Subject: yarmouth castle lyrics From: Date: 09 Dec 96 - 03:56 PM Anyone know where we can get the full lyrics for this great Lightfoot song? Thanks |
Subject: RE: yarmouth castle lyrics From: Arnowitt@sover.net Date: 10 Dec 96 - 09:45 PM I have the Sunday Concert album on which Lightfoot Sings The Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle. I've been known to sit down and write 'em out before. If this is not an option you have (you don't have the record) Just let me know via this forum and I'll do it. I haven't listened to the album in a while, and wouldn't mind refreshing my memory. |
Subject: ADD: Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle^^ From: Abby Sale Date: 12 Oct 00 - 02:27 PM BALLAD OF THE YARMOUTH CASTLE (Attributed to Gordon Lightfoot) Well, it's four o'clock in the afternoon She'll be headin' south through Biscayne Bay Now the many years she's been to sea And the grumble of her engines But the sands run out within her heart Now the men are served, and the cards are dealt Now it's midnight on the open sea There's many who are sleeping now "Oh Lord," she groans, "I'm burning!" Everybody's dancin' on her deck Deep within the Yarmouth Castle And the paint she wore to keep her young Up beneath the bridge it's climbin' fast For the ragged hoses in the racks All amidships, oh she's blazin' now The evil smoke surrounds them, Oh then the ship, Bahama Star "Jump down, jump down!" the captain cries "God help the ones who sleep below Now the heroes, they are many, Oh the Yarmouth Castle's moanin' Is she cryin' for the ones who lie But the livin' soon were rescued Like a toy ship on a mill pond |
Subject: RE: yarmouth castle lyrics From: Peter T. Date: 12 Oct 00 - 03:24 PM Abby, this must be a record!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for upholding the honour of Mudcat. (thanks to the reporter thread for pointing this out). Beat this, Joe Offer. yours, Peter T. |
Subject: RE: yarmouth castle lyrics From: Joe Offer Date: 12 Oct 00 - 03:26 PM This may be a new record. A response time of almost four years.... Congratulations, Abby! The Yarmouth Castle was an aging cruise ship that burned badly in the Bahamas in 1965. 90 people died in the fire. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: yarmouth castle lyrics From: Joe Offer Date: 12 Oct 00 - 03:32 PM Heck, I can't even beat Peter in responding to the response... (Ahem. I was busy harvesting the lyrics for the database, and researching the ship fire.) -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: yarmouth castle lyrics From: Peter T. Date: 12 Oct 00 - 05:29 PM Pretty funny. Nobody does nothing for 4 years, and then we elbow each other making comments about Abby! yours, Peter T. |
Subject: RE: yarmouth castle lyrics From: Abby Sale Date: 12 Oct 00 - 09:32 PM :-) |
Subject: RE: yarmouth castle lyrics From: Susanne (skw) Date: 16 Oct 00 - 06:56 PM Thanks, Abby - but too late for me. Took the words down all by hand and ear and put them here. :-) |
Subject: LYRICS WANTED From: Glimmer Date: 29 Sep 01 - 06:57 PM Does anyone have the lyrics for Gordon Lightfoot's wonderful song 'The Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle'? THANK YOU. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: LYRICS WANTED From: Morticia Date: 29 Sep 01 - 07:44 PM here you go blickie |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: LYRICS WANTED From: Susanne (skw) Date: 29 Sep 01 - 07:59 PM Try here or here |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: LYRICS WANTED From: Susanne (skw) Date: 29 Sep 01 - 08:09 PM Actually, I've just noticed a mistake in my transcription. Thanks! |
Subject: RE: yarmouth castle lyrics From: Glimmer Date: 01 Oct 01 - 05:01 AM Many thanks for the lyrics to The Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle, I love that ballad. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle (Lightf From: GUEST,PNK Date: 30 Jan 07 - 10:54 AM Beating this record I would like to tell you that im just listening to the album "The Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle" and looking for all the songtextes. Waiting for the next message in about 10 years, cheerio, pnk |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle (Lightfoot) From: Charley Noble Date: 30 Jan 07 - 11:12 AM PNK- Thanks for bringing this old thread back to the surface. Many of us have never seen it. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle (Lightfoot) From: SouthernCelt Date: 30 Jan 07 - 01:50 PM Since "...Yarmouth Castle" discussion is being resurrected, does anyone know if the Sunday Concert album by Lightfoot has ever been put out on CD? I've gotten virtually everything he's ever done, including some Euro-made collections that were someone's idea of a "greatest hits" collection, but I've never been able to find Sunday Concert anywhere. SC |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle (Lightfoot) From: vlmagee Date: 30 Jan 07 - 09:17 PM Yes, it's on CD. In fact, Abby mentions the CD version (or rather one of many) at the bottom of the lyrics he posted - so it's been here on Mudcat since October 2000. It is on several CDs, but the one Abby mentions, Sunday Concert Plus, Bear Family (Germany) is the best choice. The "Plus" is 5 previously unreleased studio tracks, and the mastering is probably the best of the CD bunch. If you are interested in all the other possibilities, you can find the information on the Albums page of my Gordon Lightfoot web site at gordonlightfoot.com. And PNK, you can find the lyrics for all of Lightfoot's songs (except for the most recent album) on my web site as well. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle (Lightfoot) From: Cluin Date: 21 Nov 08 - 10:05 PM I've got a better than 10 year lag between question and answer right here. If it's the right answer. And I think it is. |
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