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17 Jul 97 - 08:12 AM (#8894) Subject: Men of the Sea From: Wolfgang Hell I have very incomplety lyrics to the song "Men of the Sea". The Chorus goes: "Fair Isle to Labrador, Bear Isle, and Norway, and cold Greenland shore, learning my trade with the men of the sea." Has someone the complete lyrics? thanks in advance Wolfgang |
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30 Jan 98 - 07:40 AM (#20260) Subject: Lyr Add: MEN OF THE SEA (Conolly / Meek) From: Wolfgang I love seasongs at lot and seeing a thread about them has reminded me to bring this up again. Half a year ago I asked for this song with no response. Now I provide the first response but I'm not contented with it. There are at least two bits I have marked in my transcription where I don't know what they try to sing, but I wouldn't be surprised if some other lines are also wrong. "They", by the way, are the McCalmans. The writers of this song, however, are John Conolly and Bill Meek. "Grimsby lads" and "Fiddler's Green" are two of their songs that are already in the database. I think this one deserves to join them, but in a correct (or at least understandable) version. So please correct my transcription if you know this song. Here it is:
Men of the sea
1. At the age of 15 I slipped out from the harbour,
Fair Isle to Labrador,
2. Long years as a deckie I hold for my living
3. And in between trips, well, the town couldn’t hold me,
4. Now I know every (haul as the topstar horizon) Wolfgang |
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10 May 98 - 12:11 PM (#27889) Subject: Lyr Add: MEN OF THE SEA (Conolly / Meek) From: JohnHill Here are the correct words the "The men of the sea" THE MEN OF THE SEA (John Conolly and Bill Meek) At the age of 15 I shipped out from the Humber, me very first trip for the Silver Pits bound. I was galley-boy/mess-man, the lowest of callings, but at last I was off to the trawl-fishing grounds. Chorus
Long years as a deckie I hold for me living
For those interested there is a double CD available entitled "By Humber's Brown Water", the songs of John Conolly and Bill Meek.with 44 of their own compositions sung by themselves. |
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11 May 98 - 03:30 AM (#27946) Subject: RE: Men of the Sea From: judy When I saw this thread I hummed a tune in my head. But the song here is not the one I was thinking of. Unhappily I don't have very much to go on:
Men of the sea, men of the ?? (harbor?)
If anyone can come up with something on so little, I'm sure it will be you guys.
enjoy! |
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12 May 98 - 08:52 AM (#28054) Subject: RE: Men of the Sea From: Wolfgang I thought my request for correction was forgotten. John, you've made my day. It makes such a difference to have a song correct. Thanks a lot. Wolfgang |
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01 Jun 98 - 02:31 PM (#29792) Subject: RE: Men of the Sea From: jehill Er... after reading through my "definitive" lyrics to Men of the sea I realise there are still a couple of errors. The first line of the second verse should read "Long years as a deckie I hauled for me living". Not "hold for me living" Also in the 4th verse "tickets" should be singular - ticket Sorry...
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01 Jun 98 - 06:09 PM (#29805) Subject: RE: Men of the Sea From: Ted from Australia Try subing "I hauled for me living" for " I hold for me living" It would make more sense in the context. Regards Ted |
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23 May 00 - 12:05 PM (#232481) Subject: Lyr Add: MEN OF THE SEA (Conolly / Meek)^^ From: radriano There is a previous thread about this song but the lyrics don't seem to be in the database. I recently got the double CD, By Humber's Brown Water, the songs of John Conolly and Bill Meek. This is just one of the great songs contained in the collection. I was transcribing the song and had a few questions about certain phrases which were definitively answered in the Forum thread. MEN OF THE SEA (John Conolly/Bill Meek) At the age of fifteen I shipped out from the Humber Me very first trip for the Silver Pits bound I was galley-boy, mess-man, the lowest of callings But at last I was off to the trawl-fishing grounds Chorus: Fair Isle to Labrador Bear Isle and Norway And cold Greenland shore Learning me trade with the men of the sea Long years as a deckie I hauled for me living And dodged on the deck through the wild Arctic gales Knew the tight grip of fear as the cold sea swept o'er me And I soon learned the truth of the old trawling tales And in between trips, well, the town couldn't hold me A two-day tycoon with me head full of rum A girl on each arm and a pocket soon empty Live now and pay later, there's hard days to come Now I know every hull as it tops the horizon I've learned all the tricks of the trawlerman's trade Know the sea as provider, betrayer, and taker I've got me mate's ticket, me future is made As a skipper at last, I stand tall on the dockside From the boy to the man to the master of men Now the ocean is mine as we slip from the harbour And back to the sea to start learning again radriano ^^ |
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25 Jul 01 - 12:48 PM (#514320) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Men of the Sea From: Joan from Wigan A friend has recently asked me to find this one - has anyone got the chords please? Or a link to the tune? Thanks. Joan |
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26 Jul 01 - 12:43 PM (#515016) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Men of the Sea From: Joan from Wigan refresh |
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26 Jul 01 - 04:28 PM (#515231) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Men of the Sea From: Les from Hull Joan - Maggie does this one, I'll ask her Rad - Humber's Brown Water or as we say in Hull too thick to drink, too thin to plough. Les |
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26 Jul 01 - 07:15 PM (#515388) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Men of the Sea From: radriano Joan, did you ever get the tune to this song? I haven't ABC'd this yet as I got side tracked with a new recording project. Let me know if you still need it. I can always run off a cassette and send it to you. PM me if you want that (I suspect you'll be able to get it locally though, if you don't already have it). Richard |
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26 Jul 01 - 11:03 PM (#515559) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Men of the Sea From: MMario Richard? an abc would be really nice to share with the forum. subtle hint
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27 Jul 01 - 04:00 AM (#515719) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Men of the Sea From: Joan from Wigan Thanks for all the replies, and Richard, no I haven't got the tune yet - I'm very tempted to ask you for the cassette you so kindly offered, but as MMario said, an ABC would be of benefit to everyone. If you can fit in the time to do that, I and others would be immensely grateful. Joan |
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27 Jul 01 - 01:38 PM (#516083) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Men of the Sea From: radriano Okay, I'll try and get the ABC done this weekend. Just to be sure I don't forget I'll leave myself a message on my own answering machine. That way I'll hear it when I get home tonight. It's a little silly, I know, but then I do have the attention span of a Rhesus monkey sometimes. Richard |
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28 Jul 01 - 03:09 AM (#516537) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Men of the Sea From: Joan from Wigan Many thanks in advance, Richard. Joan |
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30 Jul 01 - 11:33 AM (#517688) Subject: Tune Add: MEN OF THE SEA (Conolly / Meek) From: radriano Here's the MIDItext and ABC version for "Men of the Sea." I'll send a MIDI file to Joe Offer - anyone else who wants it (or a GIF) of the notes) can PM me. MIDI file: men_sea.mid Timebase: 192 TimeSig: 6/8 24 8 This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1 |
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30 Jul 01 - 04:28 PM (#517897) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Men of the Sea From: Joan from Wigan Thank you very much, Richard, for your hard work, that's wonderful! Joan |
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30 Jul 01 - 04:44 PM (#517900) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Men of the Sea From: MMario NWC file sent to Joe. Thanks Richard. |
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28 Jun 06 - 02:21 AM (#1770868) Subject: RE: Men of the Sea From: Rasener John Hill You can get that CD fro Chantey Cabin This is another link dirctly to The Chantey Cabin The Chantey Cabin |
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29 Jun 06 - 12:13 AM (#1771726) Subject: RE: Men of the Sea From: GUEST,Pelrad Judy, I've been wracking my brain for the title of that song. It's not Men of the Sea, although that's the most memorable phrase. I have a tape of Dick Holdstock and Alan McLeod singing it during the final concert at the Mystic Sea Music Festival in 1992; they sang it in honor of Stan Hugill's passing. I'm fairly certain there was a conversation about it on one of these threads, probably back in 2002-4, but can't for the life of me remember which one. I can't find the song in the database either. The chorus is roughly as follows: Oh you seafaring men, Oh you deep water rovers Oh you East India sailors And you brave Gloucester men You old viking raiders And you okee (?) pawn traders Your grandsons salute you, You men of the sea. ----- If I get a minute I'll try to transcribe the words (or my best guess at them) for you, if you'd like. Kim |
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29 Jun 06 - 07:23 AM (#1771885) Subject: RE: Men of the Sea From: Little Robyn I don't know if Judy still comes here but I suspect the song she had in mind was Buffy St Marie's 'Men of the fields' Men of the fields, men of the valleys, Men of the seasons and the soil, Strong hearts and hands, molding the lands, All over earth they toil. Robyn |
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20 Aug 10 - 03:25 AM (#2969168) Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: MEN OF THE SEA (Conolly / Meek) From: GUEST,Jim Gray have been singing this for years and thought it was called "Master Of Men" This is the version I sing with the chords for verse and chorus. Men of The Sea C (Connoley/Meek) C F G C At the age of fifteen I slipped out from the Humber, F G C my very first trip for the silver pits bound. F G C I was galley boy, mess-man, the lowest of callings, F G C but at last I was off to the trawl fishing ground . CHORUS G G7 Faeroes to Labrador, F Bear Island Norway C G….G7 The cold Greenland shore, C F G7 C ….Bb…F….C learning my trade with the men of the sea. Long years as a deckie I hauled for my living and I dodged on the deck from the wild Arctic gales, knew the tight grip of fear as the cold sea swept o'er me, and I soon learned the truth of the old trawling tales CHORUS And in between trips, well, the town couldn't hold me, a two day tycoon with my head full of rum, a girl on each arm and a pocket soon empty, live now and pay later, there's hard days to come. CHORUS Now I know every Huller that tops the horizon I've learned all the tricks of the old trawling trade. Knew the sea as provider, betrayer, and taker, but I've got my mates ticket, my future is made. CHORUS As a skipper at last I stand tall on the dockside, from the boy to the man to the master of men. Now the ocean is mine as we ship from the humber and of to the sea to start learning again. CHORUS Hope this helps you. I have quite a few sea songs which no-one seems to sing anymore. Jim Gray (Stage Name Dolly Gray [Ex Royal Navy !!]) jgray@jgray.karoo.co.uk |
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20 Aug 10 - 08:03 AM (#2969284) Subject: RE: Men of the Sea From: Charley Noble Nice work! Charley Noble |
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20 Aug 10 - 01:37 PM (#2969514) Subject: RE: Men of the Sea From: EBarnacle John Connoly'a stuff can be gotten from Camsco/Dick and Susan. |
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16 Feb 12 - 02:53 PM (#3309656) Subject: RE: ADD: Men of the Sea (Conolly/Meek) From: GUEST,Dave Hatton Thanks for this, Jim - much appreciated. I love to sing sea songs and I just can't get my head around any of these midi / ABC written things so someone just putting the chords down makes a real difference, thank you! |
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16 Feb 12 - 03:41 PM (#3309685) Subject: RE: ADD: Men of the Sea (Conolly/Meek) From: Brian May The nice thing about John Conolly or Bill Meek is you can ring them and ask. Both guys are lovely and most approachable. I needed the words of Harry Tate's Navy which is on the Humber's Brown Waters album, there were a couple of things I didn't understand. John Conolly gave me Bill Meek's number and we spent an hour chatting about the song and what it meant. He was delighted to tell me what I asked and he loved chatting about the subject. This was 'folk' music at its best. |
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07 Nov 12 - 03:37 PM (#3432617) Subject: RE: ADD: Men of the Sea (Conolly/Meek) From: GUEST,Henry Law Using the excellent information on this forum, and listening carefully to the track, I've made a "lead sheet" of the song (melody line, chords and lyrics) in both C major (the recorded key) and A major (for lower voices, and for use with a guitar capo to get Bb, say). If anyone wants it (in PDF) mail me at news (att) lawshouse.org |