The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #109568 Message #3093514
Posted By: Joe Offer
11-Feb-11 - 05:51 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Shiny-O or Shiney-O (chantey)
Subject: ADD Version: Shiny-O
This is from an e-mail I received from a Mudcatter...
As I work my way thru my chantey books, I come upon "new" ones.
The following is from an account of an 1886 Atlantic crossing by James Taft Hatfield:
SHINY-O!
Solo
Cap-tain, Cap-tain, you love your bran-dy,
Cho
A-a-a-a-a-ay, shi-ny O!
Solo
Cap-tain, Cap-tain, I love your daugh-ter,
Cho
A-a-a-ay, Shi-ny O!
O ferryman, ferryman, won't you ferry me over?
Won't you ferry me from Queenstoen across to Dover?
O from Queenstown to Dover's a hundred miles or over;
From Queenstown to Dover's a hundred miles or over!
Captain, Captain, how deep is the water?
She measures one inch, six feet and a quarter.
The Hen and the Chickens were all flying over,
And when she pitches, she pitches into Dover.
O Captain, Captain, what is the matter?
I lose my wife and my pretty little daughter.
O rivers, rivers, rivers are rolling:
Rivers are rolling, and I can't get over!