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Skinny Lister

Skinny Lister is a five piece folk act based in London, UK. Started in 2009, the band are signed to Sunday Best Recordings in UK, Side One Dummy Records in USA. Debut album 'Forge & Flagon' released in June 2012 in UK and will release in USA January 2013. The last three years have seen the band release a series of self released singles and two EP's: 'Grand Union EP' which was recorded on a canal boat as they toured down the Grand Union Canal network and the 'Homemade Tour EP' recorded at friends and family residences as the band toured their hometowns. In 2011, the band played more festivals than anyone else in UK and were officially crowned 'Hardest Working Band in UK' by PRS and less officially by The Evening Standard The band come from all over England… more »

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Curse the squally weather 
A vessel in distress 
But we cannot launch from Lynmouth 
There's a gale in from the west 
 
So not to be defeated 
Jack has an idea 
To haul the lifeboat over land and 
Launch at Porlock Wier 
 
13 miles as hard as hell 
80 men by the wayside fell 
20 haulers tough as rock 
With 18 horses 
Pulling on pushing on through to Porlock 
 
Call every able body 
And every stable horse 
United for a moment  

In a greater common cause 
 
Now onward through the squally 
There is no turning home 
With tired arms and heavy legs all 
Soaking to the bone 
 
13 miles as hard as hell 
80 men by the wayside fell 
20 haulers tough as rock 
With 18 horses 
Pulling on pushing on through to Porlock 
 
Dig deep then dig again friends 
We'll find the strength and will 
To keep Louisa rolling 
Up Countisbury hill 
 
All 10 tonne and 10 metre 
Her size you can't ignore 
It must have been a sight to see her 
Sail upon the moor 
 
13 miles as hard as hell 
80 men by the wayside fell 
20 haulers tough as rock 
With 18 horses 
Pulling on pushing on through to Porlock 
 
Down with wall and gate post 
To make way for the load 
And with pick and shovel 
We'll widen out the road 
 
Miss Marlow in her cottage 
Could not believe her eyes 
A lifeboat in her garden well it 
Came as some surprise 
 
13 miles as hard as hell 
80 men by the wayside fell 
20 haulers tough as rock 
With 18 horses 
Pulling on pushing on through to Porlock 
 
At last we made the wier 
Louisa hit the waves 
Freed the Forrest Hall and all 
Her 18 lives were saved 
 
Well we recall it proudly 
When a storm does blow and roar 
The story of Louisa and the 
Night she sailed the moor 
 
13 miles as hard as hell 
80 men by the wayside fell 
20 haulers tough as rock 
With 18 horses 
Pulling on pushing on 
 
13 miles as hard as hell 
80 men by the wayside fell 
20 haulers tough as rock 
With 18 horses 
Pulling on pushing on through to Porlock"

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