Lyr Req: nelsons victory at copenhagen

Subject: Lyr Req: nelsons victory at copenhagen
From: GUEST,mick p royal marine shanty crew
Date: 10 Feb 07 - 04:25 PM

does anyone know the words to nelsons victory at copenhagen.i have heard johnny collins sing it at a shanty festival we were singing at with him.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: nelsons victory at copenhagen
From: Peace
Date: 10 Feb 07 - 04:28 PM

Google

SEA SHANTIES RELATED TO NELSON (Pdf)

It's there as a PDF file. I do not know how to cut and paste from those files.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: nelsons victory at copenhagen
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 10 Feb 07 - 04:52 PM

The song was included in the performance the Keelers put together for the bicentary of the Battle of Trafalgar in October 2005, and which was rehearsed by Peter Wood as a Whitby festival workshop in August 2005.

I'll forward this thread to Johnny Collins.

Kitty

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: nelsons victory at copenhagen
From: Peace
Date: 10 Feb 07 - 04:56 PM

The lyrics are on Page 2 of the SEA SHANTIES RELATED TO NELSON site. I really wish I knew how to copy/paste from PDF files.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: nelsons victory at copenhagen
From: Peace
Date: 10 Feb 07 - 05:02 PM

Thank you to the magician who did that. I am in AWE!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: nelsons victory at copenhagen
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 10 Feb 07 - 05:09 PM

The document is copy-restricted but it lets you print.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: nelsons victory at copenhagen
From: Peace
Date: 10 Feb 07 - 05:11 PM

Thank you, cr. I thought it was me being totally inept with the computer. Nice to know there is a reason for my clutzdomness.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: nelsons victory at copenhagen
From: GUEST,mick p royal marine shanty crew
Date: 10 Feb 07 - 05:19 PM

thanks for all the help. cheers mick p

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: nelsons victory at copenhagen
From: Charley Noble
Date: 11 Feb 07 - 03:41 PM

One source for this song evidently is John Ashton's REAL SAILORS SONGS, © 1891, which generally can be purchased at used book websites in a reprinted version. It's a good investment.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: nelsons victory at copenhagen
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 12 Feb 07 - 06:28 PM

Johnny Collins told me at the folk club this evening that he sings the version given in the link above.

Kitty

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: nelsons victory at copenhagen
From: Charley Noble
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 09:42 AM

One additional "footnote": the famous Royal Navy surgeon Dr. F. Dogbody lost his "larboard" leg at the Battle of Copenhagen, as commemorated by James Normal Hall (coauthor of Mutiny on the Bounty) in a book of the same name as the good Doctor. Of course Dr. Dogbody is also said to have regaled his friends with at least 9 other versions of how he lost his leg. I have taken the liberty of composing a ballad which while it can't do justice to the stories at least summarizes them: Click here and search for lyrics!

Ah, for a glass of old Port Royal!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble