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28 Feb 01 - 09:56 PM (#408482) Subject: Foggy Banks From: QRS Anyone who know the lyrics to this song? And the chords? It´s a lovley song and I would like to put some effort in learning the song! and yes I have searched the Database after it:) Regards QRS |
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28 Feb 01 - 10:20 PM (#408494) Subject: Lyr Add: FOGGY BANKS From: Sorcha I think I found the lyrics: FOGGY BANKS (trad. arr. Lothlórien) On the foggy, foggy banks, me boys, we pitch and toss about, And we blow our frozen fingers as we hear the skipper shout. Heave away upon the capstan. Give a hand to heave the trawl. Oh, when I was but a lad at school, I wouldn't stay at home. Like lots of other foolish lads, I thought I'd sooner roam. Heave away upon the capstan. Give a hand to heave the trawl. So I went and I joined a trawler and it's then I quickly found That it wasn't all plain sailing when you reach the trawling ground. Heave away upon the capstan. Give a hand to heave the trawl. You'll be hauling night and day, me boys. you're nearer slaves than men, And once you get all your fishes aboard, it's time to haul again. Heave away upon the capstan. Give a hand to heave the trawl. And when the waves are pouring around us and they're pounding against the deck, Well, you'll work your bit like all of the rest if you want to save your neck. Heave away upon the capstan. Give a hand to heave the trawl. And the captain's name is Johnson and he works us 'til we fall, And if he sees us a-shirkin', well, it's God preserve us all. Heave away upon the capstan. Give a hand to heave the trawl. No chords, tho. |
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01 Mar 01 - 06:15 AM (#408666) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Foggy Banks From: Malcolm Douglas By way of a footnote: most of the references I've seen to the song refer to Lothlorien's recording (they certainly have put in the work on publicity) but it seems that Jez Lowe also recorded it back in 1983; he gives his source as a book, New Zealand folk songs, by Neil Colqhuoun, several editions of which appeared between 1965 and 1973 or so. Copies can be found through Bookfinder.com. Lothlorien live in NZ., so the book may very well have been their source, too. |
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01 Mar 01 - 06:37 AM (#408671) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Foggy Banks From: QRS Ahh it´s a NZ folksong then..a lovley song! Thanks for you fast replays! It was Lothloriens version of this song I just heard, so it fits me very well! Thanks Sorcha. I´m about to follow your link and look at the book no Malcolm. Regards QRS |
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01 Mar 01 - 06:51 AM (#408673) Subject: Lyr Add: THE FOGGY FOGGY BANKS (from Colquhuon) From: Stewie The version in Neil Colquhuon book is a little different:
THE FOGGY FOGGY BANKS --Stewie
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30 Jun 06 - 04:05 AM (#1772500) Subject: Foggy Foggy Banks From: MAG I am reviving this thread as I have an interest in the song, which comes up at our local SSSSSS (Second Saturday Sea Shanty Singing Sessions). I will try to track down that book, Malcolm, it it is still available. Lots of songbooks include authored works even if they are folk songbooks. I thought Capstan shanty songs were for raising the anchor. Who knows if a capstan was also used to raise a fish haul? I am not familiar with any of the artists mentioned; could owners of the recordings describe and compare? TIA, MAG |
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30 Jun 06 - 03:18 PM (#1772953) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Foggy Banks From: Joe Offer Anybody have a tune to send me? -Joe Offer- joe@mudcat.org |
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30 Jun 06 - 06:50 PM (#1773096) Subject: Tune Add: FOGGY FOGGY BANKS From: Malcolm Douglas X:1 T:The Foggy Foggy Banks B:Neil Colquhoun, New Zealand Folk Songs: Songs of a Young Country. Folkestone: Bailey Brothers and Swinfen Ltd., 1973, p 48. S:Haldy Ryan; collector Rona Bailey. N:Words anon, tune "reconstructed" by Neil Colquhoun. L:1/8 Q:1/4=100 M:C| K:C E2|A2 A2 A E3|G G2 D-D2 E2|A2 A2 A2 E2|G6 E2| w:Out on the fog-gy fog-gy banks,_ We pitch and toss a-bout, And A2 B2 A2 G2|E2 D2 C2 D2|E2 D2 C B,3|A,2 z2 "Chorus" C3 D| w:blow our fro-zen fin-gers when we hear our skip-per shout: Heave a- M:4/4 E6 D3/2C/|D3/2D/ D2 z2 C3/2B,/|A,3/2B,/C3/2D/ E2 C3/2D/| w:way on your cap-stan, lads, Give a hand to heave the trawl. When we E3/2E/ (3EED-D2 C3/2D/|E3/2D/C/B,3/2 A,2 C3/2D/|E6 D3/2C/|D3/2D/ D2 z2 C3/2B,/| w:get the fish on board,_ We will have an-oth-er haul. Heave a-way on your cap-stan, lads, Give a A,3/2B,/C3/2D/ E2 C3/2D/|(3EEE- E3/2E/ D2 z2|E2 A4 G2|A8|] w:hand to heave the trawl. In the mid-dle o'_ the night, Heave ho ye all! |
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01 Jul 06 - 09:09 PM (#1773807) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Foggy Banks From: MAG So, Lothlorien. Who wants to tell me about them? I suspect it is their version which has devolved to SSSSSS. |
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05 Jul 06 - 12:38 PM (#1776781) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Foggy Banks From: MAG I got a Jez Lowe CD while I was in Portland (Oregon) over the weekend. I like his stuff a lot. I still don't know how his version of "Foggy Banks" goes; it was not available. I checked out Lothlorien on the web; their version not available either. They LOOK fairly psychedelic, as one might expect from a name taken from Lord of the Rings. Does anyone know who else has recorded "Foggy Banks?" |
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07 Jul 06 - 12:50 AM (#1777919) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Foggy Banks From: Jim Dixon According to Allmusic.com, Rudy Sunde's album "Songs of New Zealand" (Manu CD #1457, 1994) contains FOGGY FOGGY BANKS. It might be out of print, though. |
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08 Jul 06 - 11:45 AM (#1778921) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Foggy Banks From: GUEST,MAG at work Thanks, Jim. I'll keep looking. |
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10 Feb 11 - 09:24 PM (#3092867) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Foggy Banks From: GUEST,Lord Moosejoy, Bart Jez Lowe's recording has a wonderful banjo accompaniment. Can anybody provide info on the style and tuning? |