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Thread #63385   Message #1028690
Posted By: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca
03-Oct-03 - 07:39 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Old Superb (Newbolt/Stanford)
Subject: Lyr Add: THE OLD SUPERB (Newbolt/Stanford)
Haven't found the words, but....

It's mentioned here:

Old Superb

The "Old Superb"
Text by Sir Henry Newbolt (1862-1938), copyright .
Set by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), op. 91, from Songs of the Sea, no. 5.


The wind was rising easterly, the morning, the morning sky was blue,

From Thought Cafe

The Old Superb

The wind was rising easterly, the
Morning sky was blue,
The Straits before us opened wide
And free;
We looked towards the Admiral,
Where high Peter flew,
And all our hearts were dancing
Like the sea.
 

From Stanford Songs:

We find further mention of the song being on a recording.

Also,
From SHIPS AND HARBOURS IN BRITISH MUSICThe Old Superb, the rousing final song from Stanford's Songs of the Sea, telling the tale of a ship of the line which fought at Trafalgar, and which was not in reality as decrepit as the song would have us believe;