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Thread #103407 Message #2108197
Posted By: Snuffy
21-Jul-07 - 12:17 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Oh, Louisiana (from Pete Seeger)
Subject: Lyr Add: LUCY ANNA (chantey)
Seems to be a sea shanty.
Lucy Anna (collected by J M Carpenter from Mr J S Scott, London, 1929)
Oh the [currents?] are [killing?] on a fast rolling tide Oh, Lucy Anna And the cargo starts [spilling?] on a dark stormy night And I'm going right over the mountain So fare you well, Juliana, my dear Oh, Lucy Anna So fare you well, Juliana, my dear I'm bound right over the mountain
Oh the mountain so high and the valley so low Oh-oh-oh, Lucy Anna And the mountain so high and the valley so low I'm bound right over the mountain So fare you well, Juliana, my dear And oh, Lucy Anna So fare you well, Juliana, my dear I'm going right over the mountain Belay
The recording is of abysmal quality and I have had to guess at some words