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24 Jul 03 - 09:18 AM (#989465) Subject: Lyr Add: BARBAREE (Peter Bellamy) From: Roberto Please, help me writing down a correct text of this song, Barbaree (High Barbary), as sung by Peter Bellamy (in Both Sides Then). Here is what I cen get (I'm not sure of many words). Thnak you. Roberto Now there was two jolly ships from out of England came Blow high-blow low-and so sail we One she was the Queen of Russia and the other Prince of Wales Looking down along the coast of Barbary Step aloft, step aloft, then our jolly boson cried Blow high-blow low-and so sail we Look ahead and look astern, look aweather, look alee And look down along the coast of Barbary Well, there is no ship astern and there is no ship alee Blow high-blow low-and so sail we But there's a lofty ship to wind'ard, she's a-sailing fast and free She's a-sailing down along the coast of Barbary Oh hail 'er! Oh,hail 'er! - Then our jolly captain cried Blow high-blow low-and so sail we Oh, youse a man-o'-war or a privateer - Says he A-cruising down along the coast of Barbary? Im not no man-of-war, nor a privateer - Says he Blow high-blow low-and so sail we But I'm a salt-sea pirate, I'm a-seeking for me fee I'm a-seeking down along the coast of Barbary! So broadside to broadside, a long hour we lay Blow high-blow low-and so sail we Till at lenght the Queen of Russia blew the pirate's mast away Cruising down along the coast of Barbary Then for quarter-for quarter! - The jolly pirate cried Blow high-blow low-and so sail we Oh, the quarter I will give you – I will sink you in the tide I will sink you down along the coast of Barbary So we tied them up by twos and we tied them up by threes Blow high-blow low-and so sail we Yes, we tied them up by dozens and we topped them in the sea Yes, we drowned them down along the coast of Barbary |
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24 Jul 03 - 09:45 AM (#989482) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peter Bellamy's Barbaree From: Sorcha If you put Barbaree in the handy Lyrics and Knowledge search box at the top of the page you will find 2 versions in the DT. |
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24 Jul 03 - 10:05 AM (#989504) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peter Bellamy's Barbaree From: Roberto The version in the DT named "Barbaree" is quite similar, but not exactly what Bellamy sings. I see that the last line should be: Yes, we tied them up by dozens and we chucked (not topped, as I had writen down) them in the sea. Peter Bellamy does not sing: Hail, hail, that lofty tall ship. I can't understand what he says befora "hail". Etc. So, what I am looking for is somebody that will patiently listen to the actual recording, to find out the actual words that Bellamy sings. I like very much the way he sings, but his pronunciation is not always clear to me. Roberto |
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24 Jul 03 - 01:44 PM (#989754) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peter Bellamy's Barbaree From: Charley Noble Roberto- You've really done a fine job transcribing what Bellamy sang. I'm afraid I can't offer any further clarification. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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26 Jul 03 - 11:21 PM (#991308) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peter Bellamy's Barbaree From: Malcolm Douglas Described by Peter in his sleeve notes as "A hybrid of Bob Roberts' East Anglian version and a Carolina variant collected by the late Frank Warner". |