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Thread #113570   Message #2418198
Posted By: Charley Noble
19-Aug-08 - 08:07 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Common British Tars (Ron Baxter)
Subject: RE: Req/ADD: Common British Tars (Trafalgar)
JeffB-

Sure, assuming you are asking for the lyrics of "The Seamen's Hymn" (copy and paste into OWRD/TIMES/12 to line up chords):

By A. L. Lloyd © circa 1955
Written to commemorate the death of Admiral Nelson
at the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805
After the singing of Louis Killen
Tune: Prospect

The Seamen's Hymn


D-------------------A-------------D-------------Bm
Come all ye bold seamen, wher-ever you're bound,
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And always let Nelson's proud memory go 'round;
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And pray that the wars and the tumult may cease,
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For the greatest of gifts is a sweet last-ing peace;
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May the Lord put an end to these cruel, old wars,
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And bring peace and con-tentment to all our brave tars.


Notes by John Roberts:

"Lloyd wrote the words for a Trafalgar Day radio program (1955? that would have been the 150th anniversary). I believe he claimed he set it to a Welsh hymn tune but I don't know of anyone who's turned up the original. Lloyd being the way he was, even if you did find the original it would be quite different from what he came up with. Louis sang it to the Clearwater crew and it went on from there. That's all I know."

Cheerily,
Charley Noble