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Chord Req: The Coast of Peru DigiTrad: THE COAST OF PERU THE COAST OF PERU (2) Related threads: (origins) Origins: Lloyd's Coast of Peru (48) Help: Coast of Peru (11) Lyr Add: Cruising For Sperm / New Zealand Whales (17) Lyr Req: Whaling Warning Song / Coast of Peru (9) Lyr Req: Olde Thomas Harpooners / Coast of Peru (5) Lyr Req: Coast of Peru (Chris Foster version) (2)
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Subject: Chord Req: The coast of Peru From: Jon W. Date: 20 Dec 02 - 12:59 PM Does anyone have a chord progression for this song. The tune I use is on the CD "Steady as she Goes" by Louis Killen, Jeff Warner, Garret Warner, and Fud Benson. TIA |
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: THE COAST OF PERU From: GUEST,alinact Date: 20 Dec 02 - 01:16 PM Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 20:40:44 +0000 From: Chris Hutson Subject: CRD: The Coast of Peru by Traditional Here's an old sea shanty which I learned off of a tape entitled "Steady as she Goes." It's a song about harpooning a whale, but I don't condone that sort of thing, so please don't flame me. Enjoy. THE COAST OF PERU (traditional) Dm F Come all ye young fellows that's bound after sperm Dm C Come all ye young fellows that's rounded the horn F C Our captain has told us and I hope it'll prove true F C F There's plenty of sperm whale on the coast of Peru We have weathered the horn and are now on Peru We are all of one mind and endeavour to do Our boats are all rigged and our mastheads all manned Our rigging roped tight and our signals all planned The next morning at daybreak at about five o' clock the man at the masthead cried, "yonder she spouts!" "Where away does she lay?" and the answer from aloft: "Two points on our lead bow and about three miles off." Now it's call up all hands and it's be of good cheer Put your tubs in your boats, boys, keep your bow lines all clear Now bend to your oars and make your boat fly But one thing we dread of, keep clear of his eye Now the first mate he struck him and the whale he did sound And the captain pulled up and he tried to bend on But the whale began to vomit and the blood for to spout And in less than ten minutes, we had him thin out Well, we towed him alongside and with many a shout We soon cut him in and began to try out Now the whale is all tried, and likewise stowed down He's better to us, boys, than five hundred pounds Here's a health to all whalermen, boys, drink it down do Likewise to the Bengal and all our ship's crew All you who want money, I would have you for to go On the coast of Peru where the whale-fish do blow |
Subject: RE: Chord Req: The coast of Peru From: Jon W. Date: 20 Dec 02 - 05:21 PM That's the right song but it has two melodies it's commonly sung to. I think the chords you posted are for the other melody - they make no sense for the one I'm looking for. Thanks for the try, though. |
Subject: RE: Chord Req: The coast of Peru From: Jon W. Date: 20 Dec 02 - 06:13 PM Never mind, I think the chords above are closer than I thought, but in a key too high for me to sing comfortably. Here's what I figured out for the key of A:
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Subject: RE: Chord Req: The coast of Peru From: Barry Finn Date: 21 Dec 02 - 02:46 PM There's also another version, I believe from Lloyd a bit slower than the above & tune's bit different. I think David Jones did a great recording of this (I know he sings it) but couldn't tell you where. Barry |
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