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I wanted her to love me I wanted her to care
So when she was a-sleeping I stole a lock of hair
I stole a lock of hair And I sewed it in my skin
I had it with me always So her heart I’d surely win

One day she was a-drinking And she told me the truth
She said, “Floyd, I cannot love you I was unhappy in my youth.”
“I was pale and I was sickly, And I walked a crooked path
I thought that God was with me But he was not within my heart.”

She lived by the Bible But she also lived by fear
And a dream began to haunt her That the sea was drawing near
I wore the hair upon me But her heart was harder still
She thought only of her troubles And of the sea’s awful chill

She would cry out in the night
‘I’m Stella Marie The star of the sea
The waves move up To cover me.
Oh the star of the sea Yes I’m Stella Marie
Stella Marie The star of the sea.’

And when I die I pray the sea
To take my bones To Stella Marie
To lie beside My star of the sea
My star of the sea Miss Stella Marie

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from Sinatra's Bones (album, 2014), released March 1, 2014

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Floyd Thursby Melbourne, Australia

"Floyd Thursby has a fascinating voice. But of course, all that would be insignificant without great songs as vehicles for that voice. Thursby has armfuls of them." (Rhythms magazine)

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