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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: Stilly River Sage Date: 02 Jul 21 - 12:44 PM Leave it to #, he always gets his man! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: GUEST,# Date: 02 Jul 21 - 12:03 PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg4Im7v-d9k The above link is in answer to GUEST,Bob Dire 05 May 15 - 05:36 PM 's request |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: Stilly River Sage Date: 01 Jul 21 - 11:11 PM Bringing this up to the top. Queries about songs and lyrics such as this one should take place here at Mudcat (where there is a good chance they already exist) than on the announcement page on Facebook. This database is a great resource for lyrics and is much easier to search than Facebook. Thanks. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: Lighter Date: 30 Apr 21 - 03:19 PM Collected by Herbert Halpert from Blanding Sloan in New York City, July, 1938: "Sahnty Ahnna lost his leg, Along the plains of Mexico! Hurrah, Sahnty Ahnna! "Sahnty Ahnna's dead and gone, Along the plains of Mexico! Hurrah, Sahnty Ahnna! "My father sang that song. He was a drummer boy in the Mexican War, and that was sung by the American troops." Sloan's tune is similar to those used today, but not so good. We can't know whether his father actually heard it in the Mexican War of 1846-48 or picked it up later. Santa Anna lived till 1876. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: Lighter Date: 31 May 20 - 06:56 PM >sigh< That should be 1862, not '63. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: Lighter Date: 31 May 20 - 06:55 PM "The Ocean Herald," 1863, published aboard ship Susan Hinks, Boston, Capt. Atwood, by Rev. Otis R. Bacheler (in Rev. Thomas H. Stacy, "Rev. Otis Robinson Bacheler, M.D., D.D., Fifty-Three Years Missionary to India" (Boston: Morning Star Publishing, 1904), pp. 295-296: CAPSTAN SONG. General Taylor gained the day, Hurrah Santa Anna! General Taylor gained the day All on the plains of Mexico. He gained the day at Monterey, Hurrah Santa Anna! He gained the day at Monterey, All on the plains of Mexico. Santa Anna ran away, Hurrah Santa Anna! He ran away from Monterey, All on the plains of Mexico. General Jackson's at New Orleans, Hurrah Santa Anna! General Jackson's at New Orleans, All on the plains of Mexico. 'Twas there he gave the British beans, Hurrah Santa Anna! 'Twas there he gave the British beans, All on the plains of Mexico. (Compare the Jackson stanzas in the current "Fire Maringo!" thread. With a little tweaking they can be sung to the "Santy Anna" tune, but concern an earlier generation. Coincidence?) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: GUEST,Bob Dire Date: 05 May 15 - 05:36 PM Does anyone can give me the Bill Schustik's version of Santianna ? It would be very nice Thank you |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: David C. Carter Date: 19 May 09 - 06:08 AM Fliss: I just youtubed "Hugues Aufray"Santiano. It's got to be the same version. You may,or may not know that Hugues Aufray sings a lot of Dylan songs in French.They've played live together a few times here. Cheers David |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: GUEST,Jakkin Wiss Date: 19 May 09 - 05:36 AM Heres a version sung by the Irish swedish group dublin fair: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5hZxTFUOzI Personally i stick with the version that the sailors on the East India trading ship Gothenborg sings when they sail. The closest version is this that has been posted here earlier: From Boston Town we're bound away, Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano. Around Cape Horn to Frisco Bay, We're bound for Californi-o. So Heave her up and away we'll go, Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano. Heave her up and away we'll go, We're bound for Californi-o. She's a fast clipper ship and a bully crew, Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano. A down-east Yankee for her captain, too. We're bound for Californi-o. So Heave her up and away we'll go, Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano. Heave her up and away we'll go, We're bound for Californi-o. Back in the days of Forty-nine, Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano. Those were the days of the good old times, Way out in Californi-o. So Heave her up and away we'll go, Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano. Heave her up and away we'll go, We're bound for Californi-o. When I leave ship I'll settle down Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano I'll marry a girl named Sally Brown Way out in Californi-o So Heave her up and away we'll go, Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano. Heave her up and away we'll go, We're bound for Californi-o. There's plenty of gold, so I've been told, Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano. Plenty of gold so I've been told Way out in Californi-o So Heave her up and away we'll go, Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano. Heave her up and away we'll go, We're bound for Californi-o. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: Fliss Date: 28 Feb 06 - 06:08 PM We had French students at the Boat Inn Sessions over a six month period in 2004. We got to know them quite well and the one lad Nico sang well. His best song was Santiano in french... while the rest of the musicians sang it in english. Ive done a trawl for the french words Im hoping that this is the same song. Santiano C'est un fameux trois mât fin comme un oiseau hisse et ho! santiano dix huit noeuds quatre cents tonneaux je suis fier d'y être matelot REFRAIN : tiens bon la barre et tiens bon le vent hisse et ho! santiano si dieu veut toujours droit devant nous irons jusqu'à san francisco je pars pour de longs mois en laissant margot hisse et ho! santiano d'y penser j'en ai le coeur gros en doublant les feux de st malo REFRAIN on prétend que là bas l'argent coule à flot hisse et ho! santiano on trouve l'or au fond des ruisseaux j'en ramenerai plusieurs lingots REFRAIN un jour je reviendrai chargé de cadeaux hisse et ho! santiano au pays j'irai revoir margot à son doigt je passerai l'anneau REFRAIN tiens bon le cap et tiens bon le vent hisse et ho! santiano sur la mer qu fait le gros dos nous irons jusqu'à san franscico fliss ps I used the key words chansons des marins santiano paroles |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: Charley Noble Date: 27 Feb 06 - 08:09 PM Jabberwock- I would like to hear the czech version sung some time. I bet it sounds great! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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Subject: Czech version From: GUEST,jabberwock@seznam.cz Date: 27 Feb 06 - 07:52 PM Hi there, all of you. I'm just lurking around the internet to find about the origins of this excellent song, and I must tank you very much for the links and also the other lyrics versions. In exchance I post the czech version, how It's sang in my country ...music by Jacques Plante, Paul Durand, verses by Ivo Fisher, interpreted by Waldemar Matuska (1967) Em G D 1. Kdo o sobě chce říct, že je námořník, Em G D měl by znát Santiano, Am D Hm bílou loď, co má štíhlej dřík, Em D Em jak ty krásný holky v Saint Malo? Em G D Rf: Sem s písničkou a do kola, Em G D johohó, Santiano, Am D Hm když Bůh dá, tak už ráno Em D Em kotva žbluňkne doma mu mola. 2. Jen koření od zádi až po špici veze k nám Santiano. Celá loď voní skořicí jak ty sladký holky v Saint Malo. Rf: 3. A ten, kdo nešel spát, slyší vítr hrát v ráhnoví, Santiano. (orig: ráno ví, Santiano) Zpívá si tu, co já mám rád, co ji zpívaj všechny holky u nás v Saint Malo. Rf: 4. Mou přídí zatím dál vlny zmítají, ale já, Santiano, vidím už, jak nás vítají všecky holky u nás v Saint Malo. Rf: I realize that unfortunately most of you cannot understand meaning of those verses, ...so very roughly imagine that its about a ship sailing to saint malo (which is problably there only because of the poetry style). As I understand,the song is in first person (mostly) like the ship was singing to itself, pointing out specificaly the girls, spice, wind, sailors and the seas. It is played very quick. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: GUEST,Dave Hatton Date: 25 Apr 05 - 05:22 PM Any ideas on the chords for Santy Anno - preferably the Spinners version, which I think is pretty akin to the Ewan MacColl version? Many thanks Dave |
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Subject: Lyr Add: SANTY ANNA From: Roberto Date: 26 Jul 03 - 09:36 AM One more Santy Anno: Santy Anna, Ewan MacColl, in Ewan MacColl & A. L. Lloyd, Haul On The Bowlin' and other chanties and foc'sle songs, vol.1, Stinson Recordings, SLP 80 Oh, Santiana gained the day Hooray, Santy Anno! Oh, Santiana gained the day All on the plains of Mexico! Oh, Mexico, oh, Mexico Hooray, Santy Anno! Oh, Mexico, where I must go All on the plains of Mexico! Them little gals I do adore Hooray, Santy Anno! Their shining eyes and long black hair All on the plains of Mexico! Oh, why do them yellow gals love me so? Hooray, Santy Anno! Because I don't tell 'em all I know All on the plains of Mexico! When I was a young man in my prime Hooray, Santy Anno! I knocked them little gals two at a time All on the plains of Mexico! Them Liverpool gals ain't got no comb Hooray, Santy Anno! They comb their hair with a kipper backbone All on the plains of Mexico! Oh, time 't is hard and the wages low Hooray, Santy Anno! It's time for us to roll and go All on the plains of Mexico! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: Keith A of Hertford Date: 26 Jul 03 - 05:59 AM I often sing Cape Stiff or Old Stiff for the repeat of Cape Horn., as in that last version. My croud usually pick up every intended and unintended pun and double entendre, but never even a smirk on that one. Old and going grey, Keith. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: PLAINS OF MEXICO and ROUND THE BAY OF MEX From: Roberto Date: 25 Jul 03 - 12:33 PM Six "Santy Anno": sung by Dave Van Ronk; Odetta; Stan Hugill;The Watersons; A. L. Lloyd; Louis Killen. To Whom It May Concern. Bye. Roberto Santy Anno a) Santy Anno, Dave Van Ronk & The Foc'sle Singers, "Foc'sle Songs & Shanties - Folkways Oh shellbacks have you heard the news Heave away, Santy Anno! The Yankees took Vera Cruz All on the plains of Mexico Brave general Taylor saved the day Heave away, Santy Anno! Drove those Mexicans away All on the plains of Mexico O Santy Anna had a wooden leg Heave away, Santy Anno! Wore it for a wooden peg All on the plains of Mexico O Santy anna fought for fame Heave away, Santy Anno! That is why we sing his name All on the plains of Mexico I thought I heard the old man say Heave away, Santy Anno! He'd give us grog this very day All on the plains of Mexico b) Santy Anno, Odetta, Sings ballads and blues, Tradition TCD 1004 (original LP, 1956) We're sailing cross the river from Liverpool Heave away – Santy Anno! Round the Horn to Frisco Bay Way out in Californee-o! So heave her up and away we'll go Heave away – Santy Anno! Heave her up and away we'll go Way out in Californee-O! There's plenty of gold, so I've been told Heave away – Santy Anno! Plenty of gold, so I've been told Way out in Californee-o! So heave her up and away we'll go Heave away – Santy Anno! Heave her up and away we'll go Way out in Californee-O! Well, back in the days o' 49 Heave away – Santy Anno! Back in the days of the good ol' time Way out in Californee-O! So heave her up and away we'll go Heave away – Santy Anno! Heave her up and away we'll go Way out in Californee-O! c) Santy Anno, Stan Hugill, Aboard the Cutty Sark, Greenwich Village GVRXCD207 (2000), - original LP: Greenwich Village GVRX 207 (1979) We were sailing down the river from Liverpool Heave away – Santy Anno! Our sails were set and our hatches full All across the plains of Mexico! So we'll heave her up and away we'll go Heave away – Santy Anno! Heave her up and away we'll go All across the plains of Mexico! Oh, in Mexico I long to be Heave away – Santy Anno! With a tight-waisted gal all on me knee All across the plains of Mexico! Now, when I was young and in me prime Heave away – Santy Anno! I chased them Spanish gals two at a time All across the plains of Mexico! But now I'm old and I'm getting' grey Heave away – Santy Anno! I'll soon drink my rum all day All across the plains of Mexico! Oh, I wish I was in Mexico Heave away – Santy Anno! Where there ain't no rain and there ain't no snow All across the plains of Mexico! d) The Plains of Mexico, The Watersons Why do them yellow girls love me so? Way hey Santy Anna Because I don't tell them all I know! Around the plains of Mexico When I was a young lad in my prime Way hey Santy Anna I went to sea and I served my time Around the plains of Mexico When I was a young lad in my prime Way hey Santy Anna I knocked them yellow girls two at a time Around the plains of Mexico Them Liverpool girls don't wear no combs Way hey Santy Anna They comb their hair with a kipper backbone Around the plains of Mexico Oh Mexico oh Mexico Way hey Santy Anna To Mexico we must go Around the plains of Mexico Just one more pull and that shall do Way hey Santy Anna Oh we're the boys to pull her through Around the plains of Mexico e) Round the Bay of Mexico, A. L. Lloyd, Sea Shanties, Topic 12TS234 (1974) Well, around the Bay of Mexico Hey, Susianna! Oh, Mexico is the place I belong in Round the Bay of Mexico Oh, why do them yaller gals love me so? Hey, Susianna! Because I don't tell them all I know Round the Bay of Mexico When I was a young man in my prime Hey, Susianna! I'd knock then little gals two at a time Round the Bay of Mexico Them Liverpool gals ain't got no comb Hey, Susianna! They comb their hair with a kipper backbone Round the Bay of Mexico Them Cardiff gals don't wear no frills Hey, Susianna! They're skinny and tight as codfish gills Round the Bay of Mexico What can you do in Tampa Bay Hey, Susianna! But give them flash gals all your pay? Round the Bay of Mexico Oh, times is hard and the wages low Hey, Susianna! It's time for us to roll and go Round the Bay of Mexico f) Suzy Anna, Louis Killen, Sailors, Ships & Chanteys, Volume 1, Knock-Out! KO-03, 1995 Around Cape Horn we all must go Way-ay – Suzy Anna 'Round Cape Stiff to Mexico Around the bays of Mexico Oh, Mexico, my Mexico Mexico is a place I know I love them yellow gals, I declare With their shining eyes and their long black hair When I was a young man in me prime I loved them yellow gals two at a time Why do them yellow gals love me so? Because I don't tell them all I know Them Liverpool gals'll rob you blind You're glad to leave them far behind Them Liverpool gals don't use no comb They combs their hair with the kipper backbone Oh, times is hard and the wages low It's time for us to roll and go |
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Subject: Lyr Add: SANTY ANNA (from Burl Ives) From: Gerard Date: 25 Jul 03 - 11:25 AM Here is a version of "SANTY ANNA" from Burl Ives' Song in America; our musical heritage. 1962 "Oh have you heard the latest news? Heave away, Santy Anna! The Yankees, they took Vera Cruz, All along the plains of Mexico" "Oh Santy Anna fought for fame, Heave away, Santy Anna! He fought for fame and gained his name All along the plains of Mexico" "Oh Santy Anna had a wooden leg, Heave away, Santy Anna! He used it for a wooden peg, All along the plains of Mexico." "Bold Gen'ral Taylor gained the day, Heave away, Santy Anna! And Santy Anna ran away, All along the plains of Mexico." "Oh then we smashed them up and down, Heave away, Santy Anna! And took all of that Mexican ground, All along the plains of Mexico." "The Mexican maidens I do adore, Heave away, Santy Anna! I always want to be ashore, All along the plains of Mexico." Note: This is written from memory, there may be a few small differences in Ives' actual version. |
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Subject: Los San Patricios / Santa Ana From: SharonA Date: 22 Apr 02 - 05:44 PM For more songs and comments about the US-Mexican war, see this thread: Songs about Los San Patricios? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy An From: SharonA Date: 22 Apr 02 - 05:05 PM Crockett's poem is in this thread: Lyr Add: DAVID CROCKETT'S FAREWELL POEM Thanks, Dicho! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Date: 22 Apr 02 - 12:43 PM An interesting read is Crockett's biography by John S. C. Abbott, in its entirety on the web. Especially worth reading is his Farewell poem in Ch. 11. Crockett Crockett's knowledge of English was far better then that commonly stated. His "ignorance" was useful in gathering votes at the time, from a largely poorly educated electorate. His letters excoriating Andrew Jackson are masterpieces of vitriol. At university, I played bridge with one of his descendants, who had a memory which could reconstruct bridge games played months before. I will post his poem (part of which has been made into a song) in a separate thread. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy An From: SharonA Date: 22 Apr 02 - 10:05 AM Pooka: Thanks for that link! Please note, everyone, that there's a notice on that site about a temporary exhibit about Crockett at the Texas State Museum in Austin, through August 18, 2002. Lots of rare family artifacts and documents, in addition to many items on loan from other museums. Crockett buffs shouldn't miss this. Here's the page about it: http://www.goahead.org/texas_state_museum.htm |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: The Pooka Date: 20 Apr 02 - 12:38 PM ThreadCreep Dicho: ThreadDrift Pooka here. :) Yeah I figured Col. Crockett must've been a Freemason. But now that I think about it, I bet JFK was in the Knights Templar. (Camelot and all that, yknow... ;) And now: the Official Crockett Family Website - with the Motto represented right in the address: www.goahead.org. Turn your speakers on, and Click here |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Date: 19 Apr 02 - 12:00 PM Crockett was a Freemason (and sometime successful politician) as well. He wrote a poem, posted in a thread here somewhere: Farewell to the mountains, Whose mazes to me, More beautiful far than Eden could be, etc. Thread creep. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy An From: SharonA Date: 19 Apr 02 - 09:09 AM Kevin (McGrath): Thanks for the definition of "Belaying Pin"! Here's an illustration: http://www.woodenboatfittings.com.au/pins.htm |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: The Pooka Date: 19 Apr 02 - 07:02 AM A-waaay, Santy Anno: Rejected by the *French*, even! & this despite taking the Corsican for his role model. C'est triste. Dicho, are we quite certain JFK wasn't a Mason? Somebody (who? can't remember dammit) said--referring to Beacon Hill, Harvard, the Court of St. James, Hyannis Port etc.--that naturally our first Catholic President would be a Protestant. :) But speaking of Santa Ana, General Taylor & the Masons, doesn't ol' Colonel Crockett fit in here somewheres? He heard of Houston an' Austin so To the Texas plains he jest had to go Where freedom was fightin' another foe An' they needed him at the Alamo Davy, Davy Crockett, the man who don't know fear! Hmm. Disney Shanties. / Naah. Be sure you're right, then roll-and-go ahead, --General Pooka ps - Give 'em what fer, Lopez! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: Wilfried Schaum Date: 19 Apr 02 - 05:39 AM Reference to Bonaparte might also have had its origin in Santa Ana's modeling himself after Bonaparte's image to the "Napoleon of the Americas". Wilfried |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Date: 18 Apr 02 - 11:05 PM As leader of the Mexican forces Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was never threatened with execution by the victorious Americans. He had retired to Havana, Cuba (after having been president but overthrown- more than once) but returned in 1846. He was offered the presidency, but preferred to lead the Mexican forces. He also assumed the presidency in 1847, but after his defeat, he again "retired" to Jamaica. He returned and assumed the presidency for the FIFTH time in 1853, but was exiled again in 1857. He tried to return twice, but was rejected, first by the French (who had taken over Mexico) and then by the the US Navy in 1867. He returned to Mexico in 1874 and died there in 1876, age 81. He was charismatic and energetic, but repeatedly messed things up. Taylor, of course, was a Mason, as were many US military officers in the 1790-1930 period, and all US presidents from Washington up to Kennedy, when the string was broken. I doubt that Santa Anna was interested in either religion or fraternal organizations in any meaningful way, although nominally Catholic. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: The Pooka Date: 18 Apr 02 - 09:15 PM The Polish Shanty Connection is fascinating. "Wake Up, Susiana" is wonderful! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 18 Apr 02 - 08:10 PM belaying peg or pin in a nautical glossary. Also used in mountaineerimg. (And sometimes used in the way Sharon suggests.) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy An From: SharonA Date: 18 Apr 02 - 02:09 PM Walrus: "Belaying peg"? Is that "belaying" as in "smacking people with it to make them stop whatever they're doing"? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: The Walrus at work Date: 18 Apr 02 - 02:01 PM Ever since reading this thread earlier today, an extra "nonsense" verse I'd picker up somewhere has been running around in my mind. "OH Santiana had a wooden leg Heave away Santiana He used it as a belaying peg All on the plains of Mexico..." W |
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Subject: Lyr Add: WAKE UP, SUSIANA (parody by Charlie Ipcar From: GUEST,Charley Noble Date: 18 Apr 02 - 08:53 AM Another alternative title is "Round the Bay of Mexico" which usually only has verses relating to the good time ashore remembered by the singer, and references to Susiana in the chorus, which of course reminds me of another old song I ran across a few months ago which is a clear procurser of one by Felice & Boudleaux Bryant:
WAKE UP, SUSIANA |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: GUEST,Keith A of Herts at work Date: 18 Apr 02 - 08:42 AM I haven't seen a couple of the verses I use, which I have from Samson's book. Santianna's men were brave, But many found a soldier's grave. and A dollar a day was a soldiers pay, But many thousands died that day. I heard that Santy escaped execution because he and Taylor were fellow Masons. Heave away, Keith. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: Wolfgang Date: 17 Apr 02 - 11:43 AM Sharon, try radriano via PM, he may understand Polish. Karolina was the Polish Mudcatter who some thought was not what she pretended to be. Read this old thread if you want to know what Kevin McGrath has alluded to. Wolfgang |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy An From: SharonA Date: 17 Apr 02 - 11:06 AM Kevin: That's a real shame. I hope that he or she is still lurking here, at least. Just in case there is someone around here who speaks Polish, I've started a thread asking for help with the translation of those Polish lyrics. Here's a link to the thread: Speak Polish? Please translate song! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: masato sakurai Date: 17 Apr 02 - 10:56 AM Google Directory: Shanties and sailor Songs says THIS SITE is the "Largest songbook of Polish shanties and sailor songs. Contains lyrics, comments and search-engine. (Site is Polish-language only)". Click on "Tytuly" (titles) for lyrics; "Santiana" is in. Another Polish shanty site is Shanties and the Yacht Music, which contains more than 100 songs, including "Santiana". ~Masato |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 17 Apr 02 - 10:13 AM Any Polish Mudcatters? (We did have once have someone who said they were, and was keen on sea-shanties - but a bunch of smart-alecs, who for some weird reason seemed to think that a Pole who liked seas-shanties was improbable, leapt on the newcomer crying "this is a fake", and generally were not friendly.) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: masato sakurai Date: 17 Apr 02 - 06:58 AM When I put "Heave Away Santiana; Bonaparte, Waterloo and Mexico" into the Google search box, more than 10 sites came up. All of them returned the Polish version, which seems to be popular in Poland. ~Masato |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: dick greenhaus Date: 16 Apr 02 - 11:48 PM "Plains of Mexico" Is also a better way of looking it up in DigiTrad |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: Cap't Bob Date: 16 Apr 02 - 11:02 PM The version I have is the same as SHARON A. except that after the verse about "Back in the days of Forty Nine.." I have three additional verses. WATERLOO is mentioned in the second verse below.
When Zacharias Taylor gained the day
General Scott and Taylor, too
Santy Anno was a good old man, |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Date: 16 Apr 02 - 10:21 PM Some ships never returned from California. They were incorporated into the developing San Francisco waterfront area and were eventually buried by fill. In the Spanish-Mexican and earliest American days, Monterey was a port to pick up cattle hides. The words "Around the plains of Mexico" always seemed wrong to me. Why not "coasts"? Any seaman who worked the ports of Mexico would see flat areas on the Gulf side, but on the California side, rough or high country is visible along the coast of Mexico and most of California. For this reason, I have always preferred versions like the one posted early by SharonA. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: The Pooka Date: 16 Apr 02 - 09:09 PM What about pissing off the Red Sox? / Sorry McG. Just a little *New* England reference there. (Very little) ;) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 16 Apr 02 - 09:05 PM But calling it Mexico might have been another way of pissing off the Yankees...I've heard it sung that way anyway. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: The Pooka Date: 16 Apr 02 - 08:51 PM McGrath - Californi-o: Goodbye Mrs. Durkin, I'm sick and tired of workin' No more I'll dig the praties and no longer I'll be poor! For sure as me name is Barney, I'm off to Califor-ney Instead of diggin' praties I'll be diggin' lots of gold. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 16 Apr 02 - 07:52 PM So heave her up and away we'll go Heave away, Santy Anner, For there's plenty of gold, so I've been told All on the plains of Mexico. With the idea being that once you get out to Calofornia in the Gold Rush time you jump ship and dig up a fortune. This was I believe a major problem for captains trying to keep a crew together for the homeward trip. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: SANTY ANO (sung by Liam Clancy) From: The Pooka Date: 16 Apr 02 - 07:36 PM Mrrzy - well here I am with (as usual) that Clancys/Makem version - rather different in focus from some others - perhaps arranged & adapted by Liam?? :) from www.liamclancy.com) Santy Anna gained the day Away Santy Anno Santy Anna gained the day All on the plains of Mexico Mexico, oh Mexico Away Santy Anno Mexico is a place I know All on the plains of Mexico Them yaller girls I do adore Away Santy Anno With their shinin' eyes and their coal-black hair All on the plains of Mexico Why do them yaller girls love me so Away Santy Anno Because I won't tell them all I know All on the plains of Mexico Them Liverpool girls don't use no combs Away Santy Anno They combs their hair with a kipper backbone All on the plains of Mexico When I was a young man in me prime Away Santy Anno I knocked them scouse girls two at a time All on the plains of Mexico Times is hard and the wages low Away Santy Anno It's time for us to roll and go All on the plains of Mexico Mexico, oh Mexico Away Santy Anno Mexico is a place I know All on the plains of Mexico The Newfoundland group Great Big Sea does a wonderful "General Taylor" -- except that after acknowledging that "General Taylor gained the day", the entire song is about burying the poor man! Great shanty though. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: GUEST,Just Amy Date: 16 Apr 02 - 06:33 PM The chorus of the one I am used to is: Heav'er up and away we'll go, Heave away, Santy Ano Heav'er up and away we'll go, All along the plains of Mexico. I'll send the rest if I remember it. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 16 Apr 02 - 06:28 PM I'd doubt if the sailors on ships from British ports would have given a toss about the rights and wrongs of the past wars with America, especially since they'd have come from all sorts of places. But I imagine they might have like taking the piss out of any Yankee sailormen (and they'd have been Yankees wherever they came from in the States), and backing Santy Anna in the song might have been a way of doing that.
And anyway Santy Anna is a much more splendid sort of a name than Zachary Taylor. And the underdog winning is always a better story, even if it doesn't happen that often in real life. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano From: MMario Date: 16 Apr 02 - 03:52 PM I like Celtic Soul's rendition of this (man - I HOPE I'm right that she took the lead in this...or I am in deep deep doo-dah!)(but I distinctly remmeber it as being her - onstage at least)
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy An From: SharonA Date: 16 Apr 02 - 03:47 PM Thanks for the added perspective, guys! All praise to Mudcat for providing this forum, for a "world-perspective" on songs like this one! |
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