Name: William Digby Dolben
Duration: P00H03M23S
Description: The Volta Tower in Finedon was the ispiration behind this song. It was build by the Dolben family as a folly to comemerate both his sons who had died tragically in 2 seperate drowning incidents. This song follows the Youngest, William, who went to sea to seek his fortune and fame aboard a whaling Ship.

William Digby Dolben

from Fortune and Folly by Crybb

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The Volta Tower in Finedon was the ispiration behind this song. It was build by the Dolben family as a folly to comemerate both his sons who had died tragically in 2 seperate drowning incidents. This song follows the Youngest, William, who went to sea to seek his fortune and fame aboard a whaling Ship.

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William Digby Dolben, won't you come home to me?
No, my loving father, for I sail a boiling sea
William Digby Dolben, where are you my precious Son?
I seek the oily backs of whales under an African sun

Oh, Take care out there my only son
Beware the blistering heat
Don't lose your grip upon the oar
For the sea is vast and deep

William Digby Dolben must you travel the world so wide?
Yes, dear father, I must go, to prove my single mind
Dearest, William, weren't the fields and the sweet green woods enough?
No, Dear Pa, I long to see, the waves crash on the bluff

Oh, Take care out there, my only one,
Beware the blistering heat
Don't lose your grip upon the oar
for the sea is vast and deep

On the first day of September
Young, William, took the oar
The warm salt waters took him down
He'd be going home no more

William Digby Dolben, won't you come home to me?
No my loving father for I sail the boiling sea
William Digby Dolben, where are you my precious, Son
Full fathom five, my body lies
Underneath an African Sun

Oh, take care out there my only one
beware the blistering heat
Don't lose your grip upon the oar
for the sea is vast and deep

take care out there my only one
beware the blistering heat
Don't lose your grip upon the oar
for the sea is vast and deep

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from Fortune and Folly, released March 6, 2019
Words/melodica/vocals - Kate Beresford
Guitar/Vocals/Stompbox/tambourine - Gary Painting

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