The lyric idea came from a postsecret.com card that said "I got up at 5 in the morning to go out hauling with you, not because I like lobster, but because I like you. Take the hint."
Billy's done a sterling job turning this into an authentic shanty. Dang, I wish I was in a fishermen's pub somewhere with a pint in my hand!
Just a bit of fun.
Music/arrangement/instrumentation/vocals: Billy Playle
Lyrics: Donna Devine
Take The Hint(v1)
You're a lobster fisherman's daughter
The light of your daddy's eye
He's taught you the ways
Of the briny deep
The play of sea and sky
You dream of taking over
'The Neptune' by and by
Pre-chorus
I arise at 5 in the morning
To go lobster hauling, it's true
But not because of the lobster
I do it all for you
Chorus
Oh take the hint my darling girl
Take the hint my dear
I love you more than lobster
It's the reason I am here
Oh take the hint my darling girl
Take the hint my dear
(v2)
At the start of the fishing season
You sat on the wharf all day
Salting up herring
To put in the traps
You stole my heart away
I was just a raw flat-lander
But knew I'd want to stay
(v3)
You asked if I would go with you
To give the crew a hand
You taught me
To unload the traps
To man the winch, to band
I learned more in that day at sea
Than I'd ever done on land
Pre-chorus
I arise at 5 in the morning
To go lobster hauling, it's true
But not because of the lobster
I do it all for you
Chorus
Oh take the hint my darling girl
Take the hint my dear
I love you more than lobster
It's the reason I am here
Oh take the hint my darling girl
Take the hint my dear
Bridge
What a busy week on the water
The fishing's been good for sure
We had a fine catch and the price we fetch
Might last a month or more
Oh you love the work, you live for the haul
But I really wish it's my heart you'd trawl
Pre-chorus
I arise at 5 in the morning
To go lobster hauling, it's true
But not because of the lobster
I do it all for you
Chorus
Oh take the hint my darling girl
Take the hint my dear
I love you more than lobster
It's the reason I am here
Oh take the hint my darling girl
Take the hint my dear
� 2010 Donna Devine
