Lyr Add: One Fine Morning Early in Spring

Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: ONE FINE MORNING EARLY IN SPRING
From: Snuffy
Date: 24 Sep 00 - 02:22 PM

ONE FINE MORNING EARLY IN SPRING

It was one fine morn all early in spring
I went on board to serve my king
Leaving my dearest girl behind
She always told me her heart was mine

I built my love a little boat
On the ocean waves that she might float
And every ship that passed her by
She might enquire of her sailor boy"

So she set sail across the deep
For a big King's ship she chanced to meet
"Come tell me, bold sailor, come tell me true
Is my boy Bill on board with you?"

"Ah no, fair maid, he is not here
He's dead and drowned, I do declare
On yonder waves that roll so high
There I lost sight of your sailor boy

She wrung her wrists and tore her hair
Like some poor girl in deep despair
Her little boat on the rocks did run
"Oh what shall I do now my sailor is gone?

I will go home and write a song
I'll write it clear, I'll write it long
And every line I'll shed a tear
And every verse - Farewell my Dear"

Three days later this maiden died
Leaving this song by her bedside
To tell the world of why she died
She could not be a sailor's bride.

So dig her grave both wide and deep
And on it plant the lilies sweet
And upon her breast put turtle doves
To tell the world she died of love


Half of this song (verses 2 to 5) is a version of A Sailor's Life ([SAILIFE in DT), but the rest is from all over: - V1 from So Early In The Spring ([EARLYSPR), V6 from I Am A Rover ([IMAROVR2), and V8 from Died For Love ([DIEDLOVE) and many others. But verse 7 seems to be unique - any takers?
From Songs sung in Suffolk, Vol 3. Veteran Tapes VT103. (Field recordings 1985-87 by John Howson). Sung by Fred Whiting of Kenton, Suffolk.
VRH

MIDI file: 1FINEMOR.MID

Timebase: 480

Tempo: 120 (500000 microsec/crotchet)
Key: E
TimeSig: 4/4 48 8
Name: One Fine Morning All Early In Spring
Text: S:Fred Whiting
Start
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End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here

ABC format:

X:1
T:One Fine Morning All Early In Spring
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:120
S:Fred Whiting
A:Suffolk.
N:Recorded at Kenton
D:Songs sung in Suffolk, Vol 3. Veteran Tapes VT103
K:E
EE|
G2A2 B3 F|AAG2 E3z2B|
e2c2 d3 c|d2c2 B3z2B|
c2d2 e3 G|A2c2 B3z2E|
G2G2 BB2F|A2G2 E2z2 ||

Wassail! V

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: ONE FINE MORNING EARLY IN SPRING
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 24 Sep 00 - 08:58 PM

I've cross-referenced this thread with  A Sailor's Life  which is where I'm putting links to related online material.

Malcolm