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Cripple Creek Ferry

This version of Cripple Creek Ferry was released by Neil Young in 1970.

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Hey, hey
Cripple Creek ferry
Butting through
the overhanging trees
Make way
for the Cripple Creek ferry
The waters going down
it’s a mighty tight squeeze.

All alone the captain stands
Hasn’t heard
from his deck hands.
The gambler tips his hat
and walks towards the door.
It’s the second half
of the cruise.
And you know he hates to lose.

Hey, hey Cripple Creek ferry
Butting through
the overhanging trees
Make way
for the Cripple Creek ferry
The waters going down
it’s a mighty tight squeeze.

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You can understand the lyrics to Cripple Creek Ferry if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Cripple Creek Ferry" means the words set to the music of Cripple Creek Ferry, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Neil Young. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Cripple Creek Ferry and the lyrics to Cripple Creek Ferry are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Neil Young who came here looking just for the lyrics to Cripple Creek Ferry, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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