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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh Joe The Boat Is Going Over From: IanC Date: 26 Jun 01 - 04:45 AM It's interesting but neither of these sets of words seems to fit the trad. polka that I play and which is similar to the WAV file above (The 2nd part's rather different). We call it "Old Joe, The Boat's Going Over", by the way.
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh Joe The Boat Is Going Over From: Mrrzy Date: 25 Jun 01 - 04:33 PM (sorry, but just from the thread title I had the tune of Danny Boy - Oh joe the boat, the boat is going ooooover...) |
Subject: Lyr Add: OH JOE THE BOAT'S GOING OVER^^ From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 24 Jun 01 - 04:42 PM This Music Hall song (which I think I've seen attributed to one John Read) has enjoyed great popularity as a polka tune, particularly in East Anglia. There's a soundclip of Reg Reader of Leiston playing the tune on hammered dulcimer at Musical Traditions
Sing, Say or Pay! Part 3 A Survey of East Suffolk Country Music by Keith Summers.
OH JOE! THE BOAT'S GOING OVER
I loved a charming creature, such a very timid maid,
Oh! Joe the boat's going over,
The weind was blowing rather rough she clung so tight to me,
I told Matilda don't be afraid now there's a dear,
We landed safe in Dover, her uncle there we found,
Text from a broadside at Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads: (Printer and date unknown): Oh, Joe! the boat's going over/ The warrior's little boy
There's another text, apparently attributed to C. Sheard of High Holborn -completely different apart from the chorus- on a large songsheet, Miss Victor's Songs (View 3 of 8), printed between 1877 and 1884 by Richard March & Co., St. James's Walk, London, E.C.
OH, JOE, THE BOAT'S GOING OVER
(?C. Sheard, High Holborn, late 19th century)
It happen'd on one afternoon in the month of May,
[Spoken: -And like a fool I hired a boat and when we got on the water, just because the boat began to rock a bit she exclaimed--]
Chorus:
Oh! Joe, the boat's a going over,
I pull'd again with all my might, had not gone very far,
I felt uneasy in my mind, I scarce knew what to do,
Now thinking it would ease her mind, I pull'd towards the shore,
I've heard fiddlers sing a form of the chorus while playing the tune, but I can only recall the first half of the fourth line: Jump! Jump, you silly old c**t... |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh Joe The Boat Is Going Over From: Sorcha Date: 24 Jun 01 - 03:50 PM wav file here (click) Couldn't find any lyrics, tho, just recordings. |
Subject: Oh Joe The Boat Is Going Over From: GUEST,maggiemoore@ntlworld.com Date: 24 Jun 01 - 03:19 PM Does anyone know any verses to go with the following Chorus, set to a well-used English traditional tune:- "Oh Joe-the boat is going over Oh Joe-you naughty boy she cried Oh Joe I wish you were in Dover, Ever ere you took me on the water for a ride." It's a lovely tune, and I don't know anyone else who's heard the chorus except me and the woman who taught (from Suffolk, England) so I hope someone might be able to help. Thanks. Maggie. |
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