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Thread #56447   Message #883002
Posted By: MMario
05-Feb-03 - 08:14 AM
Thread Name: DTStudy: Captain Ward
Subject: Tune Add: CAPTAIN WARD and JOLLY MARINER
These are the tunes from Bronson's 'The Singing Tradition of Child's Popular Ballads':

X:1
T:Captain Ward
C:Sung by a fisherman - 1905
I:abc2nwc
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:C
z6G2|F2E2D2C2|E2F2G2c2|A2G2E2C2|D6"^|"G2|F2E2D2C2|E2F2G2c2|c2G2E3F|G6"^|"G2|c3A d2c2|B2A2G2(c3/2 B/2)|A2(G2E2)C2|D6"^|"C2|E2G2C2D2|E2G2c2G3/2 A/2|G2F2E C D2|C6z2
w:Come all you gal-lant sea-men bold, all you that march-y drumLet's go and look for Cap-tain Ward, for on the sea he roams.He is the big-gest rob-ber that ev_-er you_ did hear.There's not been such a rob-ber found out for a-bove this hun-dred year.
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X:2
T:THE JOLLY MARINER
C:sung by Miss L. Crighton - 1908
I:abc2nwc
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
z4z(D/2 A/2)|d2d c2c|A2A D2"^|"D|G2G E2D|C3-C2"^|"(B,/2 C/2)|D2D (E F G)|A2(d c) d "^|"c|A2A G2A|D3-D2z
w:Come_ all ye jol-ly mar-in-ersThat love to tak' a dram_I'll_ tell ye o'__ a rob_-berThat o'er the seas did come._
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X:3
T:Captain Ward and the Rainbow
C:Sung by Edward Holt 1927
I:abc2nwc
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
z4zD|F2G A2A|d2B G2"^|"A|d2d c2B|A3z2"^|"G|F2F (F A) (A/2 G/2)|(G E D) ^C2"^|"D|G2F D2D|D3z3
w:Go home, go home, cries Cap-tain Ward,And tell your king for me,If he reigns king_ on_ dry__ landIt's I'll reign king on sea.
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X:4
T:Captain Ward and the Rainbow
N:I've changed the text on this.MMario
I:abc2nwc
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
z4zD|G2G G2E|E2E D2"^|"D|G2D (G A) B|c3z"^|"(B c)|d2B (c B A)|G2E D2"^|"D D2D D E F|G3z2D|G2G G2E|E2E D2"^|"D|G2D (G A) B|c3z"^|"B c|d2B (c B) A|G2E D2"^|"D D2D (D E) F|G3z2
w:Our King (he) built (him-self) a ship,a ship 'twas of_ great fameThe_ Rain-bow she__ was call-ed,and the Rain-bow was her name:He rig-ged her and fit-ted herand sent her off_ to sea,With five hun-der-red_ bold mar-in-ersto bear her com_-pan-y.
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