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Thread #119776 Message #2696274
Posted By: Snuffy
09-Aug-09 - 05:45 AM
Thread Name: 'Rare' Caribbean shanties of Hugill, etc
Subject: Lyr Add: WON'T YOU GO MY WAY?
"Won't You Go My Way?" is also on the CD Hzard, Hardship and Damned Little Pay released in 2000 by Australian shantymen The Roaring Forties. WON'T YOU GO MY WAY?
It was on one summer's morning, WYGMW
In the morning bright and early, WYGMW
I met a pretty fair maid
Yes, I met a pretty fair maid
Her figure was trim and cosy
And her cheeks was red and rosy
Well I asked her for to tarry
But she said she'd rather marry [the Foc'sle Singers have this the other way round
Well I left her in the morning
In the morning bright and early
And now I'm bound for Frisco
Yes, I'm outward bound for Frisco
It was on one summer's morning
In the morning bright and early
The tune is that used by the Foc'sle Singers but the notes are singularly unhelpful on provenance. Only 3 out of 23 songs are actually referred to in the sleeve notes, but this is one: "The long heaving tasks were more likely to be accompanied by a song with a narrative to divert the crew (e.g. "We're All Bound To Go" or "Won't You Go My Way")."