Sea Shanties of Old Vermont

Aaron Tieger

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January 2003
OUT OF PRINT
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IV. Sea Shanties of Old VT

These are the songs
we used to sing: Will the circle
be unbroken shallow oh
shallow brown I’m a fool
to do your dirty work

sweet Sally MacLennan will I see
you tonight bass! how low
can you go on a downtown train
you got me ringing hell’s bells
this is my condition

and we saw St. Elmo’s Fire
spitting ions in the ether

start the riot

now

Start the riot

About the Author

Praise

Sea Shanties of Old Vermont weaves a nostalgia-producing return trip to Brattleboro with the memories now ghosting this one-time home of the author. A straightforward earnestness, given a jolt of punk rock angst . . .covers Tieger’s acquaintance-infested Vermont.

Noah Eli Gordon

Publication Details

Chapbook
Hand-bound. 20 pp, 4.5 x 7.25 in
Publication Date: January 01 2003