...EPISTLE TO DERROLL... by Donovan ------------........... *from ' Gift from Flower to Garden' (1968)* *CAPO 3rd FRET* (Original Key: Eb) (*N.* The and / chord are played in this rhythm): / Intro: /, / /, / / Verse 1: Come all ye starry star-fish, living in the deep blue sea. Crawl to me; I have a propo-sition to make thee. Would you walk the North Sea floor, to Belgium from Eng-land? Chorus 1: Bring me word of a banjo man, With a tattoo on his hand. Verse 2: The spokesman of the star-fish, spoke as spokesman should. "If'n you met our fee then, certainly we would. If you cast a looking-glass u-pon the scallopped sand; Chorus 2: You'll have word o' this banjo man, With a tattoo on his hand". Verse 3: Come all ye starry star-fish, I know your ways are caped. Maybe its be-cause you're astro-logically shaped. Converse with the herring shoals, as I know you can, Chorus 3: Bring me word o' the banjo man, With a tattoo on his hand. Verse 4: The eldest of the star-fish spoke, after a sigh; "Youthful as you are young man, you have a 'Wisdom Eye'; Surely you must know a looking-glass, is made from sand? Chorus 4: These young-fish are fooling you, A-bout this banjo man." Verse 5: "Come then aged star-fish, riddle me no more. For news I am wea-ry, and my heart is sore. All on the silent sea-shore, help me if you can, Chorus 5: Tell to me, if you know, of this banjo man". Verse 6: "All through the seven o-ceans, I am a star most famed. Many 'leggys' have I lost, and many have I gained. Strange to say, quite recent-ly, I've been to Fleming Land, Chorus 6: And if you are courteous, I'll tell you all I can. Verse 7: "You have my full at-ten-tion", I answered him with glee, His brother stars were twink-ling, in the sky above the sea. So I sat there with rapt at-tention, on the sand, Chorus 7: Very anxious for to hear, of the banjo man. Verse 8: "I have seen this tattooed hand, through a ship port-hole. Steaming on the watery main, through the waves so cold. Heard his tinkling banjo, and his voice so grand. Chorus 8: But you must come to Belgium, to shake his tattooed hand." Verse 9: "Gladly would I come, oh, gladly would I go. Had I not my work to do, and my face to show. I re-joice to know he's well, but I must go in-land, Chorus 9: Thank you for the words you brought, of the banjo man". Verse 10: I walked a-long the evening sand, as charcoal clouds did shift. Re-vealing the moon shi-ning, on the pebble drift. Contem-plating every other word, the starfish said; Chorus 10: Whistly winds, they filled my dreams, in my dreaming bed. CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- / EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x32010 332010 133211 x02210