Sea songs

Subject: RE: Sea songs
From: Greg B
Date: 21 Dec 07 - 05:39 PM

Radio station KOME in San Jose (98.5, I think) used to
say:

"We're the KOME spot on your dial"

or

"You've got KOME all over your radio."

Subject: RE: Sea songs
From: GUEST,strad
Date: 21 Dec 07 - 05:00 PM

Is it true that ballroom dancing is a naval operation without loss of seamen?

Subject: RE: Sea songs
From: Charley Noble
Date: 21 Dec 07 - 04:25 PM

Reminds me of the old captain beating his way past the Bite of Benin:

This Bark is worse than the Bite!

Where many go in but few come out.

For more information: Click at Your Own Risk!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Sea songs
From: webfolk
Date: 20 Dec 07 - 11:57 AM

I remember Alan Green, BBC football commentator, when commenting upon an England friendly football match which featured several substitutions spouting "I've got Seamen all over the place"

Geoff
www.webfolk.net

Subject: RE: Sea songs
From: Greg B
Date: 20 Dec 07 - 11:47 AM

Bad news, Bonzo.

It's your turn in the barrel.

Subject: RE: Sea songs
From: Tim Leaning
Date: 20 Dec 07 - 08:27 AM

and then there is the Shark eating man
Its supposed to be lucky to eat shark and an aphrodisiac
SO if any one tried it let us know if FIns looked up for you

Subject: RE: Sea songs
From: Joe_F
Date: 19 Dec 07 - 07:56 PM

Don't forget the man-eating shark, who will eat neither woman nor child. He "dines upon seamen & skippers".

Subject: RE: Sea songs
From: MartinRyan
Date: 19 Dec 07 - 07:02 PM

Lets try that again:

See! Men!

Regards

Subject: RE: Sea songs
From: MartinRyan
Date: 19 Dec 07 - 06:59 PM

See! Me
Regards!

Subject: RE: Sea songs
From: Nerd
Date: 19 Dec 07 - 06:35 PM

Well, I'm guessing he wanted the conversation to go in altogether "hornier" direction, anyway. "Handfull of seamen," indeed!

Subject: RE: Sea songs
From: PoppaGator
Date: 19 Dec 07 - 06:20 PM

Spoken like a true nerd, Nerd ;^) You too, MMario.

I think the OP's question may have been rhetorical, and intended to elicit sillier reposnses than either of yours. Topical tom's was probably closer to the mark.

But I can't thnk of anything partcularly clever or witty, either, so here I am contributing to the growing pedantry of this discussion. Sorry!

Subject: RE: Sea songs
From: Nerd
Date: 19 Dec 07 - 06:16 PM

My guess is, in the many WPA collections of interviews, there is material from sailors who wound up in America. Those would naturally talk about life aboard ship. I know there are some interviews of a retired whaling captain, for example...so those are also non-song sources.

Subject: RE: Sea songs
From: topical tom
Date: 19 Dec 07 - 05:08 PM

My favourite sea song is "The Irish Rover".Seamen but no Horne involved there.

Subject: RE: Sea songs
From: MMario
Date: 19 Dec 07 - 04:43 PM

possibly by the diaries, published accounts and logbooks; but that's assuming one can read.

Subject: Sea songs
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 19 Dec 07 - 04:37 PM

Without them, how would we know what it was like to round the Horne with a handfull of seamen?