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Thread #5862   Message #340957
Posted By: Wolfgang
15-Nov-00 - 04:22 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Jutland (Les Sullivan)
Subject: Lyr Add: JUTLAND (Les Sullivan)^^
Below you'll find the song in an easier to read shape, making it more probable that it'll be harvested for the DT. I have added a note to explain one name with which the non-British mudcatters might not be familiar with (sorry, if I'm wrong). A short account of that battle including a map can be found here.

Wolfgang

(one question: how do you pronounce 'Jutland'?)

JUTLAND -
(Les Sullivan)

Where are you goin' my Billy-O, (2x)
I'm joining a ship in Scapa Flow,
That's where I'm going my Nancy.
I'm joining "Queen Mary" Nancy-O,
Joining "Queen Mary" Nancy-O,
She's bristling with guns and ready to go,
To sail to glory with Jellicoe*,
But where is "Queen Mary"? Gone Now!
And where is the glory? Gone Now!
And six thousand sailors, Gone Now!
They have gone to the bottom at Jutland.

Where are you goin' my Rodney-O, (2x)
I'm joining a ship in Scapa Flow,
That's where I'm going my Nancy.
I'm joining "Invincible" Nancy-O,
Joining "Invincible" Nancy-O,
She's bristling with guns and ready to go,
To sail to glory with Jellicoe,
But where is "Invincible"? Gone Now!
And where is the glory? Gone Now!
And six thousand sailors, Gone Now!
They have gone to the bottom at Jutland.

Where are you goin' my Johnny-O, (2x)
I'm joining a ship in Scapa Flow,
That's where I'm going my Nancy.
I'm joining the "Black Prince" Nancy-O,
Joining the "Black Prince" Nancy-O,
She's bristling with guns and ready to go,
To sail to glory with Jellicoe,
But where is the "Black Prince"? Gone Now!
And where is the glory? Gone Now!
And six thousand sailors, Gone Now!
They have gone to the bottom at Jutland.

*: Jellicoe: Sir John Jellicoe, 1859-1935, commander of the British fleet at the battle of Jutland, later First Sea Lord.
^^