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featuring Dan Cantrell, musical saw

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Battleship Rose is the tallest tree
the tallest tree in Cathedral Grove
a velvet nest there sheltered me
a hundred years ago

Battleship Rose is a stormy sea
a stormy sea on a starless night
my ship went down to the darkest deep
a hundred years ago
straight down to Battleship Rose

Oh, ho Battleship Rose
makes the music fly from the rocks and stones
Oh ho ho Battleship Rose
with a box, a spoon, or a garden hose
Oh ho Battleship Rose
makes the music fly on fiery wings
Oh ho ho Battleship Rose
makes the birds, the girls and the angels sing

Battleship Rose is 3/4 time
3/4 time at the masquerade ball
the room spun around when his cheek touched mine
a hundred years ago

Battleship Rose is a black top hat
a black top hat on the vaudeville stage
he sawed that lady clean in half
a hundred years ago
the amazing Battleship Rose

Oh, ho Battleship Rose
makes the music fly from the rocks and stones
Oh ho ho Battleship Rose
with a box, a spoon, or a garden hose
Oh ho Battleship Rose
makes the music fly on fiery wings
Oh ho ho Battleship Rose
makes the birds, the girls and the angels sing

Battleship Rose is a shiny blade
a shiny blade with an edge of silk
plunged in rubies to its hilt
a hundred years ago

Battleship Rose is the breath of God
the breath of God in a whispered dream
in Elysian Fields by the circling stream
I'll dream of Battleship Rose

dream, dream, dream

Oh, ho Battleship Rose
makes the music fly from the rocks and stones
Oh ho ho Battleship Rose
with a box, a spoon, or a garden hose
Oh ho Battleship Rose
makes the music fly on fiery wings
Oh ho ho Battleship Rose
makes the birds, the girls and the angels hum
makes the birds, the girls and the angels come

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from Saints Of The Lost Cause Saloon, released August 4, 2008

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Katy Stephan San Francisco, California

Katy Stephan's music is both sweet and salty, delicate and powerful.
Her voice has been featured in major motion picture soundtracks, TV movies and theme songs, and even in childrens toys. 
She has created original music for theatre productions, modern dance, and circus. 
“Beautiful sonic valentines handcrafted from oaths, prayers, curses, feathers and frills.”
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