Hello Sailor

Subject: Hello Sailor
From: GUEST,Nick Scaife
Date: 08 Feb 01 - 03:19 PM

Good that got your attention! I,m looking for the lyrics of a role reversal song where a sailor is ravaged by a woman.It starts

One fine summers day a woman went walking
down by the river so gentle and free
and there she espied a beautiful sailor
sitting alone in the shade of a tree

It was sung by two Canadian girls at Bracknell festival in 1980 if I could find the names of the girls it would be a start does anyone have a programme from then. As you can imagine after 21years it's starting to bug me a bit

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Multiple requests for an unidentified song -
Role reversal, woman has evil way with sailor
Help words of a sea shanty
Lyr Req: Sailors lament
Lyr Req: One fine summer day a woman went walking
Lyr Req: Sailor/Maiden/Role reversal
Hello Sailor

Subject: RE: Hello Sailor
From: RichM
Date: 08 Feb 01 - 03:21 PM

Could it be Kate and Anna McGarrigle? That's the first pair of Canadian (singing)sisters that comes to mind...

Rich

Subject: RE: Hello Sailor
From: MMario
Date: 08 Feb 01 - 03:59 PM

oh - this one should be interesting. Hope someone finds it as I know a NUMBER of women who would be interested in singing it.

Subject: RE: Hello Sailor
From: Sorcha
Date: 08 Feb 01 - 04:23 PM

Here is the e mail address for Bracnkell Festival, maybe you could ask them who performed then? I am sure they have records of who was booked.

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Subject: RE: Hello Sailor
From: English Jon
Date: 09 Feb 01 - 05:55 AM

Role reversal songs, Ladies, How about "The Light Dragoon"?

Jon

Subject: RE: Hello Sailor
From: KitKat
Date: 09 Feb 01 - 08:41 AM

You could try 'Me Husband's Got No Courage In 'Im'. Not quite the unprompted female/male revishment you were looking for, but does contain the memorable lines:

'every night when I go to bed
I lie and throw me leg right o'er him
Me hand I clap between his thighs
But I can't put any courage in him..'

In my experience, men get very uncomfortable and defensive when a woman sings that in a folk club!

Subject: RE: Hello Sailor
From: MMario
Date: 09 Feb 01 - 08:45 AM

maybe so; but it would probably be royally received at a ren-faire!

Subject: RE: Hello Sailor
From: KitKat
Date: 09 Feb 01 - 08:49 AM

Pardon my ignorance - what's a ren-faire?

Subject: RE: Hello Sailor
From: MMario
Date: 09 Feb 01 - 09:05 AM

Renaissance Festival or faire. the mind set there tends to be a bit...uhmmm...bawdier?

Subject: RE: Hello Sailor
From: KitKat
Date: 09 Feb 01 - 09:14 AM

Yes, I can imagine - must be all those tights and cod pieces!

Subject: RE: Hello Sailor
From: Wolfgang
Date: 09 Feb 01 - 09:26 AM

At least two former threads have looked for this song yet to no avail: here and here.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could help this time?

Wolfgang