Lockmaster Song

Robert Wills, Richard Wills, Jeffrey Hersk, 1971

Well, I went over to Rumsey, to visit the gypsy,

Down at the old lock wall

And there the catfish are jumpin' and the Sweeneys are swimmin'

And Tinker, he jumped higher, than all the rest of us, put together

That was bright summer's day,

Not so very far away

Down the valley just a way,

Where the Green River lay

And I went down to the river, look into the water

See the crayfish a-swimmin' by

And I got into the music, and into the magical moment

Of touching you, eye-to-eye

And feeling you

On a bright summer's day,

Not so very far away

Down the valley just a way,

Where the Green River lay

     I feel my memories floatin' down to Louisiana

     That's where my dreamboat's goin'

      Down to Louisiana, down to Louisiana

     La dee da da, de lah, yeah

And Buddy and Cammie gave us all a double whammy,

Makin' Tarzan from a willow tree

While me and my brother, played a game with one another

Where we both run in the sunshine

And the horseweed, out of space and time

On a bright summer's day,

Not so very far away

Down the valley just a way,

Where the Green River lay

Robert, accoustic guitar & vocal; Richard, bass, vocal; John Capek, clay bongos, producer. Recorded at Bruce Anthony's Studio, Toronto.