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09 Jul 19 - 03:56 PM (#4000054) Subject: Sea Ballads From: GUEST,Rose Hello I am searching for ballads with a sea theme for a project. I would love to find love ballads involving the sea. Songs and stories of grief, worry, loneliness of women with husbands & lovers at sea....lost to the sea. Say wives with husbands who work jobs as fisherman..the worry of rough seas, storms and shipwrecks. Ballads of falling in love with mermaids/selkies/sea creature etc. Themes with fishermen down on their luck with a poor fishing season. Ballads of the mystery and beauty & yet the haunting sea. For this project I am staying away from sea shanties & more interested in sea ballads. Any leads would be so wonderful. Are there any great sea ballad collections, websites, links, CD's? I would love to hear from anyone you would like to share a favorite sea ballad. Much thanks. I really appreciate any help. Again thank you. Rose |
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09 Jul 19 - 04:13 PM (#4000055) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: GUEST,Derek Schofield Try the Vaughan Williams memorial library's song subject index. Vwml.org Derek Schofield |
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09 Jul 19 - 04:37 PM (#4000058) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: GUEST,henryp No More Fish, No Fishermen (w. (c) 1996 I. Sheldon Posen, Well Done Music, BMI m. See, Amid the Winter's Snow by John Goss 1800-80) Out along the harbour reach Boats stand dried up on the beach Ghost-like in the early dawn Empty, now the fish are gone. What will become of people now? Try to build a life somehow Hard, hard times are back again No more fish, no fishermen. No more shoppers in the stores Since the fish plant closed its doors Men who walked a trawler's decks Now line up for welfare cheques. There's big "For Sale" signs everywhere Pockets empty, cupboards bare See it on the News at Ten No more fish, no fishermen. Once from Ship Cove to Cape Race Port aux Basques to Harbour Grace Newfoundlanders fished for cod Owing merchants, trusting God. They filled their dories twice a day They fished their poor sweet lives away They could not imagine then No more fish, no fishermen. Back before the Second War We could catch our fish inshore Boats were small and gear was rough We caught fish, but left enough. And now there's no more fish because The trawler fleets took all there was We could see it coming then No more fish, no fishermen. Farewell now to skate and flake Get out for the children's sake Leave all friends and kin behind Take whatever job you find. There's some that say things aren't so black They say the fish will all come back Who'll be here to catch them then? No more fish, no fishermen. |
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09 Jul 19 - 04:41 PM (#4000059) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: Steve Gardham Join the forum, then use the search engine for the subjects you are looking for. Be prepared for a mountain of material. |
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10 Jul 19 - 12:28 PM (#4000155) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: Marje One to start you off: look up Lament to the Moon in the database. Marje |
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10 Jul 19 - 12:34 PM (#4000156) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: GUEST Check out the repertoire of English singers like Walter Pardon and Sam Larner for sea ballads! Have a look in the Greig Duncan Folk Song Collection (Scottish) which has a whole section of sea songs and ballads. Some titles off the top of my head of ballads/songs with a sea theme... The Golden Vanity Henry Martin William Taylor The Bold Princess Royal The Loss of the Rammillies The Handsome Cabin Boy Edmund in the Lowlands Low Lowlands Sweet William (father build me a boat) etc etc etc |
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10 Jul 19 - 01:40 PM (#4000173) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: GUEST,Mg I have some few I have put together..two on salmon one on cod..latest on lifesaving at sea..one about shore workers...five each no cover, ten with cover plus shipping. Highly recommend...Lots of different singers.... |
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10 Jul 19 - 03:21 PM (#4000205) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: Steve Gardham Try Googling 'Stow Brow'. There are literally hundreds of ballads on drowned sailors and laments by their wives. 'Ah, my love's dead' dates back to the 17th century and is still sung in folk clubs today albeit in a burlesqued form. Keyword 'drowned'. |
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10 Jul 19 - 05:12 PM (#4000226) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: GUEST Love songs of the sea... Sweet William Biscay-o A beautiful song by Owen Hand about whale fishing 'My Donal'... |
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10 Jul 19 - 08:06 PM (#4000259) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: GUEST,Kristoffer Ross Hello, Rose! Yes, as Steve Gardham notes, there will be an enormous amount of material available. To throw out a few names of recorded artists I enjoy, I would suggest you look up Peter Bellamy, John Roberts, and Matthew Byrne for more traditional ballads, and for some hauntingly beautiful contemporary ones, the late Stan Rogers (who wrote many stunning examples in his tragically short life). I'm sure I'll think of a load more in the next twenty minutes, but that should give you a good start Best, ~Kristoffer |
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10 Jul 19 - 10:53 PM (#4000267) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: mg go straight to newfoundland. here is one by ron hynes..good version but please to look up original lyrics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WaLZt11D7E others: wave over wave plenty concerning ocean ranger check out barry delaney of around marystown..he is on all my cds..great songwriter.. check out gest database next maybe go to cornwall then check out basque songs |
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10 Jul 19 - 11:25 PM (#4000270) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: GUEST,Susan-Marie My Donald (Mary Black) - a beautiful song about the loneliness of loving a sailor. Also The Lady Mary Sails. |
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10 Jul 19 - 11:34 PM (#4000273) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: GUEST,Julia L I am just completing my transcriptions of 150 + sea ballads found in collections made in Maine. I can send you the list of titles if you want them julia@castlebay.net |
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12 Jul 19 - 05:12 PM (#4000542) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: Gibb Sahib What kind of project? Historical? Interpretive? Performative? Socio-cultural? Textual [~or~] musical? What time period? What geographic and/or cultural sphere? |
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12 Jul 19 - 11:27 PM (#4000576) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: GUEST,henryp Davy Cross by Paul Davenport The Widow Cross had but one son and indeed he was his mother’s pride and joy So she knitted him a gansey, cable stitched both fine and fancy And it looked like royal robes upon the boy How we knew his bright blue eyes How we knew his golden hair And the gansey that his mother made was fine beyond compare Tall and bright was Davy Cross, with a smiling face that never bore a frown How the lasses smiled and sighed, at his strong and manly stride On a Friday when the fishing fleet left town For they… At the dance on Saturday, the lasses fairly swooned to dance with him How they fluttered at his charms, as he held them in his arms And their hearts beat faster at his boyish grin For they… Then one dark October day, there came a storm which drove us hard to lea And our fishing fleet was tossed, yet just one single craft was lost Leaving Widow Cross a-gazing out to sea Well she… When just ten weeks had passed and gone, they finally brought us news about the loss Seemed a body had been found, of a sailor lost and drowned And in our hearts we knew ’twas Davy Cross For we… But it wasn’t eyes of blue, nor that hair as pale as foam It was the gansey that his mother made that brought young Davy home |
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13 Jul 19 - 01:11 PM (#4000595) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: Dave the Gnome Bee salads? Sorry, I can't help it :-) |
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14 Jul 19 - 09:33 AM (#4000688) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: GUEST,Mary Pigeons Hi- Robert Wyatt- Sea Song? : https://open.spotify.com/album/72t34rHQENHfAK5kDLZjuG?si=hoyO_-d5SH695jzzdngpZQ Also if brand new ones count- Raft...: https://soundcloud.com/mary-barnecutt/raft-first-rough |
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15 Jul 19 - 05:23 PM (#4000871) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: GUEST,Jwhizzkid Check out Silly Wizard's Fisherman's Wife on You Tube. Written by the late great Andy M. Stewart. On a storm torn headland a woman is standing The spray hung like jewels in her hair. And the sea tore the rocks near that desolate landing As though it had known she stood there But she had come down to condemn that wild ocean For the murderous loss of her man. His boat went out on Wednesday morning And it's feared she's gone down with all hands.... Also The Bay of Biscay 3 Score and 10 |
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15 Jul 19 - 07:49 PM (#4000891) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: Mrrzy Beat me to it, Dave! Clancy Brothers have a sea album. Allan Mills too. Older and less folked up. |
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15 Jul 19 - 08:04 PM (#4000895) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: CupOfTea Look for the fabulous late Lou Killen's output - not to be missed. Deb Cowan is inclined to pick some choice ballads, sung in a voice that conveys truth and emotion. Her acapella rendition of "Rose in June" is a spellbinding 7 minutes, and a tribute to Lou Killen. She also sings some sea songs with the aforementioned John Roberts. Contemporary ballads of the sea - many fine writers: Stan Rogers, Gordon Bok, John Conolly. The performer roster of sea - oriented festivals like Mystic will lead you to many performers with broad repertoires. The range is huge if you consider all maritime- themed songs, not just ballads. Lots of sources include Maritime along with lots of other sorts of songs: a couple of the Rudyard Kipling ballads, to Jez Lowe, Pete Seeger, Some songs pop up in unexpected places, too -" Run Come SeeJerusalem" sort of Caribbean blues. You can spend the rest of your life on this- someone above asked questions to limit the parameters some, and this would certainly help dealing with a manageable range of songs. Joanne in Cleveland (where the Tall Ships sailed away this morning). |
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17 Jul 19 - 03:02 AM (#4000987) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: GUEST,threelegsoman I have a playlist of "Sea Songs", some of which might suit your search: Sea Songs |
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17 Jul 19 - 01:35 PM (#4001038) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: GUEST,9 as a kid had a favorite album: Songs & Sounds of the Sea put out by National Geographic. I believe many of those songs have now been downloaded onto Youtube. |
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18 Jul 19 - 11:08 AM (#4001074) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: sleepyjon Don't miss Peter Bellamy's "Maritime England Suite" for some interesting and quite rare stuff - especially "We have fed our seas" (Kipling, I think) SJ |
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18 Jul 19 - 05:48 PM (#4001145) Subject: RE: Sea Ballads From: sciencegeek almost an embarrassment of riches here... go to http://gestsongs.com/ for the index os songs... and just wander through it Heather sparling has the University of Cape Breton's disaster songs... ne section just on ship wrecks that she maintains http://disastersongs.ca/ recordings go back many decades but in the 1960s and 70s Judy Collins did Farewell to Tarwathie and there were many other artists who did albums that had sea ballads of all sorts... |