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WALT WHITMAN'S NIECE
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(Bragg/Guthrie)
intro: A  
ALast night or the night before that (I won't say which night)
A Dseaman friend of mine (I'll not say which seaman)
AWalked up to a big old building (I won't say which building)
And Ewould not have walked up the stairs (not to say which stairs)
If there Dhad not have been two girls
(Leaving out the names of those two girls)
I recall a door, a big long room (I'll not tell which room)
I remember a deep blue rug (but I can't say which rug)
A girl took down a book of poems (not to say which book of poems)
As she read I laid my head (and I can't tell which head)
Down in her lap (and I can mention which lap)
spoken:
AMy seaman buddy and his girl moved off
After a couple of pages, and there I Dwas
All night long, laying and listening
And forgetting the poems
AAnd as well as I could recall
Or my seaman buddy could recollect
EThe girl had told us that she was a niece of Walt Whitman
But not which niece
DAnd it takes a night and a girl
And a book of this kind
A long long time to find its Away back
harmonica solo over verse chords
Last night or the night before that (I won't say which night)
A seaman friend of mine (I'll not say which seaman)
Walked up to a big old building (I won't say which building)
And would not have walked up the stairs (not to say which stairs)
If there had not have been two girls
(Leaving out the names of those two girls)
Yes, I recall a door, a big long room (I'll not tell which room)
I remember a deep blue rug (but I can't say which rug)
A girl took down a book of poems (not to say which book of poems)
As she read I laid my head (and I can't tell which head)
Down in her lap (and I can mention which lap)
fade out: guitar solo over verse

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Walt Whitmans Niece

by Billy Bragg

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WALT WHITMAN'S NIECE

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(Bragg/Guthrie)

intro:

Last night or the night before that (I won't say which night)

A seaman friend of mine (I'll not say which seaman)

Walked up to a big old building (I won't say which building)

And would not have walked up the stairs (not to say which stairs)

If there had not have been two girls

(Leaving out the names of those two girls)

I recall a door, a big long room (I'll not tell which room)

I remember a deep blue rug (but I can't say which rug)

A girl took down a book of poems (not to say which book of poems)

As she read I laid my head (and I can't tell which head)

Down in her lap (and I can mention which lap)

spoken:

My seaman buddy and his girl moved off

After a couple of pages, and there I was

All night long, laying and listening

And forgetting the poems

And as well as I could recall

Or my seaman buddy could recollect

The girl had told us that she was a niece of Walt Whitman

But not which niece

And it takes a night and a girl

And a book of this kind

A long long time to find its way back

harmonica solo over verse chords

Last night or the night before that (I won't say which night)

A seaman friend of mine (I'll not say which seaman)

Walked up to a big old building (I won't say which building)

And would not have walked up the stairs (not to say which stairs)

If there had not have been two girls

(Leaving out the names of those two girls)

Yes, I recall a door, a big long room (I'll not tell which room)

I remember a deep blue rug (but I can't say which rug)

A girl took down a book of poems (not to say which book of poems)

As she read I laid my head (and I can't tell which head)

Down in her lap (and I can mention which lap)

fade out: guitar solo over verse

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