Not waving but drowning

Stevie Smith 1957 Andrew Robinson 2011

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No - bo - dy heard him, the dead man But still he lay moan - ing

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I was much fur - ther out than you thought, and not wav - ing but drown - ing.

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It must have been too cold for him, his heart gave way, they said Oh

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I was much too far out all my life, and not wav - ing but drown - ing.

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