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13 Mar 99 - 05:47 AM (#62783) Subject: Lyr.Req. Stockholm Tar From: Pejotka Does anybody know the lyrics of the song sung by The Spinners named Stockholm Tar? Pejotka |
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03 Aug 02 - 04:48 PM (#759410) Subject: RE: Lyr.Req. Stockholm Tar From: GUEST,thea-team@ukonline.co.uk Any Lyrics for Stockholme Tar?? Please!! |
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03 Aug 02 - 04:58 PM (#759412) Subject: Lyr Add: STOCKHOLM TAR From: Sorcha STOCKHOLM TAR Hughie Jones (of the Spinners) There's a harness cask in the sail locker stands It smells your clothes and stains your hands On line, and twine and capstans spar Even in your grub is Stockholm Tar CHORUS Liverpool Judies know the score when a merchant seaman walks ashore Liverpool Judies know the score when a merchant seaman walks ashore There's ten months' pay in my good pants And after that there's a month's advance I'm going down to Tamil's bar Treat the little girls to Stockholm Tar I once met a girl called Margaret Lee She said come home and sleep with me Her man was deaf, but I didn't get far He slept down wind of the Stockholm Tar Mary had a little shimmy all new and white I sat her on my knee and we both got tight When she got home she told her ma A scuttle boy with his Stockholm Tar Did a trip once in a steamboat line, Covered in coal dust, soot and grime You'd choke on smoke and black chattar, And long for the smell of Stockholm Tar Well I pull on me pants, me money's all gone I'll find me a ship and then sign on See tell all for a fare well jar Then he's packing out to sea and Stockholm Tar And when I die and I go below I don't want no fancy mournin' show No gilded coffin or funeral pyre Just lay out me bones in the Stockholm Tar From:http://www.theshantyman.com/Lyrics/Stockholm%20Tar.htm Right one? e mail sent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ntSK5ApsvA |
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04 Aug 02 - 01:46 PM (#759636) Subject: RE: Lyr.Req. Stockholm Tar From: Charley Noble That's a nice one. Any clues on the tune? Charley Noble |
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17 Aug 02 - 07:12 AM (#766916) Subject: RE: Lyr.Req. Stockholm Tar From: GUEST,thea-team@ukonline.co.uk Thanks very much for lyrics to Stockholme Tar. Do you know if there is any sheet music available and any recordings thanks |
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19 Aug 02 - 11:20 AM (#767950) Subject: RE: Lyr.Req. Stockholm Tar From: EBarnacle1 As one who has used Stockholm tar as a rigging preservative (yes, it is worth using, even in these days of stainless rigging), the song has it right and I would not trade it in--ever! |
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19 Aug 02 - 11:30 AM (#767957) Subject: RE: Lyr.Req. Stockholm Tar From: MMario BTW - the Shantyman -s well worth listening to; either alone or with the Corsairs. |
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02 Sep 11 - 12:33 AM (#3216857) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stockholm Tar From: GUEST is this a Traditional song? |
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02 Sep 11 - 03:54 PM (#3217228) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stockholm Tar From: Richard from Liverpool No, I don't think it's traditional; I believe it's written by Hughie Jones (of the Spinners) |
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01 Jul 15 - 11:49 PM (#3720429) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stockholm Tar From: GUEST,Chris Gilbert This song was written by Hughie Jones of The Spinners...many moons ago. You can hear it on you tube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ntSK5ApsvA or buy it on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/Stockholm-Tar/dp/B00O25MPQ6/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1435808353&sr=8-15&keywords=stockholm+tar I am looking for the chords if anyone can help. Chris |
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02 Jul 15 - 03:08 AM (#3720438) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stockholm Tar From: Richard Bridge The chord sequence is elusive - my band started work on this song but stopped after a series of disagreements about the chord changes. "Musical differences"! |
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02 Jul 15 - 11:44 AM (#3720539) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stockholm Tar From: GUEST,# Link says Not Available |
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02 Jul 15 - 02:12 PM (#3720571) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stockholm Tar From: GUEST,# Stockholm Tar by the Rambling Sailors |
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03 Jul 15 - 01:38 AM (#3720679) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stockholm Tar From: SPB-Cooperator verse: Am D Em Am C E Am C Dm Am F E7 Am chorus: Dm Am F E7 Am |