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26 Jul 21 - 07:13 PM (#4114484) Subject: Lyr Req: Library Chantey From: Joe Offer Dawn Berg and Jerry Myerson sing this song. I'm hoping one or the other will post the lyrics. This may or may not be a link to the song: https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about-library/publications/openbook/shanty-town-mark-dapin-extract |
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26 Jul 21 - 09:19 PM (#4114486) Subject: ADD: 'Library-O' (Library Chantey) From: GerryM Sorry, Joe, thought I had posted them to the Australian song thread. LIBRARY-O The Grubby Urchins - Library-O Daniel Bornstein and Joe Hillel When I was young, but ten and three Hi-o, hi-o, librari-o My parents asked, what trade for thee? Send them out on loan And so next morning I began Hi-o, hi-o, librari-o To train as a librar-i-an Send them out on loan Chorus (after each verse): So turn 'em, scan 'em, bin 'em, bag 'em Heave 'em out to roam-i-o Two weeks in the open world Before they come back home-i-o When they're back and through the slot It's to the shelves they'll go-i-o Send them out on loan-i-o Send them out on loan I dreamed that evening as I slept Hi-o ... On where the books are neatly kept Send ... I dreamed of shelves ten fathoms high Hi-o ... Where books from every land do lie Send ... Chorus I dreamed of bins and stacks and shelves Where readers go and help theirselves I dreamed of books in tidy rows From ancient verse to modern prose The libr'y life is free from woes The chief concern is where books goes So growl ye may, but read ye must You talk too loud, your head they'll bust If friendly staff is what ye seeks Bring back your books within two weeks Be warned when on a reading spree Late books incur a nominal fee The lib'ry trade takes stalwart guts For every year bring government cuts They say that borrowing books is hard For those without a lib'ry card And when their lending time is through It's back you'll mosey to renew And when the readin's good and done It's back to pick another one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx-A9MTvFbA |
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26 Jul 21 - 09:29 PM (#4114487) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Library Chantey From: GerryM I *did* post it in that other thread, see under Subject: RE: Mudcat Australia/NZ Songbook From: GerryM - PM Date: 22 Mar 21 - 02:42 AM https://mudcat.org/detail.cfm?messages__Message_ID=4098713 |
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27 Jul 21 - 02:32 PM (#4114553) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Library Chantey From: Steve Gardham About on a par with Wellerman. |
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27 Jul 21 - 02:37 PM (#4114555) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Library Chantey From: Joe Offer Well, yeah, Steve; but it's fun. But I agree the melody is reminiscent of "Wellerman," which was a perfectly good song before it went viral. -Joe- |
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28 Jul 21 - 03:53 PM (#4114655) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Library Chantey From: Charley Noble Thanks so much, Gerry. You gets credit where credit's due! Cheerily, Charlie Ipcar |
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25 Oct 22 - 08:17 PM (#4156365) Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Library Chantey From: Joe Offer And here's a performance by the fabulous Dawn Berg! |
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26 Oct 22 - 02:44 AM (#4156383) Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: LIBRARY-O (Library Chantey) From: GerryM Too bad that video doesn't mention Dawn (although her name is in tiny print in the lower left corner), and there's no mention of the songwriters (although Dawn does credit The Grubby Urchins at the end). |
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26 Oct 22 - 06:00 AM (#4156389) Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: LIBRARY-O (Library Chantey) From: Sandra in Sydney Australia's very own The Grubby Urchins On the nebulous intersection of trad jazz, sea shanty and good ol’ fashioned folk sit The Grubby Urchins, a duo of happy-go-lucky young Melburnians with dirty feet, useless degrees and a penchant for the eclecticly bizarre. Armed with heady harmonies and intrepid instrumentals, the Urchins wage their reckless stylistic war on songs old and new, leaving audiences grinning in politeness and confusion and wondering where the youth of today went wrong. Sea shanties are maritime work songs, designed for synchronising manual exertion upon ships. High morale and rambunctious good cheer are known side effects. Our shiny new sea shanty album, Futtocks in the Fo'c'sle is now available for purchase online at our Bandcamp page. For less than a dollar a shanty you could be singing along with 25 acapella shanties in beautiful three-part harmony, recorded live on Melbourne's very own Tallship Enterprize. An opportunity not to be missed! |