saviour on the radio
held by their saviour on the radio

© Robert Cordrey May 2017

selkie = mythological creature, part seal part human