The Return of the Sacred Crab Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 60 times, most recently at Nashville Rooms on June 02, 1979. He first performed it at St John's Pythagoras Room on November 24, 1977, 1 year and 6 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
A Can of Bees The Soft Boys Two Crabs Music Album 1979
A Tin of Crabs The Soft Boys Crabs Moon Records Bootleg 1987
The Soft Boys 1976-1981 The Soft Boys Rykodisc Album 1993
Rout Of The Clones The Soft Boys Bootleg 1995
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
St John's Pythagoras Room Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 11/24/1977
Alex Wood Hall Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 04/29/1978
The Penthouse The Soft Boys Scarborough England UK 05/05/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 05/06/1978
The Roundhouse The Soft Boys London England UK 05/07/1978
Alex Wood Hall The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 05/13/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 05/14/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 05/20/1978
Marquee The Soft Boys London England UK 05/25/1978
Nags Head The Soft Boys High Wycombe England UK 05/27/1978
Rock Garden The Soft Boys Middlesbrough England UK 06/02/1978
Tiffany's The Soft Boys Edinburgh Scotland UK 06/05/1978
Stowaway Club The Soft Boys Newport Wales UK 06/07/1978
Roots / F Club The Soft Boys Leeds England UK 06/08/1978
Rafters The Soft Boys Manchester England UK 06/09/1978
Portsmouth Polytechnic The Soft Boys Portsmouth England UK 06/17/1978
Marquee The Soft Boys London England UK 06/18/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 07/02/1978
Hope & Anchor Leppo & the Jooves London England UK 08/26/1978
Alma The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 08/28/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 09/15/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 10/06/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 10/14/1978
77 Club The Soft Boys Nuneaton England UK 10/17/1978
London College of Printing The Soft Boys London England UK 10/19/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 10/20/1978
Rock Garden The Soft Boys London England UK 10/27/1978
Downing College, Cambridge University The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 10/28/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 11/11/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 11/16/1978
Leicester University The Soft Boys Leicester England UK 11/21/1978
Russell Club "Factory" Night The Soft Boys Manchester England UK 11/24/1978
Eric's The Soft Boys Liverpool England UK 11/25/1978
Lady Mitchell Hall The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 11/27/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 12/08/1978
Rock Garden The Soft Boys London England UK 12/22/1978
Corn Exchange (Heads) The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 12/23/1978
North East London Polytechnic The Soft Boys London England UK 01/11/1979
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 01/12/1979
Mid-Herts College The Soft Boys Welwyn Garden City England UK 01/20/1979
Sidney Sussex College The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 01/26/1979
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 02/02/1979
Alex Wood Hall The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 02/03/1979
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 03/03/1979
UCL (University College London) The Soft Boys London England UK 03/05/1979
Rock Garden The Soft Boys London England UK 03/10/1979
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 03/24/1979
Brillig Arts Centre The Soft Boys Bath England UK 04/21/1979
University of East Anglia The Soft Boys Norwich England UK 04/27/1979
Canterbury College of Art The Soft Boys Canterbury England UK 05/01/1979
Pop Club The Soft Boys York England UK 05/02/1979
Boogie House The Soft Boys Norwich England UK 05/03/1979
The Penthouse The Soft Boys Scarborough England UK 05/04/1979
Newcastle Polytechnic The Soft Boys Newcastle upon Tyne England UK 05/06/1979
Huddersfield Polytechnic The Soft Boys Huddersfield England UK 05/08/1979
Reading University The Soft Boys Reading England UK 05/09/1979
Warwick University The Soft Boys Coventry England UK 05/12/1979
Woods The Soft Boys Plymouth England UK 05/16/1979
Routes The Soft Boys Exeter England UK 05/17/1979
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 06/02/1979

Lyrics

And you saw the crab on the train going home, sure you did
And you saw the crab on the train going home, sure you did
And you saw the crab in the captain's cab
In the full green jumper and the milky moves
And a horn in hand blew a fanfare sweet
And you knew my love was watching you

And you dug a hole where the moonlight fell, yes I know
And you dug a hole where the moonlight fell, yes I know
Oh, you dug a hole where the moonlight fell
And you knew the crab 'cause you knew its shell
And a twisted dog blew a hungry gut
And you knew my love was nudging you

Mmm.
You need suggestions
You move as one
You tell your baby
"Let's have some fun"
Your baby's Gladys
She move like a worm
You say, "That's alright
Baby, just don't squirm"
She keeps on moving 'til the firemen come
Then you put the firemen under your thumbs
Under your thumbs

And it blew their minds when they learned the facts, sure it did
And it blew their minds when they learned the facts, sure it did
And it blew their minds when they learned the facts
And they chased us 'round with a rubber axe
And the brainless king chewed his fingers off
And you knew my love was walking home

Walk it home, Kimberley
Don't bring it back in