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Lyr Req: Sussex by the Sea (W. Ward-Higgins)^^
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Subject: Sussex by the Sea From: GUEST,Lin Date: 03 Mar 00 - 03:35 AM Does anyone have the words to or know where I can find the words to Sussex by the Sea? |
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Subject: RE: Sussex by the Sea From: GUEST,Walrus Date: 03 Mar 00 - 01:33 PM I know a freagment of a version of "Sussex" recorded as being sung by a T.F Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment in the Great War, but it's certainly NOT suitable for polite company. Walrus |
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Subject: RE: Sussex by the Sea From: GeorgeH Date: 03 Mar 00 - 01:40 PM You'd be quite safe posting it here, then, Walrus! G. |
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Subject: RE: Sussex by the Sea From: Fortunato Date: 03 Mar 00 - 02:12 PM Guest, Lin. I'm on the trail of it. May take a couple of days. later Fortunato |
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Subject: RE: Sussex by the Sea From: Penny S. Date: 07 Mar 00 - 12:03 PM Refresh - I'd like the words too. I've tried a net search, all over the Brighton and Hove Albion sites (it's "their" song) and a few other places, but no luck. Nor in any Sussex books I have. All I can do is:
Good old Sussex by the Sea and something about ploughing and sowing and reaping and mowing Penny |
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Subject: RE: Sussex by the Sea From: Micca Date: 23 May 00 - 01:21 PM Is this the Kipling poem "Sussex" set to music? The sort of chorus goes " God gives all men all earth to love but since mans heart is small, Ordains for each one spot shall prove beloved over all Each to his choice ,and I rejoice The lot has fallen to me in a fair ground - in a fair ground Yea, Sussex by the Sea |
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Subject: RE: Sussex by the Sea From: MMario Date: 23 May 00 - 01:31 PM football adaptations here a fragment of a regimental version....
Dear Old Sussex by the Sea - I've shit'em. Real audiofile is here url=http://www2.nlc-bnc.ca/gramophone/ram/020b.ram
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Subject: Lyr Add: SUSSEX BY THE SEA (W. Ward-Higgins)^^ From: Micca Date: 23 May 00 - 01:51 PM Sorry, it is not the Kipling but I think this is the one you want Sussex by the Sea By W. Ward-Higgins (d 1936) Now is the time for marching Now let our hearts be gay Hark to the merry bugles Sounding along the way So let our voices ring, boys And take your time from me And I'll sing you a song as we march along Of Sussex by the sea! Chorus For we're the men from Sussex Sussex by the sea We plough and sow and reap and mow, And useful men are we And when you go to Sussex Whoever you may be You may tell them all that we stand or fall For Sussex by the sea! Oh Sussex, Sussex by the sea You may tell them all that we stand or fall For Sussex by the sea! Up in the morning early Start at the break of day March till the evening shadows Tell us its time to stay We're always moving on, my boys So take the time from me And sing this song as we march along Of Sussex by the sea Chorus Sometimes your feet are weary, Sometimes the way is long Sometimes the day is dreary Sometimes the world goes wrong But if you let your voices ring Your care will fly away So we'll sing a song as we march along Of Sussex by the sea! Chorus Light is the love of a soldier That's what the ladies say Lightly he goes a-wooing Lightly he rides away In love and war we always are As fair as fair can be And a soldier boy is the ladies joy In Sussex by the sea Chorus Far o'er the seas we wander Wide thro' the world we roam Far from the kind hearts yonder Far from the dear old home But ne'er shall we forget, my boys And true we'll ever be To the girls so kind that we left behind In Sussex by the sea Chorus ^^ |
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Subject: RE: Sussex by the Sea From: GUEST,Penny S. Date: 24 May 00 - 12:59 PM Thank you, Micca, that's the one. My father couldn't remember all the words. I hope the previous requester is still around. Penny |
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Subject: RE: Sussex by the Sea From: Penny S. Date: 24 May 00 - 01:17 PM And I see why all I ever knew is the chorus - let's march cheerfully off to the trenches, shall we? I can see why there's the parody there is. I do like the tune, though. Penny |
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Subject: RE: Sussex by the Sea From: Penny S. Date: 05 Dec 00 - 05:33 PM Since then, Dad has told me (of what he was told himself), how the young men from the farming estates would enlist together and march off in the spirit of that song. And then I remember how my Grandad (on my mother's side) showed me the road that was built for them to march down to the special pier that was built for them to march along to the ships that took them where the guns they could hear from Folkestone were churning the mud. The time will come, I think, when people will look back at that sacrifice in the same way as we look at the sacrifices to Moloch, and the Minotaur, and the Aztec Sun. Penny |
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Subject: RE: Sussex by the Sea From: Joe Offer Date: 05 Dec 00 - 10:43 PM Can anybody transcribe a tune for us? There's a link to an audio file above. Thanks. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Sussex by the Sea From: IvanB Date: 06 Dec 00 - 12:14 AM Yeah, Joe, I'll get it done in the next couple days. Ivan |
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Subject: RE: Sussex by the Sea ^^ From: GUEST,DAWN Date: 19 Apr 04 - 11:02 AM Hi, Just found all this info about Sussex by the Sea and wondered if anybody did manage to transcribe the music or has the sheet music as my Grandad would very much like me to play it for him? Please let me know, Dawn. |
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Subject: RE: Sussex by the Sea ^^ From: SussexCarole Date: 19 Apr 04 - 01:21 PM The sheet music for this was in the local second hand book shop a couple of weeks ago.....would you like me to make enquiries to see if it is still there?? |
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Subject: RE: Sussex by the Sea ^^ From: TheBigPinkLad Date: 19 Apr 04 - 01:48 PM A little folklore. A line from the song used to be sung by Brighton & Hove Albion football spectators, circa 1970: You can tell them all that we play football in Sussex by the Sea! |
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Subject: RE: Sussex by the Sea ^^ From: GUEST,Dawn Date: 19 Apr 04 - 02:20 PM To SussexCarole, That would be wonderful - thank you so much! Dawn. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sussex by the Sea^^ From: SussexCarole Date: 20 Apr 04 - 02:47 AM I'll contact them today and let you know |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sussex by the Sea^^ From: GUEST,Jon Bartlett Date: 20 Apr 04 - 11:09 PM Good old Sussex by the sea/Good old Sussex by the sea/You can always tell/when it rains like hell/In Sussex by the sea. That's how we sang it in Cuckfield/Haywards Heath and I can't recall if it had any other words (though the tune seems to me to be a brass-band tune). Jon Bartlett |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sussex by the Sea^^ From: GUEST,liz carmichael Date: 21 Apr 04 - 05:36 PM Thanks for asking! It was written by a great-great uncle of mine. Words and music at http://web.ukonline.co.uk/chalcraft/sussexby.htm |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sussex by the Sea^^ From: GUEST,Dawn Date: 22 Apr 04 - 01:42 PM Was lovely to hear it on your website Liz but I am really looking for the sheet music so that I can play it myself - do you know of anywhere I can get this? Dawn. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sussex by the Sea^^ From: Kenny B (inactive) Date: 23 Apr 04 - 03:25 PM Dawn I have a solo cornet part for the march "Sussex by the Sea" with the verse and chorus, plus wee fancy bits, all written in the key of C If you go thro the "Join Mudcat" process aand PM me I could snail mail you it. Kenny B |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sussex by the Sea^^ From: The Walrus Date: 23 Apr 04 - 05:27 PM An extract reported from a T.F Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment in the Great War: Sussex, Sussex by the Sea (I've shit'em) Sussex, Sussex by the Sea (I've shit'em) You can tell them all that they know F**k all In Sussex by the Sea. Walrus |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sussex by the Sea^^ From: GUEST,Dawn Date: 27 Apr 04 - 12:53 PM Thanks Kenny B - I'll try and do that as that is exactly what I'm looking for! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sussex by the Sea^^ From: SussexCarole Date: 28 Apr 04 - 03:15 AM Dawn...sorry hadn't forgotten about the music but had assumed you would be ok with the site. I'll ring them again today Carole |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sussex by the Sea^^ From: GUEST,Hootennanny Date: 28 Apr 04 - 10:33 AM Thar extract from The Walrus is as it was sung to me by the late and much missed Gordon Hall. Apparently his father and friends in the (A)? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sussex by the Sea^^ From: GUEST,Hootenanny Date: 28 Apr 04 - 10:37 AM Damn, it slipped away from me again: I was saying that Gordon Hall's father and his colleagues sang this during World War One (the extract as given by The Walrus). |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sussex by the Sea^^ From: SussexCarole Date: 01 May 04 - 11:13 AM I have retrieved the sheet music from the local shop. If you pm me your address I will send it on to you Carole |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sussex by the Sea^^ From: ard mhacha Date: 01 May 04 - 02:32 PM Walrus many an old cockney mate always sang those words, this lively march tune was belted out by the brass bands on a summery Sunday evening on Clapham Common. |
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