Help: The Seamen's Hymn

Subject: RE: Help: The Seamen's Hymn
From: Haruo
Date: 05 Dec 06 - 03:53 PM

Ranger's Command MIDI is in the DT ("click to play" link). I kept playing it and then Prospect (from the online Southern Harmony) and then the RealAudio Seamen's Hymn link above, and I swear the first two are both very similar to the latter, but none of the three is the same as any of the three. Not perfectly the same, but maybe close enough to be arrangements of a single melody. Did Lloyd produce sheet music?

Haruo

PS Hey Liz, canon, not cannon! ;-)

Subject: RE: Help: The Seamen's Hymn
From: GUEST,Phil
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 03:39 PM

Is this version of Seamen's Hymn the tune we're all on about?

Phil

Subject: RE: Help: The Seamen's Hymn
From: Haruo
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 05:22 PM

Link doesn't work, Phil. This is probably what you mean. Not having sound, all I get is a line moving across the screen when it plays, so I can't judge.

Haruo

Haruo

Subject: RE: Help: The Seamen's Hymn
From: Bill D
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 05:54 PM

Yes...that's the usual one

Subject: RE: Help: The Seamen's Hymn
From: GUEST,phil
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 03:52 AM

Thanks for fixing that for me Harou

Phil

Subject: RE: Help: The Seamen's Hymn
From: GUEST,David Coffin
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 07:49 PM

I just came upon this thread and thought I'd shamelessly offer up my recording of The Seaman's Hymn here: http://www.cdfreedom.com/artists/davidcoffin/catalog/davidcoffinthenantucketsleighride/

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From: GUEST,asmepdf
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 03:19 AM

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Subject: RE: Help: The Seamen's Hymn
From: SeaCanary
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 03:59 AM

FWIW this is the way I sing it; though a bit slower.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLlEid3fIRg

Subject: RE: Help: The Seamen's Hymn
From: GUEST,Bob Chorba
Date: 12 May 18 - 08:54 PM

Just stumbled across this on the net, researching Welsh roots to the song 'The Seamen's Hymn' found on THE REVELS' 'Blow ye Winds' CD.
Got to say, despite the 17-18th c. British 'West-Gallery' feel to it, the tune sounds distinctly rooted in the Gaelic countries instead. Those deep changes like 'The Ranger's Command' are found rather in Irish and Scottish melodies, Welsh melodies sounding more contained and from a different perspective. Irish and Scottish have a severe pentatonic world that sounds unresolved and hints at eternity. Such big melodic Gaelic changes can be heard most in Scottish ceòl mór music (Scottish Baroque bagpipe music), but I think this melody sounds more softer and Irish of origin.
Obviously it has been around in the mixing pot, thrown back and forward between the Irish, English, Americans, and maybe Welsh vicars too.

Subject: RE: Help: The Seamen's Hymn
From: GUEST,Nick the shantyman
Date: 12 Aug 23 - 12:18 PM

You can find this sung on youtube easily enough, and it will be easy to either listen, repeat and learn the tune from that, or transcribe it if you can,
However, with very little adjustment, the words fit well to the folk song, 'The Wild Rover', if you dare! So it would still be true to its Gaelic/Celtic roots......