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24 Feb 13 - 09:28 AM (#3483232) Subject: fire down below version on drunken sailo From: GUEST,brooko any one out there know who sang fire down below, on the programme on radio two called the drunken sailor.and is there a recording of it on any media.i sing in a shanty crew and would like to learn it.on the programme they talked all over it. brooko |
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24 Feb 13 - 09:48 AM (#3483235) Subject: RE: fire down below version on drunken sailo From: GUEST,999 Not what you asked for but it might help. http://seashanties.wikispaces.com/Fire+Down+Below |
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24 Feb 13 - 10:23 AM (#3483247) Subject: RE: fire down below version on drunken sailor From: Jeri Johnson Girls singing a different "Fire Down Below". If I remember correctly, this was the version, if not the group: he was just a simple country lad. Here's a different group singing the one 999 posted: she was just a village maiden. When they start out with "he/she was just..." you know there'll be trouble. |
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27 Feb 13 - 02:21 PM (#3484390) Subject: RE: fire down below version on drunken sailor From: GUEST Thanks a lot Jeri.she was just a village maiden is the one i'm looking for Brooko |
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27 Feb 13 - 02:36 PM (#3484399) Subject: RE: fire down below version on drunken sailor From: Gibb Sahib brooko - Here's a link to the (saved) program: Could you point out whereabouts the song was sung? I missed it and can't easily find it. thanks. |
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27 Feb 13 - 05:35 PM (#3484466) Subject: RE: fire down below version on drunken sailor From: Jeri It begins to be sung over at about 16:22. |
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27 Feb 13 - 07:36 PM (#3484505) Subject: RE: fire down below version on drunken sailor From: Gibb Sahib Thanks, Jeri! The version comes closest to the "version A" in Stan Hugill's _Shanties from the Seven Seas_ (that is, if one is interested in having a text form to learn from / connect it with). Interestingly, out of a load of different "fire down below" chanties, this is one that doesn't appear much in the historical record. However, Hugill had it in his performance repertoire, and I'd guess it was most popularized in the revival days due to him. |
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28 Feb 13 - 08:19 AM (#3484646) Subject: RE: fire down below version on drunken sailor From: Charley Noble This is one of the best programs featuring traditional seas songs that I've heard in years. Charley Noble |