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08 May 22 - 01:44 PM (#4141227) Subject: Lyr Req: Welsh Back Quay (Ian Dye) From: Joe Offer Here's the recording, but I'm having trouble understanding enough to come up with a transcription. Can anybody help? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFHTZCBhq7I WELSH BACK QUAY (Ian Dye) From Welsh Back Quay I said goodbye to sweethearts, wives, and friends, And down the march (?) we sailed away to wind to avon's den (??) CHORUS Don't time me to the bullard, mate, don't lash me to the mast, I'm bound away for Krumlach(?) shore, this voyage will be my last. Like I say, I'm having trouble... |
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09 May 22 - 02:44 PM (#4141292) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Welsh Back Quay (Ian Dye) From: Nigel Parsons For starters 'Welsh Back Quay' is valid. It's part of Bristol harbour, map on Wiki: Here we sailed away to wind to avon's den "To wind through Avon's bends" (the river Avon does not flow straight between Bristol and the River Severn. bullard more likely 'bollard' it sounds clearer in one of the later choruses. |
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09 May 22 - 02:54 PM (#4141294) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Welsh Back Quay (Ian Dye) From: Nigel Parsons Just to mention that the River Avon mentioned is the (Bristol) Avon, not the (Warwickshire) Avon which runs through Shakespeare's birthplace. Also 'River Avon' is tautologous meaning River River. Welsh retains 'afon' (with the single 'f' sounded as 'v') to mean 'river'. |
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09 May 22 - 03:20 PM (#4141298) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Welsh Back Quay (Ian Dye) From: DaveRo I think it's 'down the marsh'; you lock out of the floating harbour into the tidal River Avon which is quite shallow and muddy and, as Nigel said, somewhat sinuous. (There's a picture of it with the video.) But why 'marsh' I don't know. Maybe a local name for a stretch of the river above the gorge. The juxtaposition of 'bollard', which is on shore, and 'mast' which is aboard ship, is odd. Does he want to go or not? Just south of the harbour is the church of St. Mary's Redcliffe, with its spire and bells, also mentioned in the song. One of the nicest-sounding rings of 12 bells I know. And it's Klondike shore. So he's joining the gold rush. But elsewhere he says he's going to sail round the world. "Goodbye to you in ??? wells" No idea. Wells is a nearby town in Somerset; maybe there's somewhere called 'somthing Wells' - or maybe it's a pub. |
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09 May 22 - 03:45 PM (#4141304) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Welsh Back Quay (Ian Dye) From: Nigel Parsons Definitely 'down the Marsh'. Referring back to the map in my post of 2:44 between Welsh Back Quay (18 on the map) and the main river you have 'Canons Marsh' (at 16 on the map) |
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09 May 22 - 05:10 PM (#4141332) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Welsh Back Quay (Ian Dye) From: Reinhard The chorus starts with "Don't tie me to the bollard", not "time". |
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14 May 22 - 02:02 PM (#4141642) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Welsh Back Quay (Ian Dye) From: leeneia Nice song - thanks for posting. |
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15 May 22 - 05:51 AM (#4141700) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Welsh Back Quay (Ian Dye) From: Newport Boy I'll listen more when I have time, but the "something wells" is difficult. There were a number of wells along the river and Jacobs Wells Road runs down to the harbour, but that's not it. I confirm that Canons Marsh is the area in central Bristol just downstream of the old harbour. It was a major railway marshalling yard when the railways were important freight carriers from the docks. |
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15 May 22 - 09:23 AM (#4141718) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Welsh Back Quay (Ian Dye) From: Reinhard Hotwells is a district of Bristol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotwells |
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16 May 22 - 06:39 AM (#4141818) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Welsh Back Quay (Ian Dye) From: Newport Boy OK - I have it all, but for uncertainty over one word. "quay"? at the end of line 2 in verse 4. I think he pronounces it "kay" for the rhyme. Welsh Back Quay - Ian Dye From Welsh Back Quay I said goodbye To sweethearts, wives and friends And down the Marsh we sailed away To wind through Avon's bends. Chorus: Don't tie me to the bollard, mate Don't lash me to the mast. I'm bound away for Klondike shore This voyage will be my last. I've sailed the oceans far and wide I've sailed from Bristol town. I'm bound away on a Severn tide On a voyage the world around. I've seen St Elmo's raging fire And the fog on the Severn shore. I leave behind old Redcliffe spire And the girls I do adore. Goodbye to you in old Hotwells And the girls at Bristol quay. I hear the sound of Redcliffe's bells As we get her under way. I've been to sea for twenty years I've sailed to eastern shores But now I want to stay right here In Bristol evermore. Phil |