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When they caught a whale, the lookout would carve a notch in his home made chair. A tiny shave of wood for a huge, peaceful life.

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THE NOTCH

You lean on the back of a chair
Through glass, a 000 yard stare
We’re not looking out for a sail
But the spout of a humpback whale
And the men run down the trail

The tiniest cut in the wood
Didn’t do the whale any good
A chair roughly made from an old packing case
A notch in the side to show who won the chase
Or a mark if the whale escaped

Our shelter slowly grew
As the bitter winters blew
Chairs from an old wooden crate
Make a perch to lookover the Strait
And the whales swim past their fate

The tiniest cut in the wood
Didn’t do the whale any good
A chair roughly made from an old packing case
A notch in the side to show who won the chase
Or a mark if the whale escaped

An old Captain Cooker
Became our best mate
And tussles with Suzie
Would lighten the wait
And once, in a beery state

The loneliest winter of all
After decades up on the hill
Thinking of times that had past
As the numbers are fading fast
Have we just seen our last?

The last cut in the wood
Didn’t do the whale any good
A chair roughly made from an old packing case
Just one more notch to show who won the chase
Or a mark if the whale escaped

We hope we’re not too late.

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from Tales of Common Folk, Salt & Sweet Kisses, track released April 3, 2022
Music and lyrics - Nigel Parry

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Nigel Parry New Zealand

Soulful Folkiwi Music
"..rapidly becoming an established player.., bringing his strong, mellow voice and sympathetic guitar sounds to songs old and new, traditional and his own compositions.”

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