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Thread #48959 Message #3209981
Posted By: Snuffy
20-Aug-11 - 01:19 PM
Thread Name: South Australia:What the hell's a 'Rolling King'?
Subject: RE: What the hell's a 'Rolling King'?
The two Carpenter recordings have different tunes, but both put the stress on a-WAY, rather than HEAVE. And interestingly, neither of them have anything like a rolling/ruling king.
Rees Baldwin
Have you seen my Bowery queen
Haul away, heave away
Have you seen my Bowery queen
For we are bound for South Australia
Heave away, haul away
Heave away, haul away
For we are bound for South Australia
Way down south, where I was born
Heave away, haul away
Among the fields of yellow corn
For we are bound for South Australia
note that in verse 1 it is "Haul away, heave away", while in Verse 2 the order is reversed.
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J S Scott
Heave away, my lowlands below
Heave away, heave away
Heave away, my [dirty loving Flo?]
Cos we're bound for South Australia
Oh South Australia is the place for me
Heave away, heave away
We [work?] all the money and we goes on the spree
And we're bound for South Australia
Heave away, my lowlands below
Heave away, heave away
Heave away, my [dirty loving Flo?]
Cos we're bound for South Australia
There's a nice [get in] on Australia's shore
Heave away, heave away
I'm not going to sea no more
And we're bound for South Australia
Heave away, my lowlands below
Heave away, heave away
Heave away, my [dirty loving Flo?]
Cos we're bound for South Australia
much of Scott's singing is very unclear, but it is definitely all heaving, and no hauling