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Thread #18782 Message #3958480
Posted By: SuperDave
26-Oct-18 - 10:15 AM
Thread Name: Origin: The Bluenose
Subject: RE: Origin: The Bluenose
The Bluenose song from Helicopter Canada - This is credited as being written by Kate McGarrigle and was performed by the Mountain City Four (which included both Kate and Anna) for the soundtrack. Lyrics & chords (ChordPro format) as best I can figure them:
[C]She's sailing [G]out of [C]Lunenburg [G]harbour A [C]legend [Am]and the [F]wind be[G]fore her [C]She won [Em]all the [Am]races of her day The [F]ghost we see is only time -- [G]away And it's [C]blow boys, blow my [G]bully boys, blow
Captain Angus Walters met the Prince of Wales He rode the seas and fought the gales They sold his ship to carry freight The queen sailed off to meet her fate And it's blow boys, blow my bully boys, blow
Now in the memory of other times She rides as the tail on the back of a dime She follows the wind and answers the call As seagulls cry - to the sea and all And it's blow boys, blow my bully boys, blow
On a personal note, I saw the hull of the Bluenose II being laid down in the Smith & Rhuland boatyard in Lunenburg sometime during the 50s. S&R, one of the last of the major wooden boat building firms in the area, also did the Bounty replica for the Marlon Brando "Mutiny on the Bounty"