Cast Iron Stove - Skye Consort & Emma Björling - Live

https://skyeconsortemmabjrling.bandca... A live version of this beautiful song about whalers in the south Pacific, originally written by Harry Robertson. Our version has new lyrics and the Skye Consort & Emma Björling treatment. This was filmed live at Salle Bourgie in Montreal, Qc, Canada on November 6, 2019. Seán Dagher - lead voice and Irish bouzouki Amanda Keesmaat - cello and voice Alex Kehler - nyckelharpa and voice Emma Björling - voice You can find our album at skyeconsortemmabjrling.bandcamp.com Website: www.skyeconsort.org Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2XZ8p9O Cast Iron Stove - Lyrics Where the winter blizzards blow And the whaling fleet's at rest Tucked in Leith harbour's sheltered bay Safely anchored ten abreast There's the whale-men at their station As from shed to shed they roam Carry bags of coal with them and an old cast iron stove In the cold dark engine room Where the chill seeps in your soul How we huddled round that cast iron stove That burned oily rags and coal Fireman Paddy worked with me On the engine, stiff and cold A stranger to the truth was he: There's not a lie he hasn't told Oh he's boasted of his gold mines And the hearts that he had won But his bawdy sense of humour shone Just like a ray of sun We live it seven days a week With icy hands and frozen feet Bitter days and lonely nights Making grog and having fights There's salted fish, there's whale-meat sausage There's fresh penguin eggs, a treat But we struggle on to work each day Through icy wind and sleet Then one day we see the sun We see the factory ship return You see your old friends and you sing a song And hope the journey wasn't long Then it's homeward bound and it's over As we leave this icy cove But I always will remember That old cast iron stove