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21 Jun 05 - 05:40 PM (#1506301) Subject: Lyr Req: The Bergen: Chorus query From: Mr Happy In Jez Lowe's song 'The Bergen' DT here: @displaysong.cfm?SongID=5895 the chorus is: Oh, pity the hearts the wild waves part, My love sails the bonny barque, The Bergen. Me & fiends were discussing the rhyming & grammar qualities of the line ' Oh, pity the hearts the wild waves part' Should it be as in DT or is it Oh, pity the hearts the wild wave parts Anyone know? |
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21 Jun 05 - 05:54 PM (#1506320) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Bergen: Chorus query From: DonMeixner Hey Happy, I don't suppose it matters as long as the tense is correct. Whatever sinks your boat, so to speak. Don |
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21 Jun 05 - 05:57 PM (#1506322) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Bergen: Chorus query From: Susanne (skw) What on earth made you turn to fiends to discuss this? :-) Anyway, the McCalmans sing the same chorus on 'Festival Lights' (1995); Nick even says it at the start so people can sing along more easily. Can't tell you what exactly it means, though. For me it's simply a poetic image, referring to the hearts (men) who part the wild waves (with their ship). In that case you're right, of course, the grammar would be all wrong. |
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21 Jun 05 - 05:58 PM (#1506323) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Bergen: Chorus query From: Le Scaramouche Waves makes more sense because it isn't one solitary wave but the sea. |
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21 Jun 05 - 06:13 PM (#1506333) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Bergen: Chorus query From: radriano Since the song has a living author why not check the original lyrics? Shouldn't be too hard to track down. |
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21 Jun 05 - 06:15 PM (#1506334) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Bergen: Chorus query From: Bainbo Jez wrote the song after finding a graveyard where the crew of a foundered Norwegian trawler were buried. It's from the point of view of a wife or sweetheart left at home, wondering what's happened, and the chorus just means "Pity the sweethearts who've been parted by the ocean," and as such, makes perfect sense gramatically. One thing about Jez's lyrics - every single word counts, and there's never a word wasted. |
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21 Jun 05 - 06:29 PM (#1506348) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Bergen: Chorus query From: Dita From Jez Lowe's song book "Pity the hearts the wild waves part" "The Bergen was a ship from Finland, wrecked off Tees Bay at the turn of the century, and whose crew lie buried in my local churchyard" Great song, John. |
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21 Jun 05 - 06:33 PM (#1506352) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Bergen: Chorus query From: Susanne (skw) Bainbo, thanks, that makes more sense than my idea. [19??:] The Bergen was a ship from Finland wrecked off Tees Bay at the turn of the century, and whose crew lie buried in my local churchyard. (Notes, Jez Lowe Songbook) Does anyone know the year it came out? |
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21 Jun 05 - 06:44 PM (#1506361) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Bergen: Chorus query From: Mr Happy Dita, Thanks- if that's what's in his snogbook' then it's what he meant to say. Cheers! |
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21 Jun 05 - 07:01 PM (#1506375) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Bergen: Chorus query From: Dita Susanne, Jez dates the song as January 1986 in his book which was published in 1988. Cheers, John McC |
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21 Jun 05 - 07:09 PM (#1506389) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Bergen: Chorus query From: Dita Susanne, Jez first recorded it on Fellside FE0055 "TWO A ROUE" an albun by Jake Walton & Jez Lowe 1986. JMcC |
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21 Jun 05 - 07:12 PM (#1506391) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Bergen: Chorus query From: Mr Happy BTW: reason for discussion by fiends is it's one of our latest big hits!! |
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21 Jun 05 - 08:06 PM (#1506433) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Bergen: Chorus query From: McGrath of Harlow Actually, as Jez tells it, the boat was called The Berger - but he thought if he used that he'd run into too many giggles. (Mind you I'd not be too surprised if he made that up, and it was actually Bergen all along. Anyone feel like checking?) |
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21 Jun 05 - 08:12 PM (#1506436) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Bergen: Chorus query From: Charley Noble It's a fine song. Be sure to send Jez the royalties. Charley Noble |
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22 Jun 05 - 06:51 PM (#1507424) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Bergen: Chorus query From: Susanne (skw) Thanks, John. Sorry about the 'double-posting'. Mr Happy, whereabouts is your career taking place? Anywhere reachable from Germany? |