The seagull's name was Nelson

Artist: Des & Dawn

Released: 1982

Album: Their Best

Genre: Folk

 

Lyrics

Well a long time ago in '67

A little boy was roaming on the beach

When all of a sudden he heard a plaintive cry

So near yet so far out of reach

He looked behind a rock so tall

And there before his eyes

Was an oiled soaked seagull lying there

Windswept with pain in his eyes

And the seagull's name was Nelson

Nelson who came from the sea

And the seagull's name was Nelson

Nelson the seagull free

He fed that seagull limpets small

Until that bird could fly

And when he thought it was so

He let little Nelson go

And he flew above his head up in the sky

And the seagull's name was Nelson

Nelson who came from the sea

And the seagull's name was Nelson

Nelson the seagull free

Well time had come for the boy to go

Sadness was in their eyes

But it's not for you to criticize

If you've never seen a seagull cry

And the seagull's name was Nelson

Nelson who came from the sea

And the seagull's name was Nelson

Nelson the seagull free

And the seagull's name was Nelson

Nelson who came from the sea

And the seagull's name was Nelson

Nelson the seagull free

Nelson the seagull free

And the seagull's name was Nelson

Nelson who came from the sea

And the seagull's name was Nelson

Nelson the seagull free

And the seagull's name was Nelson

Nelson who came from the sea

And the seagull's name was Nelson

Nelson the seagull free

 

Mossel Bay

South Africa

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