Caitlin's Daughter by Don't Tell Johnny

This song was Don't Tell Johnny's contribution to the 'Electric Landlady' Album, a collection of songs written and performed by musicians in and around Chepstow, to raise money for St David's Hospice. It is about the poet Dylan Thomas and his wife, Caitlin.

It is written and performed by Don't Tell Johnny.
It was produced by Paul Hobday at Scabby Road Studios
It will also appear on the forthcoming DTJ Album 'Better Late Than Never'

The Boathouse was the home to Caitlin’s daughter
Seabirds calling overhead glinting light on mud and water
‘Sloe black, crow black fishing boat bobbing sea’
Now that you are gone what good is that to me?
‘Slow black, bible black’ whiskey is the pill
Mothers at the window, left over life to kill
Eighteen straight whiskies was an insult to the brain
To New York for a dollar never coming home again
....to Caitlin’s daughter
‘Sloe black, crow black fishing boat bobbing sea’
Now that you are gone what good is that to me?
‘Slow black, bible black’ whiskey is the pill
Mothers at the window, left over life to kill
Pictures and the memories, tourists in the lanes
A boathouse and a writing shed are all now that remains
...of Caitlin’s daughter