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Toronto Banksman

from Song's on the Back Foot by G J Armstrong

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lyrics

CHORUS
He was the son of a Toronto banksman
Lifting loads off the inbound ships
Guiding cranes above the fleet
To lay the load down at his feet
With the waving of his arms to the sky

VERSE 1
His father work the docks - And his grandpa before him
Tradition of the bloodline of the men
In the cold and in the rain - Just their arms take the strain
Of the rope nets that were swinging off the crane

CHORUS

VERSE 2
With one eye on the load - And the other on the road
He’d safely lay the goods down to rest
But he never saw the boy - That was playing with his toy
Who had no right to be playing on the docks

CHORUS

VERSE 3
As they lowered down the crate - It sealed the young boys fate
Nothing left but a little broken toy
All the men were brought to tears - worst they'd seen in a forty years
Was the death of that poor little boy

CHORUS

VERSE 4
From the docks he walked away -Didn’t even get his pay
Couldn’t bring himself to re turn
Took his son to work that day - And the price he had to pay
His blood will never work the docks again

CHORUS

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from Song's on the Back Foot, released September 29, 2016

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