Lyr/Chords Add: THE ROVER'S FLAG

Subject: THE ROVER'S FLAG
From: MMario
Date: 15 Aug 02 - 04:07 PM

THE ROVER'S FLAG
(M. Corri )
Levy Box 183 item 35

O e-ver a Ro-ver's life for me
With a heart a wild as wild can be
On my own bright gal-lant bark to stand
what then to me are the joys of land?
With can-vas spread wher-e'er I roam
The deep deep sea to me's a home
and my heart on that would ever be
with the black flag ro-ving gal-lant-ly
the deep deep sea to me's a home
and my heart on that would ever be
with the Black flag ro-ving gal-lant-ly
the Black flag ro-ving gal-lant-ly
the Black flag ro-ving gal-lant-ly


What e-ver of good or ill be-tide
E-ver would I on the bil-lows ride
Swift as the flight of the Hawk to sail
In search of spoil be-fore the gale
With all my heart would e-ver love
My dark ey'd girl, my flag above
And my heart on that would ev-er be
with the Black Flag ro-ving gal-lant-ly
My dark ey'd girl, my flag above
And my heart on that would ev-er be
with the Black Flag ro-ving gal-lant-ly
the Black flag ro-ving gal-lant-ly
the Black flag ro-ving gal-lant-ly


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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: THE ROVER'S FLAG
From: masato sakurai
Date: 16 Aug 02 - 05:06 AM

The sheet music fom Levy.

Title: The Rover's Flag. A Celebrated Sea Song.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Composed by M. Corri.
Publication: New York: E. Riley & Co., 29 Chatham St., n.d.
Form of Composition: strophic with chorus
Instrumentation: piano and voice
First Line: O ever a Rover's life for me, with a heart as wild as wild can be
First Line of Chorus: And my heart on that would ever be with the black flag roving gallantly
Engraver, Lithographer, Artist: Lith. of Endicott
Plate Number: 1338
Subject: Clipper ships
Subject: Pirates
Subject: Sailors
Subject: Happiness
Call No.: Box: 183 Item: 035

This song was presumably published between 1819 and 1831, during which time E[dward] Riley was in business at the above place. This info is from Dichter and Shapiro, Handbook of Early American Sheet Muisc 1768-1889 (1941; Dover, 1977, p. 229).

~Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: THE ROVER'S FLAG
From: MMario
Date: 16 Aug 02 - 08:22 AM

wow! it's true, Masato CAN find out about anything! *grin*

thank you again sir!