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Thread #167798 Message #4051234
Posted By: Shogun
08-May-20 - 11:28 AM
Thread Name: Origins: A-Rovin' - Stan Hugill versions
Subject: RE: Origins: A-Rovin' - Stan Hugill versions
Hi All
So my biggest issue now is this version:
A-ROVIN' (Hugill Version B)
[Anderson, the Scottish carpenter already mentioned, said that in
his ship - one of Vickers' big four-masters from Liverpool - the
usual method of singing this shanty was as follows.
In Amsterdam there lived a maid
An'she was mistress of her trade
We'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
CHORUS
A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's bin me overthrow
We'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
Note the omission of the refrain "Mark well what I do say!" ]
[] - oryginal text from first edition
Question 1: is that mean omission of first 2 lines of verses, happen allways? for example:
In Amsterdam there lived a maid
And she was mistress of her trade
We'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
CHORUS
A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's bin me overthrow
We'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
2.
One night I crept from my abode
To meet this fair maid down the road.
Ch. We'll go no more a-rovin' with you, fair maid.
Full Chorus
A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's bin me overthrow
We'll go no more a-rovin', With you, fair maid.
and so on?