Gordon Bok - House Concert

Gordon Bok enchanted folks who crammed into the private residence at 215 Sycamore on Anna Maria Island last night. We were there! My brother-in-law Paul recommended we listen to one of Gordon's albums of folk music years ago. We have been fans ever since. This was our first chance to see him live. Learn about Gordon Bok, sailor, woodcutter and folk singer at Gordon's Website.

One of Gordon's songs actually inspired us to visit Isle Au Haut off the coast of Maine a few years ago. Isle Au Haut Light House

Lyrics:
If I could give you three things,
I would give you these:
Song and laughter and a wooden home
In the shining seas

chorus: When you see old Isle au Haut
Rising in the dawn,
You will play in yellow fields
In the morning sun.

Sleep where the wind is warm
And the moon is high.
Give sadness to the stars,
Sorrow to the sky.

Do you hear what the sails are saying
In the wind's dark song?
Give sadness to the wind,
Blown alee and gone.

Sleep now, the moon is high,
And the wind blows cold;
For you are sad and young
And the sea is old.

If I could give you three things
I would give you these:
Song and laughter and a wooden home
In the shining sea.