Duqeunse Whistle by Adam Selzer

The Duquense Whistle by Adam Selzer

This whistle just might be the death of me yet

or at least send me clear out of town

cause it's just the same tone as a banshee I heard

on the night when a great ship went down

the ship was enormous, the ship it was grand

and I had helped build it, a young belfast man

a hungry young buck with no blood on my hands

and just enough blood in my heart

The duquense whistle sounds like a banshee

and if anyone knows it it's me

for I heard the sound when the great ship went down

to its grave deep down under the sea

Well the ship sales off, and the next job came round

but when night when I was out walking

I heard a strange sound, coming over the hills

in the morning I heard people talking

of the news of the ship being lost to the waves

and everyone down in a watery grave

i thought of the sound, and I heard myself say

"so that's what a banshee must sound like."

The duquense whistle sounds like a banshee

and if anyone knows it it's me

for I heard the sound when the great ship went down

to its grave deep down under the sea

I tried to creep under the shadows that hung

I left my home long ago 

and thought maybe here all the demons would leave

then I heard that damned whistle blow

so now when it blows in it's miserable way

I take off my hat and I quietly pray

that whatever we're building at the factory today

will fare just a tiny bit better

The duquense whistle sounds like a banshee

that followed me over the sea

over the waves, and a thousand cold graves

so come on boys, and sing it with me.

It was sad when that great ship went down

it was sad when that great ship went down

cold ocean floor, will now be her home

it was sad when the great ship went down.