"I Am A Dolphin" genre: Folk
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	An acoustic ecological sea shanty about a dolphin trying to make it home through the many man-made dangers in the sea. . ."Will I ever make it home, home, home, jumpin' in the foam, swimmin' in the blue briny ocean"
	CD: 'The Day The Library Went Wild' & 'Jay Mankita'   Label: Jay Mankita Productions Credits: Jay Mankita - guitar & vocals, Steve Schuch - violin
	Story Behind the Song This song was written while I was on board the Sloop Clearwater, which sails up and down the Hudson River teaching kids how to keep the river clean. I was hanging out with Pete Seeger and the rest of the crew of that fantastic boat, singing all sorts of songs, and I thought to myself that I'd like to try writing a traditional sounding song about some of what's happening right now in the oceans. This song has also been recorded by several other artists, including Magpie and Dean Stevens. Lyrics I am a dolphin, rollin' in the sea My passion is to live, and to live I must be free I am a travellin', rollin' in the sea I am bound for home in the bay of Waikiki CHORUS: Will I ever make it home, home, home, jumpin' in the foam - swimmin' in the blue briny ocean? I swam with the tuna, rollin' in the sea But when they came for the tuna, they also came for me They cast their nets down over the side, rollin' in the sea They missed me by a yard, but they killed my family CHORUS I saw a mighty tanker, rollin' in the sea That ship had sprung a leak that was spreading rapidly I swam around the oil slick, rollin' in the sea I swam the other way just as fast as I could flee CHORUS I smelled a stinking garbage barge, rollin' in the sea It carried all the poison from a poison industry The garbage and the poison were rollin' in the sea They dumped it o'er the side where it almost strangled me CHORUS I saw a brutal whaling ship, rollin' in the sea They'd shot another whale who was dying helplessly In rage, I breached above the waves, rollin' in the sea I dove beneath the waves just before they shot at me At last I saw my friendly bay, rollin' in the sea My spirits were restored, but it still occurred to me That I am a dolphin, rollin' in the sea My passion is to live and to live I must be free How did I ever make it home, home, home, Jumpin' in the foam, swimmin' in the blue briny ocean?

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