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Sheffield Shanty II / Groucho

by Monkey Swallows the Universe

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Sven B. Schreiber (sbs) Another nice "reunion item" done by Nat Johnson and Kevin Gori in 2016, featuring two of their songs from the 2006 debut "The Bright Carvings". Nat Johnson's Version 2.0 of "Sheffield Shanty" has undergone a complete overhaul, shining with a full-blown wind arrangement now, similar to the stunning "Not Now, Horse" on "Neighbour of the Year". Kevin Gori's "Groucho" - a hidden track then on "The Bright Carvings" - is a quite faithful rendering of the original version, except that he's singing a bit less out of tune here... yes, really! Favorite track: Sheffield Shanty II.
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Avast! They're leaving town two by two As the rain pours down and we're all soaked through And as they march away, two by two It's like we need an ark for the rest of us So I'll cut my hair short And I'll make a flag from an old black dress That I'd have worn if it hadn't rained so much That the seven hills became seven seas And I'll sail my house from Broomhill to Walkley Pretty Polly is a pigeon She's got a gammy leg and she'll eat anything I've got an eye patch with a hole in Cos I don't need to navigate by stars - I use the road signs and the Arts Tower Still, the rains come So I'll cut my hair short And I'll make a flag from an old black dress That I'd have worn if it hadn't rained so much That the seven hills became seven seas And I'll sail my house from Crookes to Don Valley You can be my cabin boy and I can be your long lost pal I can call you Eddie And Eddie when you call me you can call me Captain So I'll cut my hair short And I'll make a flag from an old black dress That I'd have worn if it hadn't rained so much That the seven hills became seven seas And I'll sail my house from Fulwood to High Green
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Groucho 02:36
You love me like a fashionable liberal loves an Eastern European dissident You love me like an existentialist loves an empty room that nobody can see inside, that nobody can see inside You love me like a nihilist loves absolutely nothing at all You love me like Roderick Usher and I'm locked up now As the walls are falling down, the walls are falling down (Ahhh) You never got the hang of oral sex The whole procedure was a pain in the neck Never got the hang of awkward silences Never read those looks of keep your distances Of keep your distances In this light you look like Odysseus lashed to the mast of your own creation In this light you look like Yossarian bandaging my arm as my guts are spilling out, my guts are spilling out (Ahhh) You love me like David Cameron loves discretion as a trait in an abbatoir tour guide You love me like a nihilist loves absolutely nothing at all Looks to me like all the newspapers seem the same as last decade's newspapers And you love me like a market researcher loves to ruin my day

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To celebrate 10 years since the release of their first album, 'The Bright Carvings', Monkey Swallows the Universe present new versions of 'Sheffield Shanty' and 'The Secret Word is Groucho'.

The full folk-pop five-piece also performed an Easter Sunday resurrection gig at Queens Social Club, Sheffield, on 27 March.

See the video for Sheffield Shanty II here: youtu.be/KXVgMsxKZgo
Photo by Joe Binks
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released February 26, 2016

'Sheffield Shanty II' written by Nat Johnson
'Groucho' written by Kevin Gori
Produced by Dave Sanderson
Recorded at 2Fly Studios Sheffield

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Monkey Swallows the Universe Sheffield, UK

"Sheffield's loveliest band" - The Guardian

MSTU are: Nat Johnson, Kevin Gori, Cate Tully, Andy George & Rob Dean.

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