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Thread #135696   Message #3095488
Posted By: shipcmo
15-Feb-11 - 02:04 AM
Thread Name: Sea Chantey Lyrics, MIDI tunes, & MP3's
Subject: Sea Chanty Lyrics and MIDI tunes
In 1886 James Taft Hatfield made a passage on the bark Ahkera from Pensacola to Nice. While onboard he copied down some of the Chanties sung by the crew.
One of them, Shiny-O! has already been posted on the thread: Lyr Req: Shiny-O or Shiney-O.

Nancy Rhee lyrics

Nan-cy | Rhe- e, O Na - an -cy | Rhe-e-e-| e, My | gal-ant Nan-cy | Rhee! O, | why don't you come a- | long, my | gal-ant Nan-cy | Rhee? ||

The Austral is the ship for me!

I put bar lines in the text to give some idea how the words fit the tune.
If it would help, I can post the abc notation, with a link to an abc to MIDI program that would produce a score.
Cheers,
Geo