30 Jul 07 - 02:20 PM (#2114921) Subject: Lyr Add: Swim, Sam, Swim From: Lucius I saw that David Jones was posting here lately. He did a beautiful job on this song at NEFFA, though he forewarned us that he did not recall the final verse (I usually wait until I'm in the midst of it). Oh' I hope that my formatting work. Swim Sam, Swim - Bert Lee and R.P.Weston
Sammy was a sailor, a sailor big and broad
Swim Sam, Swim Sam, Swim Sam
Sammy swum with vigour, the race had just begun
line breaks added, hope I got them in the right places |
30 Jul 07 - 03:54 PM (#2114981) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Swim, Sam, Swim From: Charley Noble Lucius- A very excellent transcription, caught on the fly I assume. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
30 Jul 07 - 04:25 PM (#2115009) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Swim, Sam, Swim From: SINSULL Previous thread with lyrics: thread.cfm?threadid=38640#544055 |
31 Jul 07 - 03:57 AM (#2115305) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Swim, Sam, Swim From: Lucius Thanks for clearing it up. The second stanza is complete, but I must have chopped some off if the third, which should read: Sharks all sang the chorus and said while in the brine "Ragtime ditties bore us, but By Gum! this is fine! They spluttered with their "S's", until they got lock-jawed And Sammy left them singing as he climbed on board. |
31 Jul 07 - 04:00 AM (#2115308) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Swim, Sam, Swim From: GUEST,Helen I have a slightly different last verse with an additional line ... Sharks all sang the chorus and said 'while in the brine Ragtime ditties bore us but by gum, this is fine' They spluttered with their S's until they got lockjaw And Sammy left them singing as he climbed on board ... (and yes, Joe Clone, the last line of the previous verse is complete. It makes more sense when you carry on into the chorus!) Hope that helps Helen. |
31 Jul 07 - 04:01 AM (#2115309) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Swim, Sam, Swim From: GUEST,Helen Who'd have thought two people would be making the same correction at the same time!! |
31 Jul 07 - 12:09 PM (#2115628) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Swim, Sam, Swim From: ClaireBear My band always sang, in verse 2 "Some old portly porpoise sporting in the foam" (better alliteration) and in verse 3 "Sharks all sang in chorus, splashing in the brine" (marginally better cadence)--and both of these are how I remember Regal Slip singing it, though that was a long time ago... Oh, and I think it's "lockjawed" -- a better rhyme with "board." We also sang "Six sharp shivering sharks are sure to snap your limb" even though that's not how Regal Slip sang it, because we thought "sure to" sounded better than "gonna" (also it's another sh sound, so it increased the tongue twister factor). |
11 Mar 13 - 07:46 PM (#3489342) Subject: Lyr Add: SWIM, SAM, SWIM (Bert Lee, R. P. Weston) From: GUEST,Tony Reddin here's our version: Swim Sam, Swim [Bert Lee and R.P.Weston] Sammy was a sailor, a sailor big and broad Shipped on board a whaler and tumbled overboard Shouted: "Someone save me!" Someone said: "Oh Shame! The sharks are sniffing round you!" Then his shipmates sang: Chorus: Swim Sam, Swim Show them you're some swimmer Swim just like a swan swam You know how the swan swam, Six sharp sharks Are sure to snap your limb So swipe them swiftly when they swoop and Swim Sam, Swim! Sammy swam with vigour, the race had just begun Sharks all eyed his figure,"jellied sugar!" whispered one One big portly porpoise, sporting in the foam Shouted : "If you wants to catch the last ship home just..." Sharks all sang the chorus and said splashing in the brine "Ragtime ditties bore us, but Snoogums!* this one shines!" They spluttered with their "S's", until they got lock-jawed And Sammy left them singing as he slipped back on board * see http://www.cuppycake.com/cuplyric.html |
11 Mar 13 - 08:27 PM (#3489360) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Swim, Sam, Swim From: Steve Shaw Blimey, a blast from the past for me. This was sung by the estimable John and Cheryl Maughan, who ran the Tree Inn Folk Club at Stratton, near Bude, until the mid-90s. I wonder whether they ever look in here. There's no folk club at The Tree any more but there's one at the Falcon in Bude, run by our Hawker (aka Lucy). We've kept up the tradition this last (almost) 20 years at The Tree with our own little hairy-arse band, the Tree House Band. Can't let stuff die, eh! |