Subject: RE: Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman From: Charley Noble Date: 17 Dec 02 - 04:23 PM Nice work! Charley Noble |
Subject: Tune Add: REUBEN RANZO (I) From: MMario Date: 17 Dec 02 - 04:12 PM N-Reuben Ranzo (I) C- A- T- S-88 K-F B-4/4 F-Doerflinger - after Richard Maitland H- M-4R-3 G-8_a-8 b-4 c-4 b-4 a-4 G-2 a-4 R-4 G-4 G-4 G-2 L-Oh, poor old Reu-ben Ran-zo, Ran-zo boys, H- M-4a-4 G-2 G-8_a-8 b-4 c-8_c-8 b-8_b-8 a-8_a-8 F-2 C-4 R-4 F-4 a-8_c-8 c-5_c-8 L-Ran-zo! Oh, Ran-zo was no sail-or, Ran-zo boys, H- M-1G-4 F-4 R-2 L-Ran-zo! |
Subject: Lyr Add: REUBEN RANZO (I) From: MMario Date: 17 Dec 02 - 03:27 PM REUBEN RANZO(I) (From the singing of Richard Maitland) (Doerflinger - songs of the Sailor and Lumberman - pp 23-24) Oh, poor old Reuben Ranzo, [Ranso boys, Ran-zo!] Oh Ranzo was no sail-or [Ranzo, boys, Ran-zo!] But he was a Boston tailor, He went on a visit to new Bedford. He was shanghaied on a whaler He could not do his duty. So they put him to holystonnign, they took him to the gangway, They tied him on the grating, and they gave him five and forty. the captain's youngest daughter begged her father for mercy. the captain loved his daughter, and he heeded her cries for mercy. he put Ranzo in the cabin, And taught him navigation. Ranzo married his daughter, And now he's skipper of a whaler, and he's got a little Ranzo! And he's got a little Ranzo! |
Subject: Tune Add: COME DOWN, YOU BUNCH OF ROSES, COME DOWN From: MMario Date: 17 Dec 02 - 02:57 PM N-Come Down, You Bunch of Roses, Come Down C- A- T- S-100 K-Eb B-4/4 F-Doerflinger, after Silsbee H- M-4R-3 C-4 B-4 D-4 F-4 G-4 a-4 F-4 b-2 E-4 E-2 C-4 L-Oh, yes, my lads, we'll roll a-lee, Come down, you H- M-4B-4 C-4 D-4 B-4 E-4 E-2 C-4 B-4 D-4 F-4 G-4 a-4 F-4 b-2 L-bunch of ros-es, come down, We'll soon be far a-way from sea, H- M-4E-4 E-2 C-4 B-4 C-4 D-4 B-4 E-4 E-2 R-4 b-3 a-4 L-come down, you bunch of ros-es, come down. Oh, you pinks and pos-es H- M-4G-4 G-4 a-4 G-4 E-4 E-2 C-4 B-4 C-4 D-4 B-4 E-4 E-2 R-4 L-Come down, you bunch of ros-es, come down. Oh, you H- M-4b-3 a-4 G-4 G-4 a-4 G-4 E-4 E-2 C-4 B-4 C-4 D-4 B-4 L-pinks and pos-es, come down, you bunch of ros-es, H- M-1E-4 E-2 R-4 L-come down. |
Subject: Lyr Add: COME DOWN, YOU BUNCH OF ROSES, COME DOWN From: MMario Date: 17 Dec 02 - 02:44 PM COME DOWN, YOU BUNCH OF ROSES, COME DOWN (preserved by Nathaniel Silsbee) (Doerflinger - Songs of the Sailor and the Lumberman - p 22) Oh, yes, my lads, we'll roll a-lee, [come down, you bunch of roses, come down] We'll soon be far a-way from sea, [come down, you bunch of roses, come down] Oh, you pinks and poses, Come down, you bunch of roses, come down Oh, you pinks and poses, Come down, you bunch of roses, come down Oh, what do yer s'pose we had for supper? Black-eyed beans and bread and butter. Oh Poll's in the garden picking peas. she's got fine hair way down to ker knewws. I went downstairs and peeked throug a crack And saw her staling a kiss from Jack. I grabbed right hold of a piece of plank and ran out quick and gave her a spank. |
Subject: Lyr Add; THE THREE CROWS From: MMario Date: 17 Dec 02 - 02:29 PM THE THREE CROWS (Doerflinger - 'Blow The Man Down - IV) There were three crows sat on a tree, (Way, hay, blow the man down,] And they was black as black could be, [Gimme some time to blow the man down!] Says one old crow unto his mate, where shall we go for somethin' to ate? There is an old horse on yonder hill, and there we can go and eat our fill. There is an old horse on yonder m ound. We'll light upon to his jsw-bone Says one old crow unto the other, we'll pick his eyes out one by one. |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE SAILOR'S GRACE / BLOW THE MAN DOWN From: MMario Date: 17 Dec 02 - 02:26 PM THE SAILOR'S GRACE (Doerflinger - 'Blow the Man Down - V' - p 21) Old Horse, Old horse, what brought you here, [Way, hay, blow the man down,] After ploughing the turf for many a year; [Gimme some time to blow the man down!] With kicks and cuffs and sad abuse, We're salted down for sailor's use. Between the mainmast and the pump, We're salted down in great big hunks. And when the mate comes from the rudder He takes a piece of this old blubber. |
Subject: Tune Add: POOR OLD MAN From: MMario Date: 17 Dec 02 - 01:50 PM N-Poor Old Man C- A- T- S-76 K-Ab B-4/4 F-Doerflinger H- M-4R-3 R-0 E-0 E-9 E-0 F-9 F-0 a-4 b-8_c-8 c-4 c-4 b-4 a-9 b-0 c-4 b-2 a-9 b-0 L-As I walked out up-on the road one day; For they say so, and they H- M-4c-4 b-2 e-4 E-9 E-0 F-4 a-4 d-9 d-0 c-4 c-8_b-8 a-4 d-4 c-2 b-2 L-know so, I saw 'n old man with a load of hay, Oh poor old H- M-1a-3 R-4 L-man! |
Subject: Lyr Add: POOR OLD MAN From: MMario Date: 17 Dec 02 - 01:12 PM POOR OLD MAN (from the singing of Richard Maitland) (Doerflinger - Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman - p 14) As I walked out up-on the road one day, [for they say so, and they know so,] I saw 'n old man with a load of hay, [Oh, poor old man!] Says I, old man, your horse is lame, Says I, Old man that horse will die Now if he dies he'll be my loss And if he lives he'll be my horse. And if he dies I'll tan his skin If he live I'll ride him again Round Cape Horn through frost and snow, Round Cape Horn I had to go. Growl you may, but go you must If you growl too loud your head they'll bust. |
Subject: Tune Add: SO HANDY From: MMario Date: 17 Dec 02 - 12:51 PM N-So Handy C- A- T- S-100 K-F B-6/8 F-Doerflinger - Halyard Shanty H- M-5R-2 R-8 C-8 F-8_F-8 C-8 F-8_F-8 G-8 a-8_a-8 a-8 a-5 a-8 a-8 a-8 F-4 G-8 a-4 c-8_c-8 c-8 c-8 L-() Hand-y high and hand-y low, Hand-y me boys, so hand-y oh, it's H- M-4d-4 c-8 b-4 a-0 a-0 G-4 G-8 E-5 G-8 G-8 G-8 E-4 C-8 G-5 G-4 R-8 L-hand-y high and a-way we'll go, Hand-y, me boys, so hand-y! |
Subject: Lyr Add: SO HANDY From: MMario Date: 17 Dec 02 - 12:28 PM SO HANDY (from the singing of Richard Maitland) (Doerflinger - Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman - p12) (Halyard shanty) Handy high and handy low, [Handy me boys, so handy] Oh, it's handy haigh and away we'll go, [Handy, me boys, so handy!] You've got your advance and to sea you must go A-round Cape Horn through frost and snow Growl you may, but go you must. Just growl too much and your head they'll bust Now, up aloft from down below, Up aloft that yard must go. Now, one more pull and we'll show her clew! Oh, we're the boys that'll put her thourgh, With a bully ship and a bully crew, And a bully Old Man to drive her through! We're bound away around Cape Horn, And we'll get there as sure as you're born! Now one more pull and that will do! Oh, We're the gang that'll shove her through. Now, here we are at sea again; Two months' advance we're up against. We're the gang that can do it again! Oh, we're the boys that'll do it once more. |
Subject: Tune Add: JOHN DAMERAY From: MMario Date: 17 Dec 02 - 12:19 PM tune in songwright: N-John Dameray C- A- T- S-100 K-Eb B-4/4 F-Doerflinger H- M-4R-3 R-8 E-8 E-5 E-8 E-4 E-4 D-2 B-2 E-5 E-8 E-4 E-4 L-A-loft we all must go-oh,John come down the H- M-4D-4 F-2 B-4 B-5 D-8 F-4 a-4 G-2 E-2 E-5 E-8 E-4 E-4 L- back-stay, In hail and frost and snow-oh John come down the H- M-4G-4 b-2_G-4 E-2 G-5 a-8 b-1 E-2 G-5 a-8 L-back-stay, John Dam-e-ray John Dam-e- H- M-4b-3_G-4 F-5 F-8 F-4 F-4 D-4 B-3 D-2 F-4 G-4 L-ray. John come down the back-stay. John Dam-e- H- M-4a-3_F-4 E-5 E-8 E-4 E-4 G-4 b-3 E-2 G-5 a-8 L-ray. John come down the back-stay. John Dam-e- H- M-2b-2_e-5 r-8 E-2 G-5 a-8 L-ray. John Dam-e- H- M-4b-3_G-4 F-5 F-8 F-4 F-4 D-4 B-3 D-2 F-4 G-4 L-ray. John come down the back-stay. John Dam-e- H- M-4a-3_F-4 E-5 E-8 E-4 E-4 G-4 b-3 E-2 G-5 a-8 L-ray. John come down the back-stay. John Dam-e- H- M-1b-2_e-5 r-8 L-ray. |
Subject: Lyr Add: JOHN DAMERAY From: MMario Date: 17 Dec 02 - 11:34 AM JOHN DAMERAY (learned at sea (1880's) by Nathaniel Silsbee) (tune set from his singing by niece, Mrs. George C. Beach) (Doerflinger:Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman - pp 7-8) Aloft we all must go-oh, [John come down the backstay] In hail and frost and snow-oh, [John come down the backstay, John Dameray!] John Dameray - John come down the backstay John Dameray - John come down the backstay John Demeray! John Dameray - John come down the backstay John Dameray - John come down the backstay John Demeray! My Ma she wrote to me, "My son, come home from seas" Got no manay and no clo'es Am knocking out of doors. My home I soo will be in, And then we'll have some gin. From sea I will keep clear, And live by selling beer. Doerflinger refers to this as a "fine deep-water tune". |
Subject: Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman From: MMario Date: 22 May 02 - 02:42 PM PAGE TITLE |
Subject: Index: Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman From: Joe Offer Date: 06 Dec 00 - 12:39 AM This is MMario's thread. He started it and did most of the work. I thought it might be a good idea to grace his thread with an index at the top. Amazon says this book is still in print, and available in paperback for $19.95. I'll betcha it's available at the store at Mystic Seaport, and you could buy Stan Hugill's Shanties from the Seven Seas ($13.97 at Amazon) at the same time. Apparently, Amazon and Mystic they don't have Boxing the Compass, the renamed new edition of Roy Palmer's Oxford Book of Sea Songs. -Joe Offer- Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman William Main Doerflinger (1909-2000) Originally published in 1951 as Shantymen and Shantyboys Second printing, retitled Songs of the Sailor and Lumbermen, 1972. Revised with additions, 1990 Alabama, The Anchor’s Aweigh, The A-Roving As I Went A-Walking Down Ratcliffe Highway Banks of Newfoundland, The Banks of the Gaspereaux, The Banks of the Roses, The Beware of Larry Gorman Big Five-Gallon Jar, The Blow, Boys, Blow Blow the Man Down Bold Manning Bold McCarthy (The City of Baltimore) Bold Princess Royal, The Boney Bound Down to Newfoundland Boys of the Island, The Burns and His Highland Mary Burns’s Log Camp Byrontown Call John the Boatman Campañero, The Canso Strait Can’t They Dance the Polka! Charles Gustavus Anderson City of Baltimore, The Coast of Peru, The Come All You Bold Canadians Come Down, You Bunch of Roses, Come Down Corbitt’s Barkentine Cumberland’s Crew, The Dark-Eyed Sailor, The Donzella and the Ceylon, The Dreadnought, The Drowsy Sleeper, The (Who’s That at My Bedroom Window?) Drunken Sailor, The Duffy’s Hotel Dying Soldier, The Early in the Morning (The Drunken Sailor) Ebenezer, The Famous Light Brigade, The Female Warrior, The First of the Emigrants, The Flat River Girl, The (Jack Haggerty) Flying Cloud, The Flying Dutchman, The Gale of August, ‘27, The George Whalen (Whalen’s Fate) Ghostly Crew, The Gimme de Banjo Gull Decoy, The Hanging Johnny Harry Dunne Haul Away, Joe Haul on the Bowline Heave Away Hello, Somebody Highland Laddie History of Prince Edward Island, The Homeward Bound Huckleberry Hunting I Am a Wild Young Irish Boy I’m a Decent Boy from Ireland In Measure Time We’ll Row Irish Girl’s Lament Jack Haggerty Jack Tar Ja, Ja, Ja! Jam on Gerry’s Rock, The Jealous Lover, The Jean François (Boney) John Brown’s Body John Dameray Johnny Boker Johnny Walk Along to Hilo Jolly Young Sailor and the Beautiful Queen, The Lady Franklin’s Lament Lady of the Lake, The Leave Her, Johnny (Time for Us to Leave Her) Leaving of Liverpool, The Let Go the Reef Tackle Light on Cape May, The Little Golden Ring, The Long Time Ago, A Loss of the Cedar Grove, The Loss of the Druid, The Loss of the Ramillies, The (The Ship Rambolee) Lowlands Lumber Camp Song, The Lumberman’s Alphabet, The Maid I Left Behind, The Maids of Simcoe, The Mainsail Haul Mary on the Silvery Tide McCullam Camp (The Winter of ‘73) McKinley Brook Messenger Song, The Millman Song, The Mouth of the Tobique, The Nightingale, The, Ocean Burial, The, Off to Sea Once More Old Oak Tree, The Our Jack’s Come Home Today Paddy Doyle Paddy, Get Back Paddy West Paisley Officer, The Perigoo’s Horse Peter Emberley Plain Golden Band, The Poor Old Man Red Light Saloon, The Reuben Ranzo Rio Grande Rise Me Up from Down Below Roll, Julia, Roll Roll the Cotton Down Rolling Home Row, Bullies, Row (Roll, Julia, Roll) Rufus’s Mare Sacramento Sailor Boy, The Sailor’s Grace, The Sailor’s Grave, The Sailor’s Way, The Sally Brown Sally Monroe Santy Anna Schooner Blizzard, The Schooner Kandahar, The Scow on Cowden Shore, The Shallo Brown Shantyboys’ Song, The Shantyman’s Life, A Shenandoah Ship Rambolee, The Silk Merchant’s Daughter, The So Handy Soldier and the Sailor, The South Australia Southerly Wind Spring Trip of the Schooner Ambition, The Stately Southerner, The Stormalong Susiana Swansea Town They All Love Jack Time for Us to Leave Her Tom Dixon Tomah Stream Tommy’s Gone to Hilo Trip to the Grand Banks, A Two Lovers Discoursing We’ll Have Another Drink Before the Boat Shoves Off We’ll Roll the Golden Chariot Along Were You Ever in Dumbarton? Wexford Girl, The, Whalen’s Fate When Johnson’s Ale Was New Whiskey, Johnny Who’s That at My Bedroom Window? Wife of Kelso, The Wily Auld Cane, The (The Wife of Kelso) Winter of ‘73, The Young Billy Crane Young Forbest |
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