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Thick o' Fog

from The Gift by Clary Croft

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Thick O’ Fog

Jim Bennet, Black Rum Music

I met Jim, the co-host of Sing-a-long Jubilee, when I joined the show in 1970. He is one of our finest writers of Maritime verse and song and in a few brief words can say more about life in our region than almost anyone I know.

There was a man from Lunenburg whose wife was very plain
Her face could stop and eight-day clock, a trolley or a train.
Of all the girls in Lunenburg he thought he’d picked the belle,
But the morning they were married, it was kinda hard to tell ....

In the fog, thick o’ fog,
This North Atlantic weather isn’t fit for man nor dog.
Through the murky mists that blind us
And the vapours that enwind us,
Come and see us, if you can find us, in the fog.

Now, Captain Billy Corkum of the tugboat Dainty Bess,
Went out to give assistance to a schooner in distress.
He threw a line and steamed for home
But, when the fog did thin,
He saw that it was Sambro Island he was towin’ in ....

Now, an outhouse beats a lighthouse as a navigation aid,
Or so says Skipper Tanner of the Aspotogan Maid,
And when the weather’s thick, he’s got a point there, I suppose:
You can always find your way back home by following your nose ...

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from The Gift, released April 20, 2021

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Clary Croft Nova Scotia

Clary is a folklore researcher, author and recording artist. His newly published memoirs, Clary Croft: My Charmed Life in Music, Art, and Folklore, chronicles a career spanning over fifty years. His work with the traditional music from the Creighton Collection, has caused Clary to be called, “the acknowledged master of one of the richest repertoires in Canada.” [Halifax Mail Star] ... more

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