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19 Mar 20 - 02:39 PM (#4040746) Subject: Lyr Req: Ten thousand miles away From: Weasel Does anybody know the correct lyrics for this song (Idon't mean educated guesses) The verse "May the sun shine bright through the London fog Or the River run quite clear Or the ocean's brine be turned to wine Or I forget me beer Or I forget me beer me boys Or the landlord's......." The landlord's what? I've seen "Quart a day", "Quarter day", "Quarter pay" Does anybody know for certain what it should be? |
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19 Mar 20 - 02:50 PM (#4040749) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ten thousand miles away From: An Buachaill Caol Dubh Not making any guesses with regard to words, just throwing in what seems a peculiarity in the words quoted; the impression is of an English song from the first line, but isn't "quite" the American idiom? That is, to say something is "quite good" means "excellent" in American usage, as far as I learnt anyway, but in English usage means "fairly good". Or, "it's no' bad" in Scots English. Someone is sure to know whether a "quart a day" were part of a sailor's/soldier's rations. |
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19 Mar 20 - 02:52 PM (#4040750) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ten thousand miles away From: RTim A Hampshire Version - Tim Radford BLOW THE WINDS. Oh for a brave & valiant Barque, a brisk & a lively breeze A bully crew & a captain too, to carry me over the seas. To carry me over the seas my boys, to carry my love so gay. She taken a trip on a government ship, Ten thousands miles away. Chorus - So Blow the winds I O, & a sailing I will go, I’ll stay no more on England’s shore so let the music play I’ll start by the morning train to cross the raging main For I’m on the move to my own true love Ten Thousand miles away. My true love she is beautiful, my true love she is young, Her eyes are blue as the violet’s hue, And silvery sounds her tongue. And silvery sounds her tongue, my boys, But while I sing this lay, she doing the grand In a distant land ten thousand miles away. I wish I was but a bosun bold or only a bombardier, I’d hire a boat & hurry afloat, And straight to me love would steer. And straight to me love would steer, Where the dancing dolphins play Where the whales & the sharks are having their larks Ten Thousand miles away. The sun may shine through a London fog, The Thames run bright and clear. The ocean’s brine may urn to wine, I may forget my beer I may forget my beer, my boys And the landlord’s quarter day, but I’ll not depart From my own sweet heart, Ten Thousand miles away. |
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19 Mar 20 - 02:57 PM (#4040751) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ten thousand miles away From: An Buachaill Caol Dubh Ah, "Landlord" who collects rent, not one who dispenses Wines and Spirits. |
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19 Mar 20 - 03:05 PM (#4040753) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ten thousand miles away From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch Mainly Nofolk: Ten Thousand Miles Away / Blow the Winds High-O wiki: Ten Thousand Miles Away "The Scottish Student's Song Book gives the author as "J. B. Geoghegan".[2] This is Joseph Bryan Geoghegan (c. 1816 – 1889) who was manager of the Star and Museum Music Hall in Bolton, Lancashire... Verse 5 Oh! the sun may shine through a London fog. and the Thames run bright and clear, The oceans' brine be turned to wine, And I may forget my beer - And I may forget my beer, my boys, And the landlord's quarter-day; But I'll never part from myy own sweetheart, Ten thousand miles away!" [wiki] |
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19 Mar 20 - 03:28 PM (#4040758) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ten thousand miles away From: Steve Gardham Already threads on this Geoghegan song. |
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19 Mar 20 - 04:30 PM (#4040763) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ten thousand miles away From: GUEST,henryp In British and Irish tradition, the quarter days were the four dates in each year on which servants were hired, school terms started, and rents were due. Original dates; Lady Day (25 March); Midsummer Day (24 June); Michaelmas (29 September); Christmas (25 December) The British tax year still starts on "Old" Lady Day; 6 April under the Gregorian calendar corresponded to 25 March under the Julian calendar (the eleven days the new-style calendar advanced in 18th century plus one day due to the twelfth skipped Julian leap day in 1800). From Wikipedia, thank you. |
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19 Mar 20 - 06:14 PM (#4040782) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ten thousand miles away From: Joe_F A.B.C.D.: I am an American, and my notion of "quite" is almost opposite to yours: In British usage, it means "entirely" ("Quite so!"), and in colloquial American, "rather" ("He was quite sick"). |
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19 Mar 20 - 06:37 PM (#4040786) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ten thousand miles away From: GUEST,Starship http://boundingmain.com/lyrics/capital_ship.htm See notes at the end of the song lyrics. |
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19 Mar 20 - 06:59 PM (#4040788) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ten thousand miles away From: An Buachaill Caol Dubh @Joe_F: how very interesting; maybe things have changed in forty years, or perhaps different areas of USA have different idioms ( that wouldn't be unusual), or maybe the information I got was too definite. I have, however, encountered references to these two senses on at least three occasions with regard specifically to the idea of being "divided by a common language". Mind you, "quite so", or "the glass is quite empty" (ie "entirely") are certainly idiomatic here. Now, however, the glass is significantly fuller... and now, slightly less so. Good Luck! |
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19 Mar 20 - 10:28 PM (#4040805) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ten thousand miles away From: Steve Shaw Gosh, I'm really glad to be reminded of this. I used to play this with me old mucker Martin Cole (who did almost everything, with me just playing the harmonica!), but it's got to be over twenty years since we last did it and I'd forgotten about it. We'd follow it with the Sailor's Hornpipe! |