Another rather nifty artefact – Harry Nilsson’s handwritten lyrics to ‘Men At Sea’. The song was written by Harry for the 1983 Graham Chapman/Peter Cook film, ‘Yellowbeard’. While the song does not appear in the film, it does feature at the end of “Group Madness”, a documentary about the filming of Yellowbeard. The lyrics were gifted to Harry’s friend Bob Borgen. As Bob shared with me,
… I was just over one night and saw the sheet on a table — I think he played me a cassette and then just picked up the paper and signed it, and handed it over. He was hoping it would be used in Yellowbeard, but if you heard it you can see that it is rough and not really finished. I’m glad they at least used it in the documentary about the film.
If you’ve never heard the track take a click over here and jump to the 18:05 mark.
