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16 Apr 02 - 06:25 AM (#691120) Subject: Siege of Saint Malo From: GUEST,jean and john Does anyone have the words to the trad. Cornish song titled, we think, The Siege of St. Malo? (Last heard at Dorchester Folk Festival 1968.) |
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16 Apr 02 - 09:57 AM (#691248) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Siege of Saint Malo From: Sorcha I found references to it as a harp air, but no words. Anybody else? |
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16 Apr 02 - 10:08 AM (#691258) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Siege of Saint Malo From: masato sakurai According to Brunnings' Folk Song Index (Garland), "The Siege of St. Malo" is in Canow Kernow by Inglis Gundry. That's all I've found so far about the song. ~Masato
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16 Apr 02 - 10:16 AM (#691264) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Siege of Saint Malo From: Sorcha It has been recorded on this album, but says nothing about lyrics. |
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16 Apr 02 - 10:26 AM (#691270) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Siege of Saint Malo From: MMario Sorcha? Can you reach http://users.bluecarrots.com/ilow/archive.pdf I'm blocked. |
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16 Apr 02 - 10:45 AM (#691276) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Siege of Saint Malo From: Sorcha I'm trying......terribly slow to load. I finally did get into the Bluecarrot home page, I may have to "join". Trying again. |
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16 Apr 02 - 11:02 AM (#691279) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Siege of Saint Malo From: Sorcha I give up. Finally got the PDF page to load--96 pages, and the computer froze up. Sorry. |
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16 Apr 02 - 04:42 PM (#691470) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Siege of Saint Malo From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Got in, but- Came up on p. 81 with a list under the title "The Siege of St. Malo": title, Tune, IME Sig 4/4, Words English, Refs, Inglis Gundy Carrow Kernow, 19, Baring Gould etc. and Notes. Nothing works as a click. Seems to be only an index reference work without words. |
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16 Apr 02 - 04:47 PM (#691473) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Siege of Saint Malo From: MMario Thanks for the attempt Sorcha; and Thanks to Dicho for checking it out. I really dislike living behind a content filter! |
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16 Apr 02 - 04:59 PM (#691481) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Siege of Saint Malo From: Malcolm Douglas It is just an index; if you want the song, you may have to buy the book (if you can find a copy). There is one reference only in the Roud folk song index, to that same example. It was noted by Sabine Baring Gould from J. Peake of Liskeard in May 1891, and is in his MS collection, where Inglis Gundry found it and published it in Canow Kernow (1966 and 1972). |
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17 Apr 02 - 07:07 AM (#691927) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Siege of Saint Malo From: GUEST,jean and john Very many thanks everyone. We'll track the lyrics down from the info. you've kindly given us and send them for the Mudcat database. |
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05 Dec 24 - 04:42 PM (#4212948) Subject: ADD: Siege of Saint Malo From: RTim THE SIEGE OF ST. MALO On the fourteenth of November Straight to the French coast we did steer All against the brave St. Malo With our fleet we did draw near With our English colours flying In the sight of all the town With the brave, bold Resolution To burn St. Malo down. (On the Fifteenth of November At the dawning of the day We espied a gallant Frenchman That gave us home away…??) …(The rest is wanting…) Our bombs we then did cast And they fell into the town Which made the French admire To see their buildings tumble down Then some men were prisoners taken And some ran out of the town While we waited in our longboats To burn St. Malo down. Then at last we saw St. Malo It was to ruin brought And the proud insulting Louis He was a lesson taught On the sixteenth of November WE set their ships aflame And then a noble building WE treated it the same. Roud 3309 Collected by Baring-Gould & Shepherd From J.Peake, Liskeard, May 1881 Published in Canow Kernow – Inglis Gundry -1966 |
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05 Dec 24 - 05:09 PM (#4212949) Subject: RE: ADD: Siege of Saint Malo From: Joe Offer Thanks, Tim. There's a brief listing in the Traditional Ballad Index: Siege of St. MaloDESCRIPTION: "On the fourteenth of November, Straight to the French coast we did steer, All against the brave St. Malo, With our fleet we did steer... To burn St. Malo down." They bombard the town. The French ships and town are burnedAUTHOR: unknown EARLIEST DATE: 1891 (collected by Sabine Baring Gould from J. Peale) KEYWORDS: battle France HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Nov. 16-19, 1693 - Admiral Benbow's bombardment of St. Malo FOUND IN: Britain(England(West)) REFERENCES (1 citation): Gundry-CanowKernow-SongsDancesFromCornwall, p. 19, "The Siege of St. Malo" (1 text, 1 tune) Roud #3309 NOTES [12 words]: For Admiral John Benbow (1653-1702), see the notes to "Admiral Benbow." - RBW Last updated in version 4.5 File: Gund019 Go to the Ballad Search form Go to the Ballad Index Instructions The Ballad Index Copyright 2024 by Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle. |
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06 Dec 24 - 05:07 AM (#4212986) Subject: RE: ADD: Siege of Saint Malo From: GUEST,PMB This is the same Admiral Benbow who later lost his legs by chain shot, by chain shot (his grave's in Kingston church). Interestingly, the song doesn't mention the most remarkable part of the action: a ship stuffed to the gunwales with barrels of gunpowder, which, but for a last- moment change of wind, might well have destroyed the town completely. As it was, there was much physical damage, including a house demolished by the flying capstan of the bomb- ship, but (according to the French) only one death - a cat. Details here: Black sails at St Malo |