The Dark And The Rolling Sea

Album: Modern Times (1975)
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Songfacts®:

  • According to Neville Judd's authorized biography, The Dark And The Rolling Sea "is a relationship song turned into a metaphor". The melody is based on an Irish ballad "The Maid Of County Down." >>>
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    Alexander Baron - London, England

Comments: 2

  • Libby From Louisville, Ky from KentuckyAl introduces this as " a love song". The end of love, more like. Or, ' Don't come crying yo me when it all goes belly up!". Very pretty, though,& I do seriously like this song.
  • Janeeyre1956 from Louisville, KyApparently, the majority of Al's songs are relationship songs as metaphors, with the video following the metaphor. Even ' Flying Sorcery', which pictures the real Lady Lindbergh Amy Johnson.
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