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12 Jan 09 - 05:23 AM (#2537910) Subject: Lyr Req: Harry and Carrie From: GUEST,Crowdercref Please can anyone help with the lyric, (or even the tune) of "Harry and Carrie ..." lyric A J Mills, music Bennett Scott , (London: Francis, Day and Hunter, 1906) Happy New Year to All Crowdercref |
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13 Jan 09 - 08:53 AM (#2538693) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Harry and Carrie From: Jim Dixon This is a tough one! The best I could do was to find out a longer title: HARRY AND CARRIE, OR, HE SIGHED, SHE SIGHED AND THE SEA SIGHED TOO Other facts are as you describe them. Sheet music is held by Oxford University and by the British Library. (But you could have assumed that, right?) (Surely this can't be the same song, but— Allmusic.com says HARRY AND CARRIE (or HARRY AND CARRY) was recorded by Eddie Cooley & the Dimples (an early R&B group) on their album "Fever 1956-1961" (Hydra CD 27130, 2006) and "Priscilla" (Collectables CD 9937, 2005): When Carrie saw Harry that same moonlit night, Carrie looked into Harry's eyes and her heart just took a flight. Yes, it's love, love, love, same old story too, 'Bout a boy meets girl to make their dreams come true. So Harry told Carrie: "Never in my whole life Did I ever meet such a pretty little girl that I want to be my wife." Yes, it's love, love, love, same old story too, 'Bout a boy meets girl to make their dreams come true.) |
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18 Jan 09 - 10:53 AM (#2542204) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Harry and Carrie (Mills, Scott, 1906) From: Crowdercref Thanks Jim, I already rejected the 'Priscilla' song - and there are others! I guess I'll just have to fork out for a copy from the BL Crowdercref |
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11 Sep 12 - 08:02 PM (#3403091) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Harry and Carrie (Mills, Scott, 1906) From: GUEST,LYRIC ADD ................ 999 HARRY AND CARRIE Harry and Carrie at Folkestone And Harry thought Carrie was nice In three days the couple were dreaming Of wedding bells, slippers and rice Together they wandered one fine afternoon Along the sea-shore for a nice little spoon And far from the noise of the town Upon a big rock they sat down. Chorus: Harry and Carrie down by the rolling sea Harry thought Carrie was jolly fine company Dreaming as they sat there watching the water's blue He sighed, she sighed, and the sea sighed too. Upon a big rock, till the twilight They sat, holding each other's hands For love-making gave them more pleasure Than Negroes, or pierrots, or bands With no one to list to their story of love Excepting the sea-gulls which soared up above And quickly the sunny hours passed The tide too was coming in fast. Chorus: Harry and Carrie down by the rolling sea Harry thought Carrie was jolly fine company Funny tales he told her - oh what a lot he knew He roared, she roared, and the sea roared too. But all of a sudden the sweethearts With faces as white as a sheet Saw they were surrounded by water The tide had cut off their retreat No boatman to save them, no coast guard in sight They sat on that rock far into the night Soaked through by the sea and the rain Until the tide went out again. Chorus: Harry and Carrie down by the rolling sea Harry thought Carrie was jolly fine company Five long weary pours they sat there - oh what a nice to-do He howled, she howled, and the sea howled too. The above is from http://monologues.co.uk/musichall/Songs-H/Harry-And-Carrie.htm |