Lyr Req: The Anchor's Away / The Anchor's Aweigh

29 Oct 00 - 04:37 AM (#329638)
Subject: The Anchors Away
From: GUEST,Kat McMahon [e-mail]

Has anyone seen "The Irish and How they got that way?" by Frank McCourt?

One of the songs they do has the lyrics: The anchors away, the anchors away... It tells the tale of one left in Ireland watching the ship leaving for America. Does anyone know the song?

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29 Oct 00 - 09:21 AM (#329718)
Subject: RE: The Anchors Away
From: Quincy

Found this info but not the full lyrics yet..

The Anchor's Aweigh,

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, the anchor's aweigh, the anchor's aweigh,
Fare you well, fare you well, my own true love.
At last we parted on the shore,
As the tears rolled gently from her eyes.
'Must you go leave me now,' she did say,
'That I face this all alone?'"

AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1906
KEYWORDS: sailor parting
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Doerflinger, p. 166, "The Anchor's Aweigh" (1 text, 1 tune)
Notes: This should not be confused with the popular piece "Anchors Aweigh" (usually credited to Alfred H. Miles and Charles H. Zimmerman).
According to A. M. Kramer, "Salty Sea Songs and Shantys, "the words to this piece are by S. J. Arnold and the music by "Braham."Doerflinger's note seems to imply that he doubts this. - RBW


Someone else is sure to find some more of it!
best wishes, Yvonne

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29 Oct 00 - 07:01 PM (#329966)
Subject: RE: The Anchors Away
From: Quincy

A cd of the film's music is available Here

Yvonne

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11 Dec 04 - 03:09 PM (#1354151)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Anchor's Away / The Anchor's Aweigh
From: Jim Dixon

As far as I can tell, it's not a film but a stage play or musical revue.

The original 1997 cast recording of "The Irish ... And How They Got That Way" (Varèse Sarabande VSD-5916, 1998) gives the title as THE ANCHOR'S AWEIGH. It is sung by Ciaran Sheehan and Donna Kane. I transcribed this from a few sound samples:

The anchor's aweigh. The anchor's aweigh.
Fare thee well, fare thee well, remember me.

Weep not, my love, I trembling said.
Doubt not a constant heart like [mine?]...

The notes I've been able to find give no origin information.

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11 Dec 04 - 07:26 PM (#1354344)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Anchor's Away / The Anchor's Aweigh
From: nutty

Levy has this as "The Anchor's Weighed Song"
Is it the one that's being looked for??

Click Here

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11 Dec 04 - 07:52 PM (#1354361)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Anchor's Away / The Anchor's Aweigh
From: masato sakurai

As an aside, Zimmermann's "Anchors Aweigh" with info, lyrics & sound recordings is at Patriotic Melodies (I Hear America Singing, Library of Congress).

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12 Dec 04 - 01:44 AM (#1354518)
Subject: Lyr Add: THE ANCHOR'S WEIGHED
From: Jim Dixon

Nutty: Yes, it does look like the same song! But the version used in the play must have been "folk-processed" a bit.

From The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music:

THE ANCHOR'S WEIGHED
Braham.
"Sung by Mr. Geo. Simpson"
[no date]

1. The tear fell gently from her eye
When last we parted on the shore.
My bosom beat with many a sigh
To think I ne'er might see her more,
To think I ne'er might see her more.
"Dear youth," she cried, "and canst thou haste away,
My heart will break; a little moment stay.
Alas! I cannot, I cannot part from thee.
The anchor's weigh'd. The anchor's weigh'd.
Farewell! Farewell! Remember me.

2. "Weep not, my love," I trembling said.
"Doubt not a constant heart like mine.
I ne'er can meet another maid
Whose charms can fix my heart like thine!
Whose charms can fix my heart like thine!"
"Go then," she cried, "but let thy constant mind
Oft think of her you leave in tears behind."
"Dear maid, this last embrace my pledge shall be.
The anchor's weigh'd. The anchor's weigh'd.
Farewell! Farewell! Remember me."

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12 Dec 04 - 02:17 AM (#1354526)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Anchor's Away / The Anchor's Aweigh
From: masato sakurai

Broadside ballad entitled 'The Anchor's Weighed' ("The tear fell gently from her eye ...") is at Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads and The Word on the Street.

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