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Thread #119776   Message #2619203
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
26-Apr-09 - 04:04 PM
Thread Name: 'Rare' Caribbean shanties of Hugill, etc
Subject: RE: 'Rare' Caribbean shanties of Hugill, etc
Adding...

"Hello, Somebody"

Print: Barker (1933); Hugill; Doerflinger
Performers: Bob Webb; Mystic Seaport chanteymen

This one is obviously 'related' to the foregoing "Hilo, Boys, Hilo," in it's "hello/hilo somebody" phrase, but there are enough differences in tune, lyrical theme, etc to identify it distinctly. Terry gave the song titled "Hilo Somebody," but that is just his name for "Hilo Boys Hilo." Also, on the 1960s SAILOR'S GARLAND recording by AL Lloyd and Ewan MacColl, they do a "Hilo Somebody"--I don't have that recording, but I presume it to be based on Terry's book. Somebody please confirm, if possible.

JP Barker, so says Hugill (I don't have this text), quotes it in LOG OF A LIMEJUICER (1933). Hugill's own version was from Harding. Doerflinger also collected a version.

Hugill does not appear to have recorded it, and without yet any information to the contrary, I presume that Bob Webb's 1995 recording and the Mystic Seaport's chanteymen's performances are based in his text.