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27 Jan 01 - 07:36 AM (#383531) Subject: 1)Go to sea no more; 2)Out from St. Leo. From: GUEST,Corinne I've tried every combination I can think of, and cannot find these...help please ! 1)Although I've had a good life, as good as any man If I could change the course of time... ...the rugged shores of home.. ..I'd go to sea no more... 2) And it's out from St. Leonards, and out from Toslow.. ..bound away with their sons and their daughters Thanks :) Click for Go to Sea No More |
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27 Jan 01 - 11:20 AM (#383634) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 1)Go to sea no more; 2)Out from St. From: Mary in Kentucky Sorry Corinne, no luck here. Do you know if it's a very old song, or a new song, or a parody, or possibly a combination of two songs, or has somebody recorded it, or did you hear it in school? I'm currently trying to find a song I heard as a child in school, and most of the people I think might know it have died! |
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27 Jan 01 - 11:41 AM (#383641) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 1)Go to sea no more; 2)Out from St. From: Jimmy C Out from St Leonard is a maritime song from the esat coast of Canada. I have it on a record somewhere and will try to find it. I believe its a song about leaving there and coming to Toronto due to the decline of the fishing industry. Is this the one you are looking for,
I only know one song called " Go to sea no more" it was recorded by the "Dubliners". The first verse went "
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27 Jan 01 - 11:44 AM (#383644) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 1)Go to sea no more; 2)Out from St. From: Dale Rose I THOUGHT I was going to be able to help you with St. Leonard's, but unfortunately the site that had the lyrics has disappeared, as they so often do. The Ennis Sisters have a very nice recording, which I keep meaning to get, but have not done so yet.
Here is a fragment that I remember:
Now the islands and harbours and coves are ghost towns
They sailed out from St. Leonard's and out from Toslow
The song refers to the forced removal of settlers from sparsely settled areas of Newfoundland, though they called it a resettlement program. I wish I could remember more, but that is a start, anyway. Maybe George or someone else from Atlantic Canada can take it up.
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27 Jan 01 - 12:33 PM (#383675) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 1)Go to sea no more; 2)Out from St. From: Willie-O The evacuation of hundreds of little outports was part of Premier Joey Smallwood's grand plan for modernizing Newfoundland after he brought it into Confederation with Canada in 1949. I've never heard the song though. Willie-O |
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27 Jan 01 - 01:03 PM (#383709) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 1)Go to sea no more; 2)Out from St. From: Jimmy C That is the song I was thinking about, , I have it somewhere in my basement. tonight I will do a search. |
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27 Jan 01 - 01:14 PM (#383716) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 1)Go to sea no more; 2)Out from St. From: Dale Rose Thanks, Jimmy, I'd like to see them again, too. Here is another fragment:
In the mid 1960s, the news rang out clear
A good while back, I also visited a Newfoundland school district site which had an excellent series of interviews and pictures from people who gave their remembrances of the relocation. Can't find it either!
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27 Jan 01 - 02:31 PM (#383769) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 1)Go to sea no more; 2)Out from St. From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca If it's from Newfoundland, Dave the Ancient Mariner might be able to help. He has access (his father-in-law's) to a copy of Ken Peacock's 3 volume Folk-Songs of Newfoundland and its outpouts |
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27 Jan 01 - 02:37 PM (#383771) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 1)Go to sea no more; 2)Out from St. From: Mary in Kentucky There is a short clip of Out From St. Leonard's with what sounds to be the verse Dale quoted. here at the Ennis Sisters website. Would that missing word be "nets"? I'm sure Dave will be along...hi Dave. |
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27 Jan 01 - 03:29 PM (#383804) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 1)Go to sea no more; 2)Out from St. From: Dale Rose Yep, that's where I got it, and it certainly seems to be NETS, I just couldn't hear it. |
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29 Jan 01 - 08:16 PM (#385287) Subject: Lyr Add: OUT FROM ST. LEONARD'S (Gary O'Driscoll^^ From: Vinland Corinne, Gary O'Driscoll of Bay Bulls, Newfoundland wrote "Out From St. Leonard's" in 1981. He now lives in St. John's. It's been recorded by the Irish Descendants and The Ennis Sisters. A piano/vocal/guitar arrangement is in " All Together Now...Songs of Newfoundland & Labrador volume 3" (Vinland Music, 2000). Send me a personal message if you would like further info (I publish the book). The lyrics are directly from the author. OUT FROM ST. LEONARD'S (Gary O'Driscoll) 1. In the mid 1960's the news rang out clear, "Pack your bags and your nets you must get out of here; Take your picks and your shovels, your rakes and your hoes, The government says you must pack up and go". 2. Well the news it soon spread to the harbours and coves, That the young crowd were leaving in hordes and in droves; For to go to Toronto to follow their goals, Or to go to Placentia to live on the dole. Chorus: They steamed out from St. Leonard's and out from Toslow, They'd steam 'cross the bay with their houses in tow; With their beds in the bow and their stoves in the stern, Bound away with their sons and their daughters. 3. Now Skipper Jim Pittman he said he wouldn't go, While there's nets to be mended and hay to be mowed; He said he'd never work, no matter the pay, In some hockey stick factory out Stephenville way. Chorus 4. Now on all politicians they cursed and they swore, They rather would fight off in some distant war. For when they ceased to ramble and they ceased to roam They could always return to a place they call home. Chorus 5. Now the islands and harbours and coves are ghost towns, You'd need a long liner to harvest the ground; And the big oil refinery now stands as a shrine, To the daughters and sons who remember a time. Last Chorus: They steamed out from St. Leonard's and out from Toslow, They'd steam 'cross the bay with their houses in tow; With their beds in the bow and their stoves in the stern, Bound away with their sons and their daughters. -Eric^^ |
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30 Jan 01 - 11:24 PM (#386239) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 1)Go to sea no more; 2)Out from St. From: Dale Rose Thank you for the lyrics, Vinland. I don't suppose we could get much better than from the author himself, could we? |
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30 Jan 01 - 11:49 PM (#386255) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 1)Go to sea no more; 2)Out from St. From: Marymac90 Charlie King recorded a rather upbeat song on the topic of Newfoundland's assimilation into Canada called, I think We're Newfoundlanders, Not Canadians, Not by a Dammmmmn Sight Yet! I have this on a tape he recorded some years back with Martha Leader on fiddle. |
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08 Feb 01 - 03:40 AM (#392945) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 1)Go to sea no more; 2)Out from St. From: GUEST,Bill Out From St Leonards. Written by Gary O'Driscol, St John's, NFLD. Original recording by The Irish Descendants. |
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02 Mar 06 - 12:47 AM (#1682943) Subject: RE: Lyr req: Out from St. Leonards From: GUEST,mackay1100@hotmail.com Enjoy the Ennis Sisters version of this song. Would anyone have the chords or tab for this song they would like to share. I'd like to make this one of my 'learning how to play guitar' song. Thanks |
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07 May 08 - 07:26 PM (#2335297) Subject: RE: Lyr req: Out from St. Leonards From: GUEST,Gerry When I saw the subject header, I thought maybe Cohen had been canonized for Hallelujah. |
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03 Dec 08 - 05:40 PM (#2507177) Subject: RE: Req/ADD: Out from St. Leonards^^ From: GUEST MY DAD MADE THIS SONG. HES VERY TALENTED! You should all also listen to CHRISTMAS IN THE HARBOUR there is a recording with Gary himself and with the punters, i sing in the back round eventually :) |
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15 Jun 10 - 12:00 PM (#2928304) Subject: RE: Req/ADD: Out from St. Leonards^^ From: GUEST,Pascal Hello Gary's son or daughter, Congratulations to your father for this beautiful song. I am translating it to sing it in french. Please what Gary meant when he wrote : "They rather would fight off in some distant war" I don't want to give to this sentence a bad meaning. Thank you very much. Pascal St-Pierre et Miquelon |
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15 Jun 10 - 01:13 PM (#2928384) Subject: RE: Req/ADD: Out from St. Leonards^^ From: GUEST,mg here is the ENnis family singing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U0Md8Tl4eg&feature=related |
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15 Jun 10 - 03:40 PM (#2928489) Subject: RE: Req/ADD: Out from St. Leonards^^ From: Leadfingers Pascal - Which would YOU prefer ? To be sent more or less by force to work away from where you were brought up or enlist in the army and go Fight overseas ?? |
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15 Jun 10 - 05:38 PM (#2928554) Subject: RE: Req/ADD: Out from St. Leonards^^ From: GUEST,Pascal Thank you mg. It is interpreted by the Ennis sisters that I discovered this song and I was charmed. Thanks to Leadfingers too. English is not my language and I couldn't understand the real meaning of that. First of all, I didn't know if "they" was for the politicians or the deported people. Then, I didn't see which war it could be at this time... |
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10 Jul 10 - 06:43 PM (#2943183) Subject: RE: Req/ADD: Out from St. Leonards^^ From: GUEST,Brian Pascal, It is a turn of phrase, used to reinforce the idea that relocation was undertaken against the will of the relocated people. To demonstrate the strength of their convictions against relocation, the preference would be to go to war: It does not refer to an actual war, though the obvious allusion in Newfoundland culture is to the battles of the first world war (Gallipoli, the Somme) where the loss of Newfoundlanders was extremely high. A similar phrase would be "I'd rather die!". |