ADD: Hooray and up she bloody rises / King's Navy

Subject: Hooray and up she bloody rises
From: GUEST,Annewiseowl
Date: 12 Jul 22 - 01:56 PM

I heard a mournful forebitter at Oban Shanty Festival with the refrain ' Hooray and up she bloody rises' but I can't find it anywhere. Does anyone know the words or tune or if there are any recordings?

Subject: RE: Hooray and up she bloody rises
From: Helen
Date: 12 Jul 22 - 02:05 PM

Hi Annewiseowl,

Is it this song:

Drunken' Sailor - Irish Rovers

with the chorus

Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Early in the morning

or is it a different song?

Subject: RE: Hooray and up she bloody rises
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 12 Jul 22 - 02:10 PM

It's different, Helen: George sang it in a recent Mudcat Singaround, and it was indeed mournful.

Subject: RE: Hooray and up she bloody rises
From: Helen
Date: 12 Jul 22 - 05:32 PM

Thanks MaJoC. Can George give us more info on the song?

Subject: RE: Hooray and up she bloody rises
From: GerryM
Date: 12 Jul 22 - 06:54 PM

It might be The King's Navy, sung by George at the Mudcat singaround of 23/24 May 2022. There's a brief snatch of that song at https://www.twocoatscolder.com/

Subject: RE: Hooray and up she bloody rises
From: Helen
Date: 13 Jul 22 - 12:01 AM

Two Coats Colder - The King's Navy

Subject: RE: Hooray and up she bloody rises
From: Joe Offer
Date: 13 Jul 22 - 12:30 AM

Here's a performance by Eric Lerner. Eric said he learned the song from John Breeze. John peeked in on the Mudcat Singaround this Monday, but didn't have time to stay and sing. But MBS George sings it very well.
Anyhow, here's the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EeqqI7wkIQ

Subject: RE: Hooray and up she bloody rises
From: GUEST,Bass & Taylor
Date: 13 Jul 22 - 08:02 AM

Hi Guys
The song The Kings Navy (hooray and up she bloody rises)
was recorded back in 2015 by our band Two Coats Colder.
We are all that’s now left of that band but we are now gigging as Bass & Taylor.
The Kings navy still features heavily in our live set.
You can find a live video of it on or our website at www.bassandtaylor.co.uk on the “In Action” page.
The song was actually written by the fabulous Tony Phillips
Hope this helps
Ray & Anna x

Subject: RE: Hooray and up she bloody rises
From: MBSGeorge
Date: 13 Jul 22 - 09:10 AM

As above. I learned it from Ray & Anna. The words are available on Tony Phillips' website.
tonyjphillips.org.uk

Subject: ADD: The King's Navy (Tony Phillips)
From: MBSGeorge
Date: 13 Jul 22 - 09:22 AM

I sing it arranged slightly differently, but here are the words as they are on Tony Phillips' website.



THE KING'S NAVY
(Tony Phillips)

The stories that I loved the best
Were tales of sailors home on rest
Their stories tall as old oak trees
That kept them sailing on the seas
Those sunburned men with smiling eyes
Would boast of how they won their prize
With frenchy’s gold they’d take their ease
And live like lords, do what they please
.
They talked of canon roaring loud
And smoke so thick it seemed like cloud
Had settled on the battle scene
Hiding death behind a screen
But I know now it wasn’t true
And red blood stains the sailors blue
No ghostly mist can hide away
The lesson that I learned that day
.
.
I believed what I’d been told
About the silver and the gold
That lies in wait for boys like me
While serving in the King’s navy
I believed what I’d been told
And bought the lies that others sold
And lost both legs below the knee
For serving in the King’s navy
.
.
What shall we do with the drunken sailor (x3)
Hooray and up she bloody rises (x3)
.
.
Back then I thought it such a thing
To serve my country and my King
And ran from home to volunteer
Upon a three mast privateer
Now I’ve returned from overseas
There are no day dreams left for me
I curse those men with smiling eyes
Who took me captive with their lies
.
A beggars life is all for me
And all I ever longed to be
Lies lost forever in the grave
Far beneath the ocean wave
I still see them every day
Lads hang upon each word they say
I see them but they don’t see me
I’m not the one they long to be
.
Those sunburned men with smiling eyes
Their grey beards make them seem to wise
But there’s no wisdom to be found
When you are six feet underground


Tony Phillips 2007

Subject: RE: ADD: Hooray and up she bloody rises / King's Navy
From: Joe Offer
Date: 18 Jul 22 - 04:45 PM

John Breeze sang this at the Mudcat Singaround today. It was wonderful.
Thanks, John.