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Lyr Req: ghost sailor/lover dream song
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Subject: Lyr Req: ghost sailor/lover dream song From: GUEST,Julia Date: 27 Jun 09 - 07:56 PM Hi folks- looking for a song that has all of these ingredients: Sailor goes off to sea and is drowned (Actually, he becomes deliriously sick and throws himself overboard) Girlfriend dreams he comes home, but halfway up the dock he says "prepare to follow me" and leaves She pines away I have found several with some of the story (Mary's Dream, Lowlands), but I'm thinking I heard the whole thing somewhere. In any case, I just found a story in local history that exactly follows this scenario and would like to present with a trad song. Thanks all Julia |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ghost sailor/lover dream song From: Commander Crabbe Date: 27 Jun 09 - 10:44 PM You might try "Hoy's Dark and Lofty Isle" Hoy's Dark and Lofty Isle Traditional At eve when glowed the setting sun Above the Western wave A lofty barque, her full sail on Full, beautiful and brave Robed in a gleam of golden smiles She steers upon the Northern isles She steers upon the Northern isles 'Twas from the polar icy seas Dominion of the whale She gently glides before the breeze Which plays along her sails Midst mighty oceans gentle play She wings along her watery way She wings along her watery way But lo as they were sailing on The islands still ahead A sailor's dying hour had come While mournful round his bed Stood Britons sons who smile at fear And scorned to blush yet shed a tear And scorned to blush yet shed a tear Land land a whisper, land was nigh Hoy's dark and lofty isle A smile lit up the sailor's face A heartfelt homely smile On deck they dying man they bore To gaze upon his native shore To gaze upon his native shore Silent he lay, while o'er his cheek Tears slowly stole In vain it was for man to speak The feelings of his soul Then from his inmost heart there came Mary, his sweetheart's lovely name Mary, his sweetheart's lovely name Then from his inmost heart there came Mary, his sweetheart's lovely name Mary, his sweetheart's lovely name The melody on this website is from a version sung by Sydney Scott from North Ronaldsay. http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/ORKNEYSINGERS/documents/Songs/Hoy's%20Dark%20and%20Lofty%20Isle.pdf The song is 'traditional' because, as yet, there is no record of who wrote it. The lines in bold are those sung in harmony. CC |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ghost sailor/lover dream song From: Sandy Mc Lean Date: 27 Jun 09 - 11:21 PM Sounds like Mary's Dream (in DT)but there are probably several songs on that theme. Mary's Dream |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ghost sailor/lover dream song From: Sandy Mc Lean Date: 27 Jun 09 - 11:24 PM Sorry, I didn't read your post closely enough. I see you already have Mary's Dream. It's late and I'm half asleep. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it! :-} |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ghost sailor/lover dream song From: GUEST,Julia Date: 27 Jun 09 - 11:28 PM Thanks folks... Hoy's Dark Isle looks lovely I'm still looking for the prophetic motif of the sailor appearing and warning her of her doom (creepy) It's out there somewhere.. If I don't find it in time, I may just indulge in a bit of folk license and amalgamate something from one of the Unquiet Grave songs cheers- Julia |
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