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Thread #25236   Message #675605
Posted By: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca
24-Mar-02 - 08:02 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Heave Ya Ho (Battlefield Band)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Battlefield Band 'HEAVE YA HO.'
From KMSU World Beat Playlist: June 1998, Mark R. Thomas

Heave Ya Ho

The basis of this song was sung to Davy of The Battlefield Band by an old oyster fisherman from Prestonpans, a small town on the Firth of Forth. The oystermen fished in two rowing boats, heading parallel to each other and the shore with a weighted net dragging (or dreggin) between them. Songs like "Heave Ya Ho" would help them keep rowers and therefore the boats in time with each other.