Lyr Req: Asleep in the Deep (Lamb/Petrie)

Subject: (A)sleep in the Deep
From: Wally Macnow
Date: 30 Nov 98 - 10:02 AM

I'm looking for a song for a Canadian friend. His dad used to sing it in Cape Breton. The opening line is "Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep" Any ideas?

Subject: RE: (A)sleep in the Deep
From: Barbara
Date: 30 Nov 98 - 10:13 AM

Actually, that's the last line:
"Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep, so beware, be.. (drops to low F)ware."
My uncle, who was in the navy used to sing it, it's a performance piece, religious, and is for Basso Profundo.
Maybe someone can come up with the rest of the words.
Blessings,
Barbara

Subject: RE: (A)sleep in the Deep
From: SteveF
Date: 30 Nov 98 - 10:44 AM

This song MUST be sung by a deep, deep voice. For those of us who only sing in the shower, Asleep in the Deep is THE song!!

I found the complete lyrics and sheet music to the song at the marvelous Duke University site. Go to http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/ and do a search on "asleep" in the title.

Now, will some guru explain to me how to add a "click here" link to a post? Do I need a special HTML editor?

-- Steve F.

Subject: RE: (A)sleep in the Deep
From: Bill D
Date: 30 Nov 98 - 01:02 PM

well, here it is..(I think)..(wonder why Steve didnt just type it out..it's only 150 characters or so..*grin*

click here

Steve ..the 'formula' looks like this...but with angle brackets < > instead of square ones [ ]

[a href=address]click[/a} what I did was copy the address and 'paste' it into the formula, replacing 'address' with thos 150+ characters the word 'click' is replaced with anything you wish...here is the same link with the entire address replacing the word 'click'...just pasted it into BOTH places in the formula...

http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu:80/dynaweb/sheetmusic/1890-1899/@Generic__BookTextView/521;nh=1?DwebQuery=%22Asleep+in+the+Deep%22+in+%3Cunittitle%3E+with+label=%22Title%22#X

(gee, I hope I did it all right!)

Subject: RE: (A)sleep in the Deep
From: Bill D
Date: 30 Nov 98 - 01:08 PM

well, almost...here is what I wanted that formula to look like..

[a href=address]click[/a]

remember..the [ ] must be < >

Subject: RE: (A)sleep in the Deep
From: SteveF
Date: 30 Nov 98 - 02:08 PM

(Thanks, Bill D. Lemme try it myself now.)

Friends, for the lyrics of "Asleep in the Deep," click here and keep your fingers crossed.

Subject: RE: (A)sleep in the Deep
From: Bill D
Date: 30 Nov 98 - 11:03 PM

yep, that works fine..now you just wait for 4-5 300K pages to load!!...(boy, what modern technology has done for storage space on those servers!!)

Subject: Lyr Add: ASLEEP IN THE DEEP (Lamb/Petrie)
From: Barbara
Date: 02 Dec 98 - 07:17 PM

For any of you that don't want to wade through the 300K a page, here are the words.

ASLEEP IN THE DEEP
(words, Arthur Lamb, music Henry W. Petrie c 1897)

1. Stormy the nights and the waves roll high,
Bravely the ship doth ride;
Hark! While the lighthouse bells' solemn cry
Rings o'er the sullen tide.
There on the deck see two lovers stand
Heart to heart beating, and hand in hand,
Tho' death be near, she knows no fear
While at her side is one of all most dear...

REFRAIN:
Loudly the bell in the old tower rings
Bidding us list to the warning it brings
Sailor take care, sailor take care
Danger is near to thee, Beware! Beware!
Beware! Beware!
Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep, so beware, beware!
Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep, so beware, beware!

2. What of the storm when the night is o'er?
There is no trace or sign!
Save where the wreckage hath strewn the shore.
Peaceful the sun doth shine.
But when the wild raging storm did cease
Under the billows two hearts found peace, No
more to part, no more of pain
The bell may now toll its warning in vain...

Refrain.

Subject: RE: (A)sleep in the Deep
From: BSeed
Date: 02 Dec 98 - 11:24 PM

"Asleep in the Deep" was the song used in the competition between John Boscoe and the devil in "How John Boscoe Outsung the Devil," printed in the anthology African American Short Stories. --seed

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Asleep in the Deep (Lamb/Petrie)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 18 Jun 10 - 10:13 PM

The sheet music for ASLEEP IN THE DEEP can be seen at the Levy Collection:
Click to open a PDF


Click any of these links to hear an MP3 recording:

From the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara:
Frank Stanley (1907) *****(the best, IMO)
Gus Reed (1908)
William Meyer (1915)

From The Internet Archive:
William F. Hooley (1911)

From WFMU's Beware of the Blog:
Thurl Ravenscroft