Lyrics to
Sailor’s Lament

This version of Sailor’S Lament was released by Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival) in 1970.

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Woke up early feelin’ light, (Shame, it’s a shame.)
Somebody got to me last night, (Shame, it’s a shame.)
Sat down for a friendly duel, (Shame, it’s a shame.)
With one-eyed jacks ‘n’ jokers, too, (Shame, it’s a shame.)

Ooh, sailor man, (Shame, it’s a shame.)
Ooh, sailor man. (Shame, it’s a shame.)

Poormouth Henry turned on me, (Shame, it’s a shame.)
Said, “Boy, I’m gonna pick you clean.” (Shame, it’s a shame.)

Oh!

Henry said, “Don’t you mess that pile,” (Shame, it’s a shame.)
Had three aces ‘n’ he had five. (Shame, it’s a shame.)

Shame, it’s a shame.

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About Lyrics and Sailor’S Lament by Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

The lyrics for Sailor’S Lament are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1970 song by Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival). Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Sailor’S Lament have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Sailor’S Lament - Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival) and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Sailor’S Lament by Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival) in multiple ways. 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 Sailor’S Lament" means the words set to the music of Sailor’S Lament, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival). 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 Sailor’S Lament and the lyrics to Sailor’S Lament are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival) who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sailor’S Lament, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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