22 Apr 00 - 08:09 PM (#216252) Subject: Song about Captain Strachan From: GUEST,fobyrne@roadrunner.nf.net Does anyone have any leads on a song about a Captain Strachan (besides the Peacock Collection - Songs of the Newfoundland Outports) 1st line is "Here's a health to Captain Strachan, my boys, and his experienced men" The gist of the song is that he and his lads board and capture a frigate out of Marseilles called the "Moselle", with the usual amount of bravado attributed to one and all. Thanks
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02 May 00 - 07:12 AM (#221376) Subject: RE: Song about Captain Strachan From: GUEST,Fergus O'Byrne Just a reminder to see if anyone out there can help with this query. |
26 Oct 05 - 02:29 PM (#1591000) Subject: Lyr Add: CAPTAIN STRACHAN From: GEST I came here 5-1/2 years later looking for an answer to the same question, Fergus. As long as I'm here I might as well leave the lyrics in hopes they may also serve to jog someone's memory.... :-)
Captain Strachan
Here's a health to Captain Strachan, my b'ys, and his experienced men;
"Oh, come all hands to quarters," our captain he replied,
"Oh, come lieutenant Crockett; come steward, serve the wine,
We hauled our helm to wind'ard to keep her close 'long shore,
No sooner the words was spoken we board' the proud Moselle,
"Oh, now the prize we've won, b'ys, we'll way to Gibraltar sing,
####.... Author unknown ....####
Collected in 1958 from Freeman Bennett of St. Paul's, NL, by Ken Peacock and published in Songs Of The Newfoundland Outports, Volume 3, pp.990-991, by the National Museum of Canada (1965) Crown Copyrights Reserved.
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