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Lyr Add: Steersman, My Brother (Haiti)
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Subject: Lyr Add: STEERSMAN, MY BROTHER (Haiti) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 27 Jun 11 - 01:28 PM Lyr, Add: STEERSMAN, MY BROTHER Haiti, rowing song. Hold the tiller ! Oh, skipper, take care ! (Bb)Can't you see the danger we (F)dare? (repeat the three lines). On ev'ry side, oh hear how the wind Batters the boat. You- behind there ! Tell us the way To (Bb) keep us afloat. (repeat the three lines) (F)All together ! (Bb)Pull your oar ! (C7)Pull your oar ! (F)Pull your oar ! All together ! (Bb)Pull your oar ! For (C7)we must reach our native shore.- Frè ti-mon-iè gouvèné bien, oh ! Ou pa ouè si n'engagé, oh ! (repeat the lines) Devant cou dè yè ven an-fi-ni dé, oh ! Na ramß' devant oua ban non chi-min dè-yè, oh ! (repeat the lines) Bois nan bois cè' za-vi-ron, za-vi-ron, Bois nan bois cé za-viron,- co-teé n'passé cé' za-vi-ron, oh !- (repeated) From Canciones Panamericanos, copyright 1942, Silver Burdett Company. Used by permission. With musical score and chords, pp. 126-127. Jim Morse, Coll., 1958, Folk Songs of the Caribbean, Bantam Books. |
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