Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman

Subject: Index: Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman
From: Joe Offer
Date: 06 Dec 00 - 12:39 AM

This is MMario's thread. He started it and did most of the work. I thought it might be a good idea to grace his thread with an index at the top.
Amazon says this book is still in print, and available in paperback for $19.95. I'll betcha it's available at the store at Mystic Seaport, and you could buy Stan Hugill's Shanties from the Seven Seas ($13.97 at Amazon) at the same time. Apparently, Amazon and Mystic they don't have Boxing the Compass, the renamed new edition of Roy Palmer's Oxford Book of Sea Songs.
-Joe Offer-

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Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman
William Main Doerflinger (1909-2000)

Originally published in 1951 as Shantymen and Shantyboys
Second printing, retitled Songs of the Sailor and Lumbermen, 1972.
Revised with additions, 1990

Alabama, The
Anchor’s Aweigh, The
A-Roving
As I Went A-Walking Down Ratcliffe Highway

Banks of Newfoundland, The
Banks of the Gaspereaux, The
Banks of the Roses, The
Beware of Larry Gorman
Big Five-Gallon Jar, The
Blow, Boys, Blow
Blow the Man Down
Bold Manning
Bold McCarthy (The City of Baltimore)
Bold Princess Royal, The
Boney
Bound Down to Newfoundland
Boys of the Island, The
Burns and His Highland Mary
Burns’s Log Camp
Byrontown

Call John the Boatman
Campañero, The
Canso Strait
Can’t They Dance the Polka!
Charles Gustavus Anderson
City of Baltimore, The
Coast of Peru, The
Come All You Bold Canadians
Come Down, You Bunch of Roses, Come Down
Corbitt’s Barkentine
Cumberland’s Crew, The

Dark-Eyed Sailor, The
Donzella and the Ceylon, The
Dreadnought, The
Drowsy Sleeper, The (Who’s That at My Bedroom Window?)
Drunken Sailor, The
Duffy’s Hotel
Dying Soldier, The

Early in the Morning (The Drunken Sailor)
Ebenezer, The

Famous Light Brigade, The
Female Warrior, The
First of the Emigrants, The
Flat River Girl, The (Jack Haggerty)
Flying Cloud, The
Flying Dutchman, The

Gale of August, ‘27, The
George Whalen (Whalen’s Fate)
Ghostly Crew, The
Gimme de Banjo
Gull Decoy, The

Hanging Johnny
Harry Dunne
Haul Away, Joe
Haul on the Bowline
Heave Away
Hello, Somebody
Highland Laddie
History of Prince Edward Island, The
Homeward Bound
Huckleberry Hunting

I Am a Wild Young Irish Boy
I’m a Decent Boy from Ireland
In Measure Time We’ll Row
Irish Girl’s Lament

Jack Haggerty
Jack Tar
Ja, Ja, Ja!
Jam on Gerry’s Rock, The
Jealous Lover, The
Jean François (Boney)
John Brown’s Body
John Dameray
Johnny Boker
Johnny Walk Along to Hilo
Jolly Young Sailor and the Beautiful Queen, The

Lady Franklin’s Lament
Lady of the Lake, The
Leave Her, Johnny (Time for Us to Leave Her)
Leaving of Liverpool, The
Let Go the Reef Tackle
Light on Cape May, The
Little Golden Ring, The

Long Time Ago, A
Loss of the Cedar Grove, The
Loss of the Druid, The
Loss of the Ramillies, The (The Ship Rambolee)
Lowlands
Lumber Camp Song, The
Lumberman’s Alphabet, The

Maid I Left Behind, The
Maids of Simcoe, The
Mainsail Haul
Mary on the Silvery Tide
McCullam Camp (The Winter of ‘73)
McKinley Brook
Messenger Song, The
Millman Song, The
Mouth of the Tobique, The

Nightingale, The,

Ocean Burial, The,
Off to Sea Once More
Old Oak Tree, The
Our Jack’s Come Home Today

Paddy Doyle
Paddy, Get Back
Paddy West
Paisley Officer, The
Perigoo’s Horse
Peter Emberley
Plain Golden Band, The
Poor Old Man

Red Light Saloon, The
Reuben Ranzo
Rio Grande
Rise Me Up from Down Below
Roll, Julia, Roll
Roll the Cotton Down
Rolling Home
Row, Bullies, Row (Roll, Julia, Roll)
Rufus’s Mare

Sacramento
Sailor Boy, The
Sailor’s Grace, The
Sailor’s Grave, The
Sailor’s Way, The
Sally Brown
Sally Monroe
Santy Anna
Schooner Blizzard, The
Schooner Kandahar, The
Scow on Cowden Shore, The
Shallo Brown
Shantyboys’ Song, The
Shantyman’s Life, A
Shenandoah
Ship Rambolee, The
Silk Merchant’s Daughter, The
So Handy
Soldier and the Sailor, The
South Australia
Southerly Wind
Spring Trip of the Schooner Ambition, The
Stately Southerner, The
Stormalong
Susiana
Swansea Town

They All Love Jack
Time for Us to Leave Her
Tom Dixon
Tomah Stream
Tommy’s Gone to Hilo
Trip to the Grand Banks, A
Two Lovers Discoursing

We’ll Have Another Drink Before the Boat Shoves Off
We’ll Roll the Golden Chariot Along
Were You Ever in Dumbarton?
Wexford Girl, The,
Whalen’s Fate
When Johnson’s Ale Was New
Whiskey, Johnny
Who’s That at My Bedroom Window?
Wife of Kelso, The
Wily Auld Cane, The (The Wife of Kelso)
Winter of ‘73, The

Young Billy Crane
Young Forbest

Subject: Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman
From: MMario
Date: 22 May 02 - 02:42 PM

PAGE     TITLE  
  
56 	A-ROVING  
	see DT 	AROVIN1  
  
35 	ALABAMA  
	see also DT ROLLALAB  
  
166 	ANCHOR'S AWEIGH   
  
114 	AS I WENT A-WALKING DOWN RATCLIFFE HIGHWAY  
	see DT 	RATCLIF2  
  
123 	BANKS OF NEWFOUNDLAND  
	See DT 	NWFNDLN3  
  
246 	BANKS OF THE GASPEREAUX - (no tune given in Doerflinger)  
	see DT 	BNKSGASP   
  
315 	BANKS OF THE ROSES  
	See DT 	BANKROS5  
  
258 	BEWARE OF LARRY GORMAN   
  
111 	BIG FIVE-GALLON JAR   
	see also DT STONEJAR  
  
18 	BLOW THE MAN DOWN  
	see DT 	BLOWDOWN  
			BLOWDWN2  
			BLOWDWN3  
			BLOWDWN4  
			BLOWDWN5  
			BLOWDWN6  
  
25 	BLOW, BOYS, BLOW   
	See DT 	BLOWBOYS  
			BLOWBOY2  
  
139 	BOLD MANNING  
	see DT	BLDMANAN  
  
128 	BOLD MCCARTHY   
	see DT	CITYBALT  
  
142 	BOLD PRINCESS ROYAL  
	see DT 	PRNCRYL  
			PRNCRYL2  
			PRNCRYL3  
  
6 	BONEY   
	see DT	BONEYNAP  
			JOHNFRAN  
  
201 	BOUND DOWN TO NEWFOUNDLAND  
	see DT 	BNDNEWF  
  
218 	BOYS OF THE ISLAND   
  
312 	BURNS AND HIS HIGHLAND MARY   
	see DT	BURNMARY  
  
217 	BURNS'S LOG CAMP   
  
261 	BYRONTOWN   
  
173 	CALL JOHN THE BOATMAN   
  
84 	CAMPANERO   
	see DT TUNEFILE CAMPNERO or   
	music  
  
58 	CAN'T THEY DANCE THE POLKA!  
	See DT NYGIRLS2  
  
183 	CANSO STRAIT   
	see DT CNSOSTRT  
  
291 	CHARLES GUSTAVUS ANDERSON   
  
128 	CITY OF BALTIMORE   
	see DT	CITYBALT  
  
151 	COAST OF PERU  
	see DT	CSTPERU  
			CSTPERU2  
  
273 	COME ALL YOU BOLD CANADIANS   
	see DT 	GENBROCK  
  
22 	COME DOWN, YOU BUNCH OF ROSES, COME DOWN    
	See also DT	BLOODRED  
  
189 	CORBITT'S BARKENTINE   
  
**134 CUMBERLAND'S CREW   
  
300 	DARK-EYED SAILOR   
  
192 	DONZELLA AND THE CEYON   
  
126 	DREADNOUGHT   
	see DT	DREDNGHT  
			DREDNGT2  
  
314 	DROWSY SLEEPER   
	see DT	SILVDAG3  
  
48 	DRUNKEN SAILOR   
	see DT 	DRNKSILR  
  
268 	DUFFY'S HOTEL   
  
274 	DYING SOLDIER   
	see also DT	DYRANGR  
  
48 	EARLY IN THE MORNING   
	see DT 	DRNKSILR  
  
200 	EBENEZER  
	see DT	EBENZER  
  
276 	FAMOUS LIGHT BRIGADE   
  
143 	FEMALE WARRIOR   
  
149 	FIRST OF THE EMIGRANTS   
	see DT 	FRSTEMIG  
  
245 	FLAT RIVER GIRL   
  
136 	FLYING CLOUD   
	see DT	FLYCLOUD  
  
148 	FLYING DUTCHMAN   
	see DT	FLYDUTCH  
  
184 	GALE OF AUGUST, '27   
  
243 	GEORGE WHALEN   
  
181 	GHOSTLY CREW   
	see DT	GHOSCREW  
			GHOSCRE2  
  
45 	GIMME DE BANJO   
  
255 	GULL DECOY   
  
31 	HANGING JOHNNY   
  
222 	HARRY DUNNE   
	see DT	HARRYDUN  
  
4 	HAUL AWAY, JOE   
	see DT	HAULJOE  
  
9 	HAUL ON THE BOWLINE   
	see DT	HAULBWLN  
			HAULBWL3  
  
62 	HEAVE AWAY   
	see DT	HEAVJHN  
			HEAVEJH2  
  
46 	HELLO, SOMEBODY   
  
50 	HIGHLAND LADDIE   
	See DT	DONKEYRD  
			 HIELNLD4  
  
**256 HISTORY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   
  
87 	HOMEWARD BOUND   
	See DT	GDBYFWL  
  
32 	HUCKLEBERRY HUNTING   
	See Forum	thread  
  
270 	?I AM A WILD YOUNG IRISH BOY   
  
278 	I'M A DECENT BOY FROM IRELAND  
  
**172 IN MEASURE TIME WE'LL ROW   
  
318 	IRISH GIRL'S LAMENT   
	See DT	ERINVALE  
  
86 	JA, JA, JA!   
  
245 	JACK HAGGERTY   
	see DT	FLATRVR@  
			FLATRVR  
  
294 	JACK TAR   
  
238 	JAM ON GERRY'S ROCK   
	See DT	jamgerr1  
  
287 	JEALOUS LOVER   
  
72 	JOHN BROWN'S BODY   
  
8 	JOHN DAMERAY   
  
9 	JOHNNY BOKER   
	See DT 	JONBOKER  
  
72 	JOHNNY WALK ALONG TO HILO   
	See forum	thread  
  
298 	JOLLY YOUNG SAILOR AND THE BEAUTIFUL QUEEN   
	see DT	SAILQUEN  
  
145 	LADY FRANKLIN'S LAMENT   
	See DT	LADYFRN2  
			LADYFRAN  
			LADYFRN4  
  
302 	LADY OF THE LAKE   
	See DT	LADYLAKE  
  
89 	LEAVE HER, JOHNNY   
	See DT	LEAVEHER  
			LEAVHER2  
			WSTOCEAN  
  
104 	LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL   
	See DT	LEAVLIV1  
			LEAVLIV2  
  
165 	LET GO THE REEF TACKLE   
  
130 	LIGHT ON CAPE MAY   
	See DT	CAPEMAY  
  
**170 LITTLE GOLDEN RING   
  
37 	LONG TIME AGO (1)  
	LONG TIME AGO (3)  
	LONG TIME AGO (4)  
	?LONG TIME AGO (6)  
  
186 	LOSS OF THE CEDAR GROVE   
	See DT	CEDARGRV  
  
195 	LOSS OF THE DRUID   
  
80 	LOWLANDS   
	See DT	LOWLNDS  
			LOWLND2  
			LOWLND3  
			LOWLAND4  
  
210 	LUMBER CAMP SONG   
	See DT	LUMBCAMP  
			LONEFLYR  
  
207 	LUMBERMAN'S ALPHABET   
	See DT	LUMBALPH  
			SAILALPH  
  
**305 MAID I LEFT BEHIND   
  
241 	MAIDS OF SIMCOE   
  
**117 MAINSAIL HAUL   
  
282 	MARY ON THE SILVERY TIDE   
	see DT	SILVTIDE  
  
220 	MCKINLEY BROOK   
  
**266 MESSENGER SONG   
  
285 	MILLMAN SONG   
  
**252 MOUTH OF THE TOBIQUE   
  
304 	NIGHTINGALE   
	See DT	NGALEWRK  
  
162 	OCEAN BURIAL   
	See Forum	thread  
	See DT	BURYNOTC  
			LONEPRA2  
  
**107 OFF TO SEA ONCE MORE   
	  
283 	OLD OAK TREE   
	See DT	OLDOAKTR  
  
169 	OUR JACK'S COME HOME TODAY   
	See Forum	tune  
			aussie  
  
10 	PADDY DOYLE   
	See DT	PADDOYLE  
  
113 	PADDY WEST   
	See DT	PADWEST  
  
54 	PADDY, GET BACK   
  
308 	PAISLEY OFFICER   
	See DT	 PAISLYOF  
  
**266 PERIGOO'S HORSE  
   
227 	PETER EMBERLEY  
	See DT	PTRMBRLY  
  
247 	PLAIN GOLDEN BAND  
	See DT	PLAINGLD  
  
14 	POOR OLD MAN   
  
249 	RED LIGHT SALOON   
  
23 	?REUBEN RANZO (1)  
	?REUBAN RANZO (2)  
  
64 	RIO GRANDE   
	See DT	RIOGRAN  
  
47 	RISE ME UP FROM DOWN BELOW   
	See DT	WHISKEYO  
  
33 	?ROLL THE COTTON DOWN (1)  
	ROLL THE COTTON DOWN (2)  
  
106 	ROLL, JULIA, ROLL   
	See DT	LIVJUDY  
			  
155 	ROLLING HOME   
	See DT	ROLLHOM  
			ROLLHOM2  
			ROLLHOM3  
  
264 	RUFUS'S MARE   
  
68 	SACRAMENTO   
	See DT	SACRMNTO  
			SACRMNT2  
  
164	SAILOR BOY   
	See DT	FTHFULSL  
			FTHSAILR  
  
160 	SAILOR'S GRACE   
  
161 	SAILOR'S GRAVE   
	See DT	SAILGRAV  
  
109 	SAILOR'S WAY   
  
74 	SALLY BROWN   
	See DT	SALBROWN  
			SALBRWN2  
  
303 	SALLY MONROE   
  
78 	SANTY ANNA   
	See DT	SNTYANNA  
			SNTYANN2  
  
198 	SCHOONER BLIZZARD   
  
196 	SCHOONER KANDAHAR   
  
234 	SCOW ON COWDEN SHORE   
	?SCOW ON COWDEN SHORE (2)  
	SCOW ON COWDEN SHORE (3)  
  
44 	SHALLO BROWN   
  
209 	SHANTYBOYS' SONG  
	See DT	LUMBCAMP  
			LONEFLYR  
  
211 	SHANTYMAN'S LIFE   
	See DT	SHNTLIFE  
  
77 	SHENANDOAH   
	See DT	SHENDOAH  
  
**144 SHIP RAMBOLEE  
  
296 	SILK MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER   
  
12 	SO HANDY   
  
277 	SOLDIER AND THE SAILOR   
	See DT	 ANSWAMEN  
	See Forum	thread  
  
71 	SOUTH AUSTRALIA   
	See DT	SOAUSTRL  
  
**174	SOUTHERLY WIND  
  
177 	SPRING TRIP OF THE SCHOONER AMBITION   
  
131 	STATELY SOUTHERNER   
	See DT	STATESTH  
  
82 	STORMALONG   
	See DT	STRMLNG  
  
83 	SUSIANA   
  
152 	SWANSEA TOWN   
	See DT	HOLYGRND  
  
**166 THEY ALL LOVE JACK  
  
89 	TIME FOR US TO LEAVE HER   
	See DT	LEAVEHER  
			LEAVHER2  
			WSTOCEAN  
  
251 	TOM DIXON   
  
216 	TOMAH STREAM   
  
30 	?TOMMY'S GONE TO HILO   
  
179 	TRIP TO THE GRAND BANKS   
  
316 	TWO LOVERS DISCOURSING   
  
167 WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER DRINK BEFORE THE BOAT SHOVES OFF
  
49 	WE'LL ROLL THE GOLDEN CHARIOT ALONG   
	See DT	ROLLCHAR  
		ROLLCHR2  
  
  
307 	WERE YOU EVER IN DUMBARTON?   
  
288 	WEXFORD GIRL   
	See DT	WXFRDGRL  
  
243 	WHALEN'S FATE   
  
168 	WHEN JOHNSON'S ALE WAS NEW   
	See DT 	JONESALE  
	See Forum	thread  
  
15 	WHISKEY, JOHNNY   
	See DT	WHISKJON  
			WHSKJHN  
  
314 	WHO'S THAT AT MY BEDROOM WINDOW?   
	See DT 	SILVDAG3  
  
281 	WIFE OF KELSO   
  
281 	WILY AULD CARLE   
  
214 	WINTER OF '73   
  
61 	YELLOW MEAL   
	See DT	YELLMEAL  
  
**259 	YOUNG BILLY CRANE  
  
224 	YOUNG FORBEST  
  
  
**not yet done/not in DT or forum that I can find.

Subject: Lyr Add: JOHN DAMERAY
From: MMario
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 11:34 AM

JOHN DAMERAY
(learned at sea (1880's) by Nathaniel Silsbee)
(tune set from his singing by niece, Mrs. George C. Beach)
(Doerflinger:Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman - pp 7-8)



Aloft we all must go-oh,
[John come down the backstay]
In hail and frost and snow-oh,
[John come down the backstay,
John Dameray!]

John Dameray - John come down the backstay
John Dameray - John come down the backstay
John Demeray!
John Dameray - John come down the backstay
John Dameray - John come down the backstay
John Demeray!

My Ma she wrote to me,
"My son, come home from seas"

Got no manay and no clo'es
Am knocking out of doors.

My home I soo will be in,
And then we'll have some gin.

From sea I will keep clear,
And live by selling beer.


Doerflinger refers to this as a "fine deep-water tune".

Subject: Tune Add: JOHN DAMERAY
From: MMario
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 12:19 PM

tune in songwright:

N-John Dameray
C-
A-
T-
S-100
K-Eb
B-4/4
F-Doerflinger
H-
M-4R-3 R-8 E-8 E-5 E-8 E-4 E-4 D-2 B-2 E-5 E-8 E-4 E-4
L-A-loft we all must go-oh,John come down the
H-
M-4D-4 F-2 B-4 B-5 D-8 F-4 a-4 G-2 E-2 E-5 E-8 E-4 E-4
L- back-stay, In hail and frost and snow-oh John come down the
H-
M-4G-4 b-2_G-4 E-2 G-5 a-8 b-1 E-2 G-5 a-8
L-back-stay, John Dam-e-ray John Dam-e-
H-
M-4b-3_G-4 F-5 F-8 F-4 F-4 D-4 B-3 D-2 F-4 G-4
L-ray. John come down the back-stay. John Dam-e-
H-
M-4a-3_F-4 E-5 E-8 E-4 E-4 G-4 b-3 E-2 G-5 a-8
L-ray. John come down the back-stay. John Dam-e-
H-
M-2b-2_e-5 r-8 E-2 G-5 a-8
L-ray. John Dam-e-
H-
M-4b-3_G-4 F-5 F-8 F-4 F-4 D-4 B-3 D-2 F-4 G-4
L-ray. John come down the back-stay. John Dam-e-
H-
M-4a-3_F-4 E-5 E-8 E-4 E-4 G-4 b-3 E-2 G-5 a-8
L-ray. John come down the back-stay. John Dam-e-
H-
M-1b-2_e-5 r-8
L-ray.

Subject: Lyr Add: SO HANDY
From: MMario
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 12:28 PM

SO HANDY
(from the singing of Richard Maitland)
(Doerflinger - Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman - p12)
(Halyard shanty)

Handy high and handy low,
[Handy me boys, so handy]
Oh, it's handy haigh and away we'll go,
[Handy, me boys, so handy!]

You've got your advance and to sea you must go
A-round Cape Horn through frost and snow

Growl you may, but go you must.
Just growl too much and your head they'll bust

Now, up aloft from down below,
Up aloft that yard must go.

Now, one more pull and we'll show her clew!
Oh, we're the boys that'll put her thourgh,

With a bully ship and a bully crew,
And a bully Old Man to drive her through!

We're bound away around Cape Horn,
And we'll get there as sure as you're born!

Now one more pull and that will do!
Oh, We're the gang that'll shove her through.

Now, here we are at sea again;
Two months' advance we're up against.

We're the gang that can do it again!
Oh, we're the boys that'll do it once more.

Subject: Tune Add: SO HANDY
From: MMario
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 12:51 PM

N-So Handy
C-
A-
T-
S-100
K-F
B-6/8
F-Doerflinger - Halyard Shanty
H-
M-5R-2 R-8 C-8 F-8_F-8 C-8 F-8_F-8 G-8 a-8_a-8 a-8 a-5 a-8 a-8 a-8 F-4 G-8 a-4 c-8_c-8 c-8 c-8
L-() Hand-y high and hand-y low, Hand-y me boys, so hand-y oh, it's
H-
M-4d-4 c-8 b-4 a-0 a-0 G-4 G-8 E-5 G-8 G-8 G-8 E-4 C-8 G-5 G-4 R-8
L-hand-y high and a-way we'll go, Hand-y, me boys, so hand-y!

Subject: Lyr Add: POOR OLD MAN
From: MMario
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 01:12 PM

POOR OLD MAN
(from the singing of Richard Maitland)
(Doerflinger - Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman - p 14)

As I walked out up-on the road one day,
[for they say so, and they know so,]
I saw 'n old man with a load of hay,
[Oh, poor old man!]

Says I, old man, your horse is lame,
Says I, Old man that horse will die

Now if he dies he'll be my loss
And if he lives he'll be my horse.

And if he dies I'll tan his skin
If he live I'll ride him again

Round Cape Horn through frost and snow,
Round Cape Horn I had to go.

Growl you may, but go you must
If you growl too loud your head they'll bust.

Subject: Tune Add: POOR OLD MAN
From: MMario
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 01:50 PM

N-Poor Old Man
C-
A-
T-
S-76
K-Ab
B-4/4
F-Doerflinger
H-
M-4R-3 R-0 E-0 E-9 E-0 F-9 F-0 a-4 b-8_c-8 c-4 c-4 b-4 a-9 b-0 c-4 b-2 a-9 b-0
L-As I walked out up-on the road one day; For they say so, and they
H-
M-4c-4 b-2 e-4 E-9 E-0 F-4 a-4 d-9 d-0 c-4 c-8_b-8 a-4 d-4 c-2 b-2
L-know so, I saw 'n old man with a load of hay, Oh poor old
H-
M-1a-3 R-4
L-man!

Subject: Lyr Add: THE SAILOR'S GRACE / BLOW THE MAN DOWN
From: MMario
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 02:26 PM

THE SAILOR'S GRACE
(Doerflinger - 'Blow the Man Down - V' - p 21)

Old Horse, Old horse, what brought you here,
[Way, hay, blow the man down,]
After ploughing the turf for many a year;
[Gimme some time to blow the man down!]

With kicks and cuffs and sad abuse,
We're salted down for sailor's use.

Between the mainmast and the pump,
We're salted down in great big hunks.

And when the mate comes from the rudder
He takes a piece of this old blubber.

Subject: Lyr Add; THE THREE CROWS
From: MMario
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 02:29 PM

THE THREE CROWS
(Doerflinger - 'Blow The Man Down - IV)

There were three crows sat on a tree,
(Way, hay, blow the man down,]
And they was black as black could be,
[Gimme some time to blow the man down!]

Says one old crow unto his mate,
where shall we go for somethin' to ate?

There is an old horse on yonder hill,
and there we can go and eat our fill.

There is an old horse on yonder m ound.
We'll light upon to his jsw-bone

Says one old crow unto the other,
we'll pick his eyes out one by one.

Subject: Lyr Add: COME DOWN, YOU BUNCH OF ROSES, COME DOWN
From: MMario
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 02:44 PM

COME DOWN, YOU BUNCH OF ROSES, COME DOWN
(preserved by Nathaniel Silsbee)
(Doerflinger - Songs of the Sailor and the Lumberman - p 22)

Oh, yes, my lads, we'll roll a-lee,
[come down, you bunch of roses, come down]
We'll soon be far a-way from sea,
[come down, you bunch of roses, come down]

Oh, you pinks and poses,
Come down, you bunch of roses, come down
Oh, you pinks and poses,
Come down, you bunch of roses, come down

Oh, what do yer s'pose we had for supper?
Black-eyed beans and bread and butter.

Oh Poll's in the garden picking peas.
she's got fine hair way down to ker knewws.

I went downstairs and peeked throug a crack
And saw her staling a kiss from Jack.

I grabbed right hold of a piece of plank
and ran out quick and gave her a spank.

Subject: Tune Add: COME DOWN, YOU BUNCH OF ROSES, COME DOWN
From: MMario
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 02:57 PM

N-Come Down, You Bunch of Roses, Come Down
C-
A-
T-
S-100
K-Eb
B-4/4
F-Doerflinger, after Silsbee
H-
M-4R-3 C-4 B-4 D-4 F-4 G-4 a-4 F-4 b-2 E-4 E-2 C-4
L-Oh, yes, my lads, we'll roll a-lee, Come down, you
H-
M-4B-4 C-4 D-4 B-4 E-4 E-2 C-4 B-4 D-4 F-4 G-4 a-4 F-4 b-2
L-bunch of ros-es, come down, We'll soon be far a-way from sea,
H-
M-4E-4 E-2 C-4 B-4 C-4 D-4 B-4 E-4 E-2 R-4 b-3 a-4
L-come down, you bunch of ros-es, come down. Oh, you pinks and pos-es
H-
M-4G-4 G-4 a-4 G-4 E-4 E-2 C-4 B-4 C-4 D-4 B-4 E-4 E-2 R-4
L-Come down, you bunch of ros-es, come down. Oh, you
H-
M-4b-3 a-4 G-4 G-4 a-4 G-4 E-4 E-2 C-4 B-4 C-4 D-4 B-4
L-pinks and pos-es, come down, you bunch of ros-es,
H-
M-1E-4 E-2 R-4
L-come down.

Subject: Lyr Add: REUBEN RANZO (I)
From: MMario
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 03:27 PM

REUBEN RANZO(I)
(From the singing of Richard Maitland)
(Doerflinger - songs of the Sailor and Lumberman - pp 23-24)

Oh, poor old Reuben Ranzo,
[Ranso boys, Ran-zo!]
Oh Ranzo was no sail-or
[Ranzo, boys, Ran-zo!]

But he was a Boston tailor,
He went on a visit to new Bedford.

He was shanghaied on a whaler
He could not do his duty.

So they put him to holystonnign,
they took him to the gangway,

They tied him on the grating,
and they gave him five and forty.

the captain's youngest daughter
begged her father for mercy.

the captain loved his daughter,
and he heeded her cries for mercy.

he put Ranzo in the cabin,
And taught him navigation.

Ranzo married his daughter,
And now he's skipper of a whaler,

and he's got a little Ranzo!
And he's got a little Ranzo!

Subject: Tune Add: REUBEN RANZO (I)
From: MMario
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 04:12 PM

N-Reuben Ranzo (I)
C-
A-
T-
S-88
K-F
B-4/4
F-Doerflinger - after Richard Maitland
H-
M-4R-3 G-8_a-8 b-4 c-4 b-4 a-4 G-2 a-4 R-4 G-4 G-4 G-2
L-Oh, poor old Reu-ben Ran-zo, Ran-zo boys,
H-
M-4a-4 G-2 G-8_a-8 b-4 c-8_c-8 b-8_b-8 a-8_a-8 F-2 C-4 R-4 F-4 a-8_c-8 c-5_c-8
L-Ran-zo! Oh, Ran-zo was no sail-or, Ran-zo boys,
H-
M-1G-4 F-4 R-2
L-Ran-zo!

Subject: RE: Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman
From: Charley Noble
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 04:23 PM

Nice work!

Charley Noble

Subject: Lyr Add: REUBEN RANZO (2)
From: MMario
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 04:26 PM

REUBEN RANZO (2)
(after the singing of Capt. Patrick Tayleur)
(Doerflinger - 'Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman' - pp24-25)

Note: Each solo line repeats (except verse 14). if there is a variation it is shown in parens. Bold text is a shout. Pattern as in first verse.

Oh, pore old rov-ing ran-zo,
HAY
[Ran-zo, boys, a-Ran-zo]
Oh, pore old Rov-ing Ran-zo
[Ran-zo boys, a-Ran-zo!]

Now, Ranzo he was (Aw, Ranzo was) no sailor.

So pore old Roving Ranzo,

Now (So) they shipped him on board of a whaler.

Now the captain he liked Ranzo.

So the captain he taught him how to read and write.

He taught him navigation.

when he got his first mate's papers,

He became a terror to whalers!

He was known all over the world as

As the worst old bastard on the seas!

He would take his ship to Georgiay.

And there he'd (he would) drag for sperm whale.

He lost the only ship he had
His first and last and only ship

Was the 'Morgan', and she's known everywhere.

Now (oh), he's gone to hell and we're all glad!

Now, I've told you he was no sailor.

He was a New York tailor.

Whether (oh, whether) a toailor or a sailor

He sure became a Ranzo!

Subject: RE: Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman
From: MMario
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 04:26 PM

it's just copywork. Doerflinger and those *he* transcribed from have done all the work.

Subject: RE: Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman
From: raredance
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 01:19 AM

"Copywork" or otherwise, it's a nice bunch of adds.

rich r

Subject: RE: Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman
From: Mr Red
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 09:06 AM

got the 1980's reprint - very useful.

Subject: Lyr Add: HANGING JOHNNY
From: MMario
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 03:23 PM

HANGING JOHNNY
(from the Singing of Richard Maitland)
(Doerflinger - 'Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman' p 31)

Now they call me Hang-ing John-ny
[A-way, ay-ay,]
Oh, they say I hang for mon-ey
[Hang, boys, hang!]

They say I hung my dad-dy
[Hoo-way, ay-ay,]
Oh they say I've hung my mam-my,
[hang, boys, hang!]

I hung my sister Sally,
Now they say I 've hung the fam'ly

Oh, we'll hand , and hang together,
And we'll hang for better weather.

Now, get around the Corner Sally
Oh, we'll make you, Saccarappa!


Note: In the music the for this the refrain after the first line is given as "A-way ( or Hoo-way) ay-ay". In the text of the verses the refrain is given as "hooway-ay hay hay" and "hooway-ay hay ay" Which primarily means (I would guess) that it varies a lot.

Two major variations of the music are given - set to verse one and two.

Subject: Lyr Add: ROLL THE COTTON DOWN
From: MMario
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 03:24 PM

ROLL THE COTTON DOWN (1)
(from the singing of John O'Brien)
(doerflinger - 'Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman' p 33

Oh, roll the cot-ton, roll me, boys,
[Roll the cot-ton down]
Oh, roll the cot-ton, roll me, boys,
[Oh roll the cot-ton down]

2.When I was young and in my prime.

3. I thought I'd jine the Black Ball Line.

Subject: Lyr Add: ROLL THE COTTON DOWN (2)
From: MMario
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 03:25 PM

ROLL THE COTTON DOWN (2)
(from the singing of Richard Maitland)
(Doerflinger - 'Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman' pp 33-34)
(to the tune of 'A Long time Ago')

Down in Alabama I was born
[Roll the cotton down]
Way done in Alabama I was born
[And I rolled the Cotton Down]

When I was young and in my prime
[Oh, roll the cotton down;]
I thought I'd go and join the Line
[And roll the cotton down]

And as a sailor caught a shine;
[roll the cotton down]
I shipped on board of the Black Ball Line;
[and roll the cotton down]

Now the Black Ball Line is the line for me;
[roll the cotton down]
That's when you want to go on a spree
[And roll the cotton down]

In the Black Ball Line you can cut a big shine;
[oh, roll the cotton down:]
For there you'll wake at any old time,
[And roll the cotton down]

Now see the Black baller prepareing for sea;
[then roll the cotton down]
You'll split your side luaghing, the sights to see,
[and roll the cotton down]

There's tinkers and tailors, shoemakers and all,
[Roll the cotton down]
They're all shanghaied on board the Black Ball
[And roll the cotton down]

Subject: Lyr Add: ROLL THE COTTON DOWN (3)
From: MMario
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 03:26 PM

ROLL THE COTTON DOWN (3)
(from the singing of Richard Maitland)
(Doerflinger - 'Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman' - p 34)

Way down South where I was born
[Roll the cotton down:]
I worked in the cotton and the corn,
[Oh, roll the cotton down.]

When i was young and in my prime,
I thought I'd go and join the Line,

And for a sailor caught a shine,
I joined on a ship of the Swallowtail Line.

(no tune specified)

Subject: Lyr Add: THE ALABAMA (1)
From: MMario
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 03:28 PM

THE ALABAMA (1)
(from the singing of Richard Maitland)
(Doerflinger - 'Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman' - pp 35-36)

When the Al-a-bam-a's keel was laid
[Roll, Al-a-bam-a, Roll!]
They laid her keel in Birk-en-head,
[Oh, Roll, Al-a-bam-a, Roll!]

Oh, she was built at Birkenhead,
she was built in the yard of Jonathan Laird.

And down the Mersey she rolled away,
And Britain supplied her with men and guns

And she sailed away in search of a prize,
And when she came to the port of Cherbourg,

It was there she met with the little Kearsarge.
It was there she met the Ke-arsarge.

It was off Cherbourg harbor in April, '65,
That the Alabama went to a timely grave.

Subject: Lyr Add: THE ALABAMA (2)
From: MMario
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 03:29 PM

THE ALABAMA (2)
(from the singing of Richard Maitland)
(Doerflinger - 'Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman' -pp36-37)

In eighteen hundred and sixty-one,
[Roll Alabama, roll!]
The Alabama's keel was laid,
[And roll, Alabama, roll!]

Twas laid in the yard of Jonathan Laird
At the town of Birkenhead

At first she was called the 'Two Ninety two'
For the merchants of the city of Liverpool

Put up the money to build the ship,
In the hopes of driving the commerce from the sea.

Down the Mersey she sailed one day
To the port of Fayal in the Western Isles.

There she refitted with men and guns,
and sailed across the Western Sea,

With orders to sink, burn and destroy
all ships belonging to the North.

Till one day in the harbor of Cherbourg she laid,
And the little Kearsarge was waiting there.

and the Kearsarge with Winslow was waiting there,
And Winslow challenged them to fight at sea.

Outside the three mile limit they fought (repeat)

Till a shot from the forward pivot that day
Took the Alabama's steering gear away

And at the Kearsarge's mercy she lay
And Semmes escaped on a British yacht.

Subject: Lyr Add: A LONG TIME AGO (1)
From: MMario
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 03:36 PM

A LONG TIME AGO (1)
(from the singing of William Laurie)
(Doerflinger - 'Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman p 37-38)

A-way dowen South in Old Ten-nes-see,
[Way, hay,hay, yah]
A-way down south in old Ten-nes-see,
[oh, a long time a-go]

It is a long time, a ver-y long time
A long time, a ver-y long time

Since my young lady has written to me, (twice)

Saying, willie dear, come home from sea (twice)

It is a long time, a very long time,
Oh, a long time, a very long time

If ever I get my foot on the shore (twice)

Oh I will go to sea no more!
Oh I will go to the sea no more!

If ever I get my foot on the land, (twice)

I will be some lady's fancy man!
Oh, I will be some lady's fancy man!

It is a long time, a very long time
It's a long time, a very long time.

Subject: Lyr Add: A LONG TIME AGO (2)
From: MMario
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 03:37 PM

A LONG TIME AGO (2)
(James H. Williams MS)
(Doerflinger - 'Sings of the Sailor and Lumberman' p 38)

Away down Soouth where I was born,
[To me way, hay, hay, yah!]
Among the fields of cane and corn,
[A long time ago.]

I wish to God I had never been born
To go rambling round and round Cape Horn

Around Cape Horn where wild winds blow
Around Cape Horn thorugh frost and snow

The wind from the sou'west a-blowing a gale,
The packet ship she's crowding sail.

The monkey dressed in the sojer's clo'es,
but where he come from God on'y knows!

Oh, bully John from Baltimore,
I knew you well on the Eastern Shore.

Oh, bully John, I knew him well,
But now he'd dead and gone to hell.

Tis a long, long time and a very long time,
Tis a long time since I made this rhyme

Subject: Lyr Add: A LONG TIME AGO (3)
From: MMario
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 03:37 PM

A LONG TIME AGO (3)
(From the singing of Richard Maitland)
(Doerflinger - 'Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman' p39)

When I was young and in my prime,
[to me way-ay-ay yah,]
I thought I'd go and join the line,
[Oh a long time a-go.]

And as a sailor caught a shine
In a lot they called the Black Ball Line

Now come all you young fellers that's going to sea,
And just listen a while unto me.

I'll sing you a song and I won't keep you long.
It's all about the Black Ball Line

Just see the Black Ballers preparing for sea
You'd split your sides laughing the sights you would see

there's tinkers 'n' tailors, shoemakers 'n' all,
For they're all shipped as sailors on board a Black Ball.

Now, one more pull and we'll let her go
We'll h'ist her up through frost and snow

Just one more pull and we'll show her clew,
And another long pull and that will do.

additional verses:

Around Cape Horn you've got to go;
That's the way to Callao

In the Black Ball Line I served my time
I sailed in the Webb of the Black Ball Line.

Subject: Tune Add: THE ALABAMA
From: MMario
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 04:09 PM

N-The Alabama (1)
C-
A-
T-
S-100
K-A
B-4/4
F-
H-
M-4R-3 c-9 b-0 a-4 E-4 C-4 E-9_E-0 a-5 F-8 G-2 b-4 b-9 b-0 b-8 c-5
L-When the Al-a-bam-a's keel was laid, Roll, al-a-bam-a,
H-
M-4b-3 c-9_c-0 a-4 E-4 E-9_E-0 C-4 E-9_E-0 a-9_a-0 b-4 c-4 d-4 c-4 c-9 a-0 b-8 e-4
L-roll! They laid her keel in Birk-en-head, oh Roll, Al-a-bam-a
H-
M-1a-3 R-4
L-roll!

Subject: Tune Add: HANGING JOHNNY
From: MMario
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 04:24 PM

N-Hanging Johnny
C-
A-
T-
S-58
K-A
B-6/8
F-
H-
M-5R-2 R-8 E-0 F-0 G-4 E-8 F-4 E-8 G-0 b-0_b-8 e-8_e-4_d-8 c-5_c-8_b-8 c-8 b-4 R-8 c-4 c-8
L-Now they call me Hang-ing John-ny. A-way ay-ay, Oh, they
H-
M-5c-4 b-8 b-4 G-8 F-0 E-0_E-4_E-4 R-8 G-5 F-5 E-5_E-4 B-8 G-4 G-8 F-4 E-8
L-say I hang for mon-ey hang, boys, hang! They say I hung my
H-
M-5G-0 b-0_b-8 e-8_e-4_d-8 c-5_c-8_b-8 c-8 b-4 R-8 c-4 c-8 c-4 b-8 b-4 G-8 F-0 E-0_E-4_E-4 R-8
L-dad-dy, Hoo-way, ay, ay, oh they say I've hung my mam-my
H-
M-2G-5 F-5 E-5_E-4 R-8
L-Hang, boys, Hang!

Subject: Tune Add: REUBEN RANZO
From: MMario
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 04:37 PM

N-Reuben Ranzo (2)
C-
A-
T-
S-69
K-A
B-2/4
F-
H-
M-7R-4 b-8_b-8 G-8_G-8 b-4 a-4 G-8_G-8 F-5_E-8 G-4 R-4 F-4 F-4 F-5 E-8
L-Oh, pore old Rov-ing Ran-zo, Ran-zo boys, a-
H-
M-8G-4 F-4_F-8 R-8 E-8_F-8 F-5 G-8 F-8_E-8 C-4 E-5_D-8 B-2 E-4 G-4 b-5 a-8
L-Ran-zo! Oh, pore old Rov-ing Ran-zo, Ran-zo boys a-
H-
M-2G-8_F-8 E-4_E-4 R-4
L-Ran-zo!

Subject: Tune Add: ROLL THE COTTON DOWN
From: MMario
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 09:08 AM

N-Roll the Cotton Down (1)
C-
A-
T-
S-80
K-A
B-4/4
F-
H-
M-4R-3 c-8_b-8 a-4 E-4 C-4 E-4 a-4 a-4 a-2 b-5 b-8 b-5 b-8
L-oh, roll the cot-ton, roll me, boys, Roll the cot-ton
H-
M-4b-3 d-4 c-4 E-4 F-4 E-4 a-4 b-4 c-4 d-4 c-5 a-8 b-9_e-9 G-8
L-Down; Oh, roll the cot-ton, roll me boys, Oh, roll the cot-ton
H-
M-1a-3 R-4
L-down.

Subject: Tune Add: ROLL THE COTTON DOWN
From: MMario
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 09:18 AM

N-Roll the Cotton Down (2)
C-
A-
T-
S-56
K-Ab
B-6/8
F-
H-
M-5R-2 R-8 a-8 a-8_G-8 a-8 b-8_a-9 F-0 G-8 a-8 G-8 F-5 a-5 b-4 a-8 c-5 F-4 c-8
L-Down in Al-a-bam-a I was born, Roll the cot-ton down Way
H-
M-4d-8_e-8 d-8 c-8 b-8 a-8 F-8 G-8 a-8 b-4 c-0 d-0 c-5 b-8 a-9 b-0 a-5 R-5
L-down in al-a-bam-a I was born And I rolled the cot-ton down

Subject: RE: Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman
From: Dead Horse
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 09:48 AM

These sound to me like exremely garbled and mixed up versions of not very well remembered lyrics, therefore are probably exactly what WAS sung aboard ship. The obvious mixture of several shanties, the repeating of single lines, non rhyming couplets, and the transposition of tunes, was a feature which is now sadly lacking in folk orientated "Shanty Singers". It seems to be the done thing to *clean up* these old songs untill they are of Concert Quality.
I commend your efforts, dear sir.

Subject: RE: Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman
From: MMario
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 10:04 AM

just passing it forward...

Subject: Tune Add: A LONG TIME AGO
From: MMario
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 10:42 AM

Two main variations of this tune were given: Set to Verse one and verse two.

N-A Long Time Ago (1)
C-
A-
T-
S-56
K-Ab
B-6/8
F-
H-
M-5R-2 R-8 a-8 a-8_G-8 a-8 b-8_a-9 F-0 G-8 a-8 G-8 F-5 a-5 b-4_a-8 c-5 E-4 c-8
L-A-way down south in old ten-nes-see, Way, hay, hay, yah, a-
H-
M-5d-8_e-8 d-8 c-8_b-8 a-8 F-8 G-8 a-8 b-4 c-0 d-0 c-5 b-8_a-9 b-0 a-5 E-8 F-8 G-8 a-5 b-8_a-9 F-0
L-way down south in old ten-nes-see, oh, a long time a-go 2:It is a long time, a
H-
M-5a-8 a-8 G-8 F-5 a-5 b-4_a-8 c-5 E-4 c-8 d-8_e-8_d-8 c-8_b-8 a-8 F-9 G-0 a-8 b-4 c-0 d-0
L-ver-y long time, way, hay, hay, yah, A long time, a ver-y long time, oh, a
H-
M-2c-5 b-8_a-9 b-0 a-4 R-2
L-long time a-go

Subject: Tune Add: A LONG TIME AGO
From: MMario
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 11:02 AM

N-A Long Time Ago (3)
C-
A-
T-
S-100
K-F
B-6/8
F-
H-
M-5R-2 R-8 C-0_C-0 F-8_F-8 a-8 G-8 c-4 F-8_E-8 D-8 E-4 C-0 C-0 F-5 G-4_F-8 a-5 C-4 G-0_a-0
L-When I was young and in my prime, To me way-ay-ay yah I
H-
M-4b-8_c-8 b-8 b-8_a-8 F-8 G-8_G-8 a-8 b-8 c-8 b-8 a-5 G-8_F-8 G-8 F-5 R-5
L-thought I'd go and join the line, oh a long time a-go

Subject: Lyr Add: A LONG TIME AGO (4)
From: MMario
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 11:25 AM

A LONG TIME AGO (4)
(From the singing of Patrick Tayleur)
(Doerflinger - 'Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman' pp40-41)

Where there is a variation in the repeat of the line it is shown in parens

Oh, a long, long time and a ver-y long time,
[To me way, ha-ay, hay yah!]
oh, a long, long time, and a ver-y long time
[oh, a long time a-go]

Old Noah, he built a Hark for to sail (to go)

(Oh) Around the world and home again

Now I wend down to the docks one morn for a ship

There was an old wooden packet a-lyyin' there,

So I wnet on board and sked for a job.

Oh, it (she) must have been the old Ark that Noah built.

Her hatch you had never saw nothing before!

About thirty-six feet long and nowhere insured.

Oh, her knees were so thick that you could not discern.

It's a long, long time and a very long time

Now this is the hatch (where)the animals must have gone down.(went down)

The gangway it was built of timber six foot high

I thought that I had struck an 'ome at last,

Where I could make a pay-day and go

Out to the western shores and away

But I had (I had) made a mistake when I judged her that way,

For at last, when we got out and to sea

Her bow it was bluff and her counter was round

Her fores'l would come to within about six points,

Her fo'c'sle was low and her ppoop was so high

That she looked just like a Dutch galley-old-yacht

So it's a long, long time and a very long time
Oh it's a long long time and a very long time

Subject: Tune Add: A LONG TIME AGO
From: MMario
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 11:44 AM

N-A Long Time Ago (4)
C-
A-
T-
S-100
K-F
B-6/8
F-
H-
M-5R-2 C-8 C-8 F-4 a-8 F-8 F-8 G-8 F-8 E-8 F-8 C-4 D-0 E-0 F-5 G-4 F-0_G-0 a-5 C-4 a-0 a-0
L-Oh, a long, long time and a ver-y long time, To me way, ha-ay, hay, yah! Oh, a
H-
M-4b-4 c-8 a-8 a-8 G-8 F-8 E-8 D-8 C-8_E-8 b-0 b-0 a-5 G-8_F-8 G-8 F-5 R-5
L-long , long time, and a ver-y long time, oh, a long time a-go

Subject: Lyr Add: A LONG TIME AGO
From: MMario
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 12:08 PM

A LONG TIME AGO
(From the singing of Patrick Tayluer)
(Doerflinger - 'Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman' pp41-43)

variations on the repeat of solo lines shown in parens - though according to the notes the second repeat often began with "Oh," - which is NOT shown...


There was an old lady who lived in Dundee,
[to me way, hay, hay, yah]
There was an old lady who lived in Dundee,
[oh a long time ago]

Now her sons (they) grew up and they all went to sea

One became mate and the other a sailor

But the one that I'm going to tell you of, the story is:

He joined a Hark bound out for the East

And not as a sailor nor yet as a mate

He joined as the master of that fine clipper ship

Now, you all remember the ship that I mentioned.

'Twas the Catty Sark, (and) her name was so high

Now (Oh) he took her out East and he lost his old ship (his whole trip)

He took her out East as these words I have told you

Out to Foochow and then home again

Now, un'appily for him, he married out there

A nice little girl with a long pigtail!

Oh, she wore the trousers and he wore the shirt

But when I can tell you the voyage 'e made 'ome.

Now it's a long, long time and a very long time
Oh a long, long time and a very long time

One hundred and eight days, (oh)he did sail.

And 'e used to look at 'is Chinese wife and say,

If it 'adn't a been for your unluck on board!

Now, a long, long time and a very long time.

Now, I told you he was always a-growlin' at 'is wife,

But when in London he did arrive,

The owners they told him he had made a record voyage!

So what did he do but he's blessed his young wife

And instead of callin' her Mong Sallee

He called her the sweet name of Mong Cutty Sark

Subject: Lyr Add: A LONG TIME AGO (6)
From: MMario
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 12:32 PM

A LONG TIME AGO (6)
(from the singing of James P. Barker)
(Doerflinger - Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman -p43)

Then up a-loft this yard must go,
[To me, way, ay, ay, yah,]
Then up a-loft this yard must go,
[For it's a long time a-go]

I placed my hand upon her knee

I think, young man, you're rather free!

Then one more pull and that will do

Oh, one more pull and then it's belay!

Subject: RE: Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman
From: EBarnacle1
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 12:35 PM

In A Long Time ago, "Galley old yacht" is almost certainly a mispronunciation of "Galliot" or "Galliot yacht," which was, even then, an archaic rigging style.

Subject: Tune Add: A LONG TIME AGO
From: MMario
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 12:46 PM

N-A Long Time Ago (6)
C-
A-
T-
S-103
K-G
B-6/8
F-
H-
M-5R-2 R-8 D-8 G-4 b-8 a-4 F-8 G-8_F-8 E-8 D-4 E-0 F-0 G-5 a-5 b-5 D-4 b-8
L-The up a-loft this yard must go, To me way, ay, ay yah, then
H-
M-4c-4 a-8 d-4 d-8 D-4 D-8 G-4 c-0 c-0 b-5 a-8_G-8 a-8 G-5_G-4 R-8
L-up a-loft this yard must go, For it'sa long time a-go

Subject: RE: Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman
From: MMario
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 12:47 PM

yes - Doerflinger notes that "galley old yacht" is more properly Galliot

Subject: Lyr Add: SHALLO BROWN
From: MMario
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 01:15 PM

see also:
Shallow Brown
Shallow Brown 2
Origins:Shallow Brown
Shalo Brown

SHALLO BROWN
(From the singing of Richard Maitland)
(Doerflinger - 'Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman' p44

Shal-lo Brown, now what's the mat-ter?
[Shal-lo, shal-lo Brown!]
Oh, shal-lo Brown, what's the mat-ter?
[Shal-lo, shal-lo Brown!]

I'm going to leave you
[Shal-lo Brown]
Oh, I have left the wife and ba-by
[Shal-lo, Shal-lo Brown!]

The baby's in the cradle,
[shal-lo, shal-lo brown]
...
...

additonal verses

The packet sails tomorrow,
I'm leaving you in sorrow

And the baby in the cradle
My love I won't decieve you

Two major variants of the verse - set to verse one and two

Subject: Tune Add: SHALLO BROWN
From: MMario
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 01:45 PM

N-SHALLO BROWN
C-
A-
T-
S-66
K-G
B-3/4
F-
H-
M-5R-2 D-8 F-8 G-5 a-8 b-9 a-0 b-8 a-8_a-2 a-8 a-8_a-4 a-0 a-9 E-5 c-8 c-8 b-8
L-Shal-lo Brown, now what's the mat-ter? Shal-lo, Shal-lo Brown! Oh Shal-lo
H-
M-5a-5_F-8 F-9 E-0 E-8 D-8_D-2 G-8 G-8 G-4 G-0 G-9 D-2 F-4 G-9 a-0 b-8 a-8_a-4
L-Brown, what's the mat-ter? Shal-lo, shal-lo Brown! 2)I'm going to leave you,
H-
M-5a-8 a-8_a-2 a-5 c-8 c-8 b-8 a-5 F-8 F-9 E-0 E-8 D-8_D-2 G-8 G-8_G-4 G-0 G-9
L-Shal-lo Brown, Oh I have left the wife and ba-by Shal-lo, Shal-lo
H-
M-1D-2 R-4
L-Brown

Subject: Lyr Add: GIMME DE BANJO
From: MMario
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 03:25 PM

GIMME DE BANJO
(From the singing of William Laurie)
(Doerflinger - 'Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman - p 45)

Oh, dis is de day we pick on de ban-jo
[Dance, gal, gom-me de ban-jo!]

oh, dat ban-jo, dat tal-la-tal-la-wan-go

oh dat ban-jo, dat se-ben-string ban-jo

I was only one an' twenty

Ah was sent to shcool fer to be a scholar!

Nah cikkar was stuff, an Ah could not swaller.

Oh, dere's mah book, down on de table

An' you kin read it if you're able

NOTE:Three variants are given for the verse

Subject: Tune Add: GIMME DE BANJO
From: MMario
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 04:34 PM

N-Gimme de Banjo
C-
A-
T-
S-84
K-Bb
B-2/4
F-
H-1:                                                                      2:
M-8F-2 d-0 d-8 G-0 a-8 F-8 b-0 b-8 G-0 a-8 F-8 D-4 D-4 D-0 D-8 C-0 D-8 B-8 B-5 D-8 F-8 a&4 a-8 a&0 a-0 a-0 a-0 G-8 E-8
L-Oh, dis is de day we pick on de ban-jo, Dance, gal, gim-me de ban-jo! Oh, dat ban-jo dat tal-la-tal-la-wan-go,
H-                              3:
M-7D-4 D-4 D-0 D-8 C-0 D-8 B-8 R-8 d-4 d-8 a-8 F-4 b-8 b-0 b-0 b-8 a-8 F-8 D-4 D-4 D-0 D-8 C-0 D-8 B-8
L-Dance, gal, gim-me de ban-jo! Oh, dat ban-jo dat se-ben-string ban-jo, Dance, gal, gim-me de ban-jo!

Subject: Lyr Add: HELLO,SOMEBODY
From: MMario
Date: 20 Dec 02 - 09:05 AM

HELLO,SOMEBODY
(From the singing of James P. Barker - in the style of "Lemon" Curtis)
(Doerflinger - 'Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman' - p46)

[Hel-lo, some-bod-y, hel-lo!]*
There's** Some-bod-y knock-ing at the gar-den gate;
[Hel-lo Some-bod-y, hel-lo!]
There's some-bod-y knocking at the gar-den gate;
[Hel-lo Some-bod-y, hel-lo]


Somebody wants to know my name

It's Nigger Dick from New Brunswick

Subject: RE: Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman
From: MMario
Date: 20 Dec 02 - 09:07 AM

*phew* having problems posting...

Notes:
* - intro phrase for first verse only
** - note for "there's" silent in later verses, also sever 8th note pairs have single words in later verses.