Name: Marco Polo
Duration: P00H03M08S
Description: From a live album, "Band of Two" recorded in a pub in the West End of London in November 1995. Me and my best buddy, Pete Fyfe (no longer with us but greatly missed). This recording was made for a gig in Germany and recorded from the back of the amp directly onto an mp3 recorder

Marco Polo

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From a live album, "Band of Two" recorded in a pub in the West End of London in November 1995. Me and my best buddy, Pete Fyfe (no longer with us but greatly missed). This recording was made for a gig in Germany and recorded from the back of the amp directly onto an mp3 recorder

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MARCO POLO

The Marco Polo's a very fine ship, the fastest on the sea
On Australia's strand, we soon will land, Bully Forbes he can look for me
Going to jump this ship in Melbourne Town, go a-digging gold
There's a fortune found, beneath the ground, where the Eucalyptus grows

Marco Polo, the fastest on the sea
Marco Polo, the fastest on the sea

The Blackball owner Mr Baines, said to Bully Forbes one day
"It's up to you to keep your crew when the gold calls them away"
Said Bully Forbes to Mr Baines "I have a plan so fine
Leave it to me then you'll agree, I'm the king of the Blackball line"

Marco...

Now when we reached the Australian shore, Bully Forbes he declared "There is scurvy
All on this trip will not leave the ship, until we reach the Mersey"
And now we lie in a salthouse dock, I'll go to see no more
For I've done my time on the Blackball line under Captain Bully Forbes

Marco...

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released October 30, 2020
Band of Two, Garry Blakeley & Pete Fyfe

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