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17 May 98 - 04:51 AM (#28577) Subject: Sammy's Bar-place names From: JB3 I was excited to find the lyrics to Cyril Tawney's song, Sammy's Bar (The Last Boat's A Leaving), in the database. I heard it several years ago at a Morris Ale and couldn't quite make out all the words. Now I've got the words but still don't know the place-names referred to in the song. Would also be interested in a bio of Tawney. Thanks for any info or links! |
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18 May 98 - 04:02 PM (#28579) Subject: RE: Sammy's Bar-place names From: dick greenhaus The scene is Malta. Cyril was a submariner in the Royal Navy; after he left, he achieved a fair degree of fame as a composer/author (Grey Funnel Line, Sammy's Bar, Sally Free and Easy, Chicken on a Raft, The Oggie Man, Five Foot Flirt etc.) and sing |
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18 May 98 - 04:30 PM (#28583) Subject: RE: Sammy's Bar-place names From: Joe Offer And sing.......what???? I think this is going to be a good story, Dick. What happened to the rest of it? Joe Offer, happy that Mudcat is back- |
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18 May 98 - 09:48 PM (#28629) Subject: RE: Sammy's Bar-place names From: dick greenhaus Ooops--got truncated. The last word was singer, not sing. Cyril also published a collection of Royal Navy Songs from WWII called Grey Funnel Lines,. |
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21 May 98 - 04:38 AM (#28914) Subject: RE: Sammy's Bar-place names From: JB3 Thanks, Dick. Malta, hmm? Are the pronounciations of the locations fairly straight-forward? I rarely get songs from recordings, preferring to get them from another (live) person, even if they learned from a recording. But that means I have to rely on memory for such things as pronounciations. I have always loved Grey Funnel Line. It's a great song for group singing. When did Tawney live? or is he still kicking? |
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21 May 98 - 10:42 AM (#28931) Subject: RE: Sammy's Bar-place names From: dick greenhaus As far as I know, he's still kicking, though I hear he doesn't concertize anymore |
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22 May 98 - 05:52 PM (#29019) Subject: RE: Sammy's Bar-place names From: Bill D his concertizing has been truncated, as it were.... (I once had my pontificating truncated by popular vote!) |
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15 May 99 - 11:10 PM (#78795) Subject: RE: Sammy's Bar-place names From: JB3 Still hoping for some help with how to pronounce: daighsoe (DIE - so?) & Ghan Tufheija (gan-tuff-HE-ja?). Many thanks June |
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16 May 99 - 05:10 AM (#78835) Subject: RE: Sammy's Bar-place names From: bill\sables Cyril Tawney is still alive and well and living in Leeds, England He is still on the folk club and festival circuit and attends ceilidhs every couple of weeks. He is probably the longest running Pro singer in the U.K. having been continually singing for about 35 years. Cheers Bill |
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16 May 99 - 05:42 AM (#78836) Subject: RE: Sammy's Bar-place names From: Graham Pirt Cyril's still very well and singing, as Bill Sables states. Tufheija (Tuf-i-a), daighsoe (die-zo) |
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16 May 99 - 09:54 AM (#78865) Subject: RE: Sammy's Bar-place names From: Matthew B. Both DAI-SO and DAI-SO are acceptable pronunciations. In case you're interested, a daighsoe is sort of a water taxi, not a fishing boat as some people think. But I have a question for JB3: what links are you referring to? |
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16 May 99 - 11:44 AM (#78881) Subject: RE: Sammy's Bar-place names From: bill\sables BJ3, If you want to know more about Cyril his mate Graham Binless is on line, Cyril is not, You can contact Graham Binless at graham@binless.freeserve.co.uk Cheers Bill |
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16 May 99 - 06:27 PM (#78969) Subject: RE: Sammy's Bar-place names From: JB3 Thanks to all, Matthew, I was curious if there was a link to a website about Tawney. Bill Sables answered that, thanks! June |
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16 May 99 - 06:44 PM (#78973) Subject: RE: Sammy's Bar-place names From: Richard Bridge Check the Cyril Tawney songbook. It give "dyso" as a water taxi, and "Inteffaya Bay" (memory may be awry a little here and I'm to lazy to go to check) as an anglicised pronunciation of the local name of a real bay. |
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31 May 99 - 02:07 AM (#82984) Subject: RE: Sammy's Bar-place names From: Bulldog Sammy's Bar I believe, was a favourite hangout in the harbour of Valleta in Malta...... |
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02 Jun 99 - 05:25 PM (#83507) Subject: RE: Sammy's Bar-place names From: Richard Bridge I've been back to the song book now! It says "Maltese words have been spelt phonetically for ease of pronunciation. Correct spelling is as follows: - Dyso = Dghajsa: Inetuffeya = Ghajn Tuffheja |
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27 Apr 17 - 03:07 PM (#3852779) Subject: RE: Sammy's Bar-place names From: GUEST,Cornfield Take a look at a Chicago musical group called Candytown. I'm sure that the leader of the group was the directir of Flipping the Whale. Sean Guinean. Cornfield |