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19 Jul 01 - 12:57 PM (#510396) Subject: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: GUEST,Knappo Hi folks, I'm looking to see if anyone knows of a nonsense song about being a sailor. It's a bit of a rousing tune. I heard it this morn on a radio station but didn't catch name and the programmer left the station before I could ask him. Thanks to all... Tom |
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19 Jul 01 - 01:06 PM (#510407) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: nutty Without further onformation, it's difficult to pinpoint which one it might be but try this:- BEN BACKSTAY |
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19 Jul 01 - 01:07 PM (#510411) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Charley Noble Need more hints. Where did you hear this and do you remember any lines? |
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19 Jul 01 - 02:40 PM (#510568) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: GUEST,knappo Oh, so I wasn't vague enough for ya huh? Well let me see...there was a line about the guy and his sisters being only children... There! Hmmmm... looks pretty hopeless I guess now that I looks at it. I was half asleep when I heard it; like a dream, the later in the day it gets the less I can remember. But I'd know it if I saw/heard it. Oh well, thanks anyway. Another tune narrowly missed. Tom |
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19 Jul 01 - 05:27 PM (#510725) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Charley Noble Don't suppose it was "Thirty Dirty Sailors", about the kid who didn't want to go to sea until his mother gave him the choice of summer school or being aboard a ship with a bunch of dirty sailors who would teach him to sing sea shanties, dance hornpipes and climb the rigging. |
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20 Jul 01 - 12:15 PM (#511197) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: GUEST,Knappo Charley- Ah, no. But it sounds like a good one. I think I'll just let this thread die nice and peaceful. Thanks for your help though. Tom |
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20 Jul 01 - 12:21 PM (#511199) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: MMario wait a minute - it sounds like one of Tinker's....did it have lots of silly stuff in it - like hunting for whales with lead balloons? |
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20 Jul 01 - 12:53 PM (#511222) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Jacob B Then there's "The Captain's Shanty" which has a chorus of: Limes, scurvy, ambergris and marmalade Hoist the petard and we'll haul away the bully boys Limes, scurvy, ambergris and blubber We're bound for Cincinnati And a refrain line of: Yo ho ho, and a ruddy bum bum |
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20 Jul 01 - 12:56 PM (#511225) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: RangerSteve Did it have a chorus like: Heave Ho the anchor, I'm happy as can be, for a sailor brave on the ocean wave is the only life for me? I'm going to work soon, and won't be home till after midnight, New Jersey time. If this is the song you're after, I'll finish the lyrics on Saturday. |
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20 Jul 01 - 12:56 PM (#511226) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: MMario Jocob - you wouldn't happen to have the music for the Captain's Shanty, now would you?? it's one of "The missing tunes" |
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20 Jul 01 - 06:14 PM (#511557) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Charley Noble While we're digressing, Jacob, are there more words after "Heave! Heave!" in the DT version of Captain's Shanty: Fifteen years and we haven't seen a shore leave Heave! Heave! |
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21 Jul 01 - 01:01 AM (#511789) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Coyote Breath A capital ship for an ocean trip was the Walopping Window Blind. No breeze that blew dismayed her crew or troubled the captain's mind The man at the wheel was made to feel contempt for the strongest blow Though it oft appeared, when the gale had cleared, he'd been sick in his bunk below. It's blow you wind hi-ho Asailing we will go We'll stay no maore on England's shore So let the music play We're off on the morning train To cross the raging main I'm off to my love with a boxing glove Ten thousand miles away. There's more (of course) |
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21 Jul 01 - 07:17 AM (#511876) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Knappo MMario: YEAH, That sounds just like it! All kinds of crazy stuff in it. Do you recall the name perhaps and might it be in the DT? Thanks to everyone else for your input. You were all wonderful, wonderful contestants but I think we may have a winner. Please be ready to play Obscure Song Search next time. Tom
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23 Jul 01 - 09:15 AM (#512510) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: MMario Knappo - I'll have to dig up my tape and try to transcribe it...I can't remember the title - but it is a nice peppy and funny song. worth doing even if it isn't the correct one. |
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23 Jul 01 - 03:00 PM (#512729) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Charley Noble Well, while we're waiting I guess I'll just tap my compass rose on the rail and take another bearing. |
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23 Jul 01 - 03:07 PM (#512735) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: MMario don't hold your breath, charley, I have to find the bloody tape...and since I suspect it is in my car - that may take a while. Ask anyone who has seen my car. |
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23 Jul 01 - 03:19 PM (#512746) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Charley Noble Well, we might as well lift up the top sheet and spanker. |
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23 Jul 01 - 03:38 PM (#512760) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Amos The bosn's mate was very sedate, He would stand at the after rail.... Etc.,.... Don't get me started!! A |
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23 Jul 01 - 05:37 PM (#512867) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Charley Noble You're right, Amos, no need to go overboard with this.;-) |
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23 Jul 01 - 09:11 PM (#512985) Subject: Lyr Add: THE SEA, THE SEA (Brian Leo) From: MMario I *think* I've got the title correct – Curly brackets indicate 2nd voice/response THE SEA, THE SEA (Brian Leo) On a fine October day in the lovely month of May I was squinting through the sunlight Just to watch the raindrops play 'Twas the day I left me home that dear place I'd never known As with 30 friends I started off alone Well me schooling was all done So as silent as a gun I slipped out and head off to westward Towards the rising summer sun I was running off to sea, there a farmer for to be Whilst me Dad and widowed mother sang a tune. They sang… The sea! {the sea!} the sea !{the sea!} The adventuring life for me {Yo ho!} Where never you find a day of tears or sorrow! {Follow me boys!} The sea! {the sea!} the sea !{the sea!} A better place to be {Yo ho!} I'll never return to shore before tomorrow! {YO!} As an able bodied man, I signed on with Captain Dan Who was hunting for the whale-fish In the mountains of Japan Well our ship had no harpoons So we used our wooden spoons, And our bait dropped from an iron clad balloon Well ode day I got me wish, And I hooked that giant fish And I flipped him o'er me shoulder On the Captain's supper dish Well the captain tapped a keg, as he tore me off a leg And we sang beneath the blistering April moon. We sang… chorus: In a pub in Tokyo, where the river Shannon flows, I bid Captain Dan "Aloha", it was time for me to go Well he smiled, and said "me boy, Here's a gift you should enjoy." His own broadsword made of finest Kerner (?) oil. Then we parted without tears, After 57 years And I rode away to Ireland in an hour and a year There me mum and sisters three, Each an only child like me Danced a jig while Father strummed his old bassoon We sang… chorus x2 Thread #36811 Message #4143726 Posted By: GUEST,Tinker in Chicago 08-Jun-22 - 06:46 PM Thread Name: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor?
Well, I see MMario posted the lyrics to my song The Sea many years ago, but let me make a few corrections. First verse: “I slipped out and headed (not head off to) Westward.” Chorus: not “Follow me, boys” but “Tell ‘em, me boy.” Chorus: “No better place to be.” And it’s “until tomorrow.” In the chorus there’s a typo: “one day” instead of “ode day.” Third verse: not “finest Kerner oil” but “finest courduroy.” Also, “I rowed me way to Ireland” instead of “I rode away to Ireland.” If you don’t have access to my albums, William Pint & Felicia Dale also recorded it. |
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24 Jul 01 - 08:42 AM (#513288) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Charley Noble Thanks, Mario. |
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24 Jul 01 - 08:45 AM (#513290) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: MMario wish I could transcribe by ear....this is a fun song. now - what was that about "Thirty Dirty Sailors"? |
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24 Jul 01 - 11:06 AM (#513399) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Jacob B I might be able to give you the music for The Captain's Shanty if I got a MIDI compatible keyboard and a program to notate from it, or learned ABC notation, but those are both things I've been meaning to do for a long time. I don't know when or if either of them will actually happen. And Charley, I distinctly remember there being a verse with a second line that contained just the two words, "Heave, heave!" While singing it, the singer must clutch at his stomach and look ill, or its meaning will be lost. So why was the bosun's mate standing at the after rail? Jacob |
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24 Jul 01 - 11:15 AM (#513409) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: MMario Jacob - anvil studio (which can be downloaded) has a keyboard you can click on and it creates a midi for you. if you could get a midi - I can produce miditxt and abc from it to post to thread. Midi does NOT require a midi instrument in order to be produced. |
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24 Jul 01 - 11:34 AM (#513428) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Amos ..To fire salutes, With the Captain's boots At the teeth of the booming gale. ANd the cook was Dutch, and behaved as such For the dinner that he served the creeeew Was a number of tons Of hot cross buns Served up with sugar and glue!! So blow ye winds high-ho! |
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24 Jul 01 - 12:25 PM (#513485) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: GUEST,knappo MMario - Yup, that's it. Thank you very much!! It is simply amazing to me the tunes that are out there and that someone can actually locate a seemingly obscure tune so damn fast. Thank you again. Tom |
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24 Jul 01 - 12:35 PM (#513494) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Charley Noble Another happy soul! Mario, "Thirty Dirty Sailors" is a song that Naemanson dug up somewhere. Maybe he'll tune in and post it and save me the trouble of re-typing it. If not, I will comply. |
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24 Jul 01 - 12:44 PM (#513502) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: MMario knappo/Tom - okay - since that is the song...I'm curious. Where are you located and what station did you hear it on? |
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24 Jul 01 - 01:35 PM (#513540) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: CRANKY YANKEE The song you're looking for is in the DIGITRAD under,"A Captial Ship" It is the second page of the song that it was a parody of, "Ten Thousand Miles Away" Here's one case where the Parody is remembered long after the original song was. It also has the melody. Regards, Jody Gibson The line in the chorus that goes, I'M OFF ON THE MORNING TRAIN TO CROSS THE RAGING MAIN" just begged for a parody and it got a classic one. There're more lyrics to "A Capital Ship" in the data base than I know or even heard of. |
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24 Jul 01 - 02:01 PM (#513572) Subject: Lyr Add: THIRTY DIRTY SAILORS From: Naemanson Hi MMario, here are the words to Thirty Dirty Sailors. I think it is a Dillon Bustin song but I'll have to double check that. THIRTY DIRTY SAILORS (Dillon Bustin???) My father is the captain of a sailing ship, A whaling ship, he takes long trips, And he asked me and my mother if we'd like to see, Hawaii, in the Southern seas, And I said, What would I do? All alone on ship with Mother and you and, Chorus: Thirty dirty sailors all telling me tales, Thirty bloody sailors just a scarphing out the whales. My mother said to we could take a book, A writing book is all it took, And in it I could write a little every day Along the way of what I had to say. And I said, What would I do? All alone on ship with Father and you and, Chorus: Thirty dirty sailors all telling me tales, Thirty bloody sailors just a scarphing out the whales. My father said to that we'd have fun indeed, Collect seaweed, learn to read, And listen to Hawaiian children play guitar, Under southern stars in the oceans far. And I said, What would I do? All alone on ship with Mother and you and, Chorus: Thirty dirty sailors all telling me tales, Thirty bloody sailors just a scarphing out the whales. My mother said to me if I would rather stay down in Edgartown I could sit around and listen to the teachers in the public schools memorize their rules on a straight back stool. And I said, There'll be plenty to do! All alone on ship with Mother and you and, Chorus: Thirty dirty sailors all telling me tales, Thirty bloody sailors just a scarphing out the whales. |
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24 Jul 01 - 02:08 PM (#513583) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: MMario sorry Cranky - the lyrics from "A Capitol Ship" are thread-muzak.... |
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24 Jul 01 - 05:44 PM (#513778) Subject: Lyr Add: A CAPITAL SHIP From: Edmund http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/fineprint.html
Click for Digital Tradition Version, attributed to Charles Edward Carryl. |
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24 Jul 01 - 06:55 PM (#513834) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Gareth On the other hand there is Paddy West (DT) Or listen in as the lamps swing in any ungentile Yacht Club, or the "Ship at Hollow Shore" on Barge Match Night. Gareth |
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24 Jul 01 - 10:42 PM (#513977) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Coyote Breath Ah yes Edmund! I learned that from Herb Jager whilst on a water voyage with the San Francisco Folk Music Club back in '75.We "floated" down the Sacramento River in three (I think) large rafts and the order of the day was to play ONLY songs which had some relation to H2O. It was a fine time. We got sun bruned, stopped at riverfront parks in various towns along the way and gave impromptu "concerts", ate like kings and in general blissed out by the time we reached Sacramento. I got pictures of that voyage. If I could ever figure this out I'll scan them and post them some how. If anyone is interested, that is. |
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24 Jul 01 - 11:09 PM (#513989) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: GUEST,knappo MMario: I live in Connecticut, USA. The station I heard the tune on is WPKN 89.5 FM out of Bridgeport, CT. Never know what the hell I'm likely to hear on that station. Cheers, Tom |
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25 Jul 01 - 08:24 AM (#514125) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: MMario Thanks - I just thought I'd drop Brian a note and thought he'd like to hear where he was getting airtime... |
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25 Jul 01 - 09:15 AM (#514155) Subject: Lyr Add: A SAILOR'S YARN From: Charley Noble Here's more nonsense which deserves to be spread around; I've posted this in another thread and some day it will find its way into the DT. Sounds nice with a concertina. A SAILOR'S YARN
(From A Nonsense Anthology Poem by J. J Roche, Circa 1890. Adapted by Charlie Ipcar, ©1993 Tune: loosely after Whup Jamboree)
This is the tale 'twas told to me,
Em-------D---Em--------G-------D
Said Captain Poggie on the deck
The mate drew forth his compass rose
"Then, fly aloft to the royal top yard
"Pray, bosun, down in the for'ard hold,
"Then, sailors, collar your marline spikes
They stirred their stumps, they spiked the pumps,
They bored a hole beneath her line
Then up spoke the cook of our gallant ship –
The next to speak was our bosun bold,
The last to speak was our second mate,
Then hoisting the anchor upon his back,
Through foam and spray, a league away,
Ay, this is the tale 'twas told to me, |
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25 Jul 01 - 09:19 AM (#514158) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Charley Noble Damn! You just can't nail them chords. |
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27 Jan 05 - 09:44 PM (#1390808) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Charley Noble refresh |
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28 Jan 05 - 12:13 AM (#1390918) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: EBarnacle The author of A Capital Ship is Carroll (sp?) |
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28 Jan 05 - 01:24 AM (#1390955) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: LadyJean From my youth: A sailor went to sea sea sea To see what he could see see see But all that he could see see see Was the bottom of the deep blue sea sea sea. A sailor went to um washy wash to see what he could um washy wash But all that he could um washy wash was the bottom of the deep blue um washy wash. There were gestures to go with the song. there's a mudcat thread on "Walloping Window Blind". Check that out. |
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28 Jan 05 - 06:11 AM (#1391072) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Flash Company I saw a children's choir once do a song, with actions, When I was one, I beat a drum, And then I went to sea. I signed aboard a pirate ship, And the Pirate said to me- He said, you're up you're down, you're round and round, You're over the Irish Sea, A bottle of rum to fill my tum And thats the life for me! Went on to 'When I was Two' and 'When I was Three', anybody know it? FC |
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28 Jan 05 - 09:06 AM (#1391186) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Snuffy Looks like it is quite wll known FC. Look Here, Here, Here, and Here. |
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28 Jan 05 - 04:25 PM (#1391646) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: HuwG From The Curragh Sons, based in Glossop, UK. (Author probably Mike Revell) The Pressganged Rocker [Am]I was crawling along the dockside With a [G]barrowful inside Saw the ghost of Elvis Take Gene [Am]Vincent for a ride I woke up in the morning I was [G]looking for the band Well, damn my eyes, to my surprise [Am]I had been pressganged To the sea, to the [G]sea, to the sea, oh [Am]pity me ! Well, I said a prayer to Neptune That he might save my soul Said a prayer to Elvis To save my rock and roll I looked out of the porthole Saw the raging gale Crossed myself, sh*t myself ... Then the boat set sail On the sea, on the sea, on the sea, oh pity me ! Well, I hoisted up the mainsail Then I swabbed the decks My DA is hanging In a pigtail round my neck Those sailors are not rocking boys But still they loved to dance With a hey! and a ho ! and a Bobby Shaftoe I had to take my chance On the sea, on the sea, on the sea, oh pity me ! Well the boat it was the grimmest That ever set to sea It rocked by day, it rolled by night It had it in for me Off far into the oceans With a dog and a thousand men I prayed each night that I just might See dry land again From the sea, from the sea, from the sea, oh pity me ! Hooray, up she rises Hooray, up she rises Hooray, up she rises Ear-lie in the morning ! |
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28 Jan 05 - 04:31 PM (#1391650) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Charley Noble What an inspiring addition to this thread! Thanks. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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01 Oct 10 - 12:09 PM (#2997612) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: GUEST,Jack G As a child I learned, and performed for company, a nonsense song from my mother. I only remember bits and pieces of it... "As we sailed under London Bridge the rain began to snow, the ship tripped over a candlestick and then it couldn't go...the Captain was a sailor who never seen sea before but knew as much of the old ship as the knob on the cabin door...they wrapped me up in a table cloth and put me into the boiler and left me there to boil, as I was boiling they were singing all the while..." |
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01 Oct 10 - 08:23 PM (#2997883) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: GUEST,Seonaid Another thread that ninety-nine naughty Norns couldn't hope to top. Now I want to learn all of these.... In time for a pirate party on the 16th. Dang! |
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18 Feb 11 - 05:24 PM (#3098253) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: GUEST,Tinker in Chicago OK, so I'm a couple of years late, but I finally noticed this. Thanks, MMario, for listing my lyrics to "The Sea." A couiple of small corrections, though. It's "Tell 'em, me boy" instead of "Follow me, boys" and the captain's broadsword is made of finest "corduroy." A classy guy, that captain. I found a performance of my song on YouTube done by a little girl and, apparently, her daddy. Seemed to be for a grammar (primary) school show. That's kinda sweet for a songwriter to find. |
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18 Feb 11 - 07:23 PM (#3098333) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: GUEST,Seonaid I'll try to find "Ee-lee-ay-lee-o", one to the effect that we "reefed the cable chain, threw the cargo overboard and hauled it back again," and "with the crew in the hatch, the ship struck a match", etc. That's just the chorus.... The instructive verses detail such things as "you can see I am a sailor 'cause I wear a sailor hat; six times I have been shipwrecked and found drowned." |
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19 Feb 11 - 02:46 AM (#3098470) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: Snuffy Seonaid, That is called "The Fish & Chip Ship" and you can hear Bob Roberts singing it here |
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04 Nov 13 - 03:46 AM (#3572645) Subject: ADD: The Fish and Chip Ship From: Joe Offer My friends Dick Holdstock and Allan MacLeod do this one, with Dick doing very demonstrative hand motions. As far as I can tell it comes from the singing of Bob Roberts, recorded by Tony Engle and Tony Russell in the singer's home, Ryde, Isle of Wight, August 1977. It's track 20 on Voice of the People 2: My Ship Shall Sail the Ocean: Songs of tempest & sea battles, sailor lads & fishermen. These lyrics are from the Voice of the People CD booklet. THE FISH AND CHIP SHIP Take the wax out of your ears, and listen to my song. It's a story of the sea I would recount, For I'm a sailor you can tell by my old fresh water smell. Many a time have been shipwrecked, lost and found. CHORUS: Singing, lower your funnel; stop your ship; reave your anchor chain; Heave the main deck overboard and haul it back again; Oh, trice your lifeboats up aloft. The stormy winds do blow. Cook of the watch. Ship struck a match. Heave, away-voh. 'Twas on a four-wheeled craft silver-plated lore and aft, With a cargo of fried fish we did embark, But we hadn't been long at sea before we struck a Christmas tree, And we all fell down the coal hole in the dark. CHORUS Now, while cruising round the lake, we'd a marvellous escape, When the wind blew off the skipper's wooden leg. So to air our our care and woe, we all went down below, And all got drunk on drinking engine oil, And as we lay there drunk, so the good old ship she sunk, And we all rushed up on deck to see the fun. Then with the cargo on our backs for the shore we all made tracks, And we went and dried our whiskers in The Sun. CHORUS |
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05 Nov 13 - 10:02 AM (#3573029) Subject: Lyr Add: HEAVE, YO HO From: Snuffy Amazing that this thread should re-appear just now. Just last week I was asked what I knew about a song that someone had sung at school in Essex in the early 1980s. They called it 'Heave yo ho!', but had established that it shared some verses with The Canal Boat Song, collected from a London Docker by Peter Kennedy, and published in Jon Raven's Canal Songs. I was able to point them in the direction of The Fish & Chip Ship to make a trio of variants. HEAVE, YO HO Now all ye sailors gather round and listen to my yarn You will hear the sober truth or strike me dumb I'm a sailor you can tell, by the [nice?] salt water smell Of tar and silt and engine oil and rum, oil and rum, so... Lower the funnel, stop the ship Reef the anchor chain Heave the capstan overboard And haul it back again Trice the lifeboats up aloft The stormy winds do blow-ow Box the compass, swing the lead Sing Heave Yo Ho! When sailing north of Greenland once We thought we'd hit the pole But what it was we really couldn't care For the crew had all been drinking And declared the ship was sinking When all we'd done was ram a polar bear, polar bear, so... Lower the funnel, stop the ship Reef the anchor chain Heave the capstan overboard And haul it back again Trice the lifeboats up aloft The stormy winds do blow-ow Box the compass, swing the lead Sing Heave Yo Ho! Then one day off the horn aboard The good ship All Forlorn Now listen very carefully I beg For the main mast split in two [sang slowly and sadly] As it often used to do [sang heartily!] So we spliced it with the bosun's wooden leg, wooden leg, so... Lower the funnel, stop the ship Reef the anchor chain Heave the capstan overboard And haul it back again Trice the lifeboats up aloft The stormy winds do blow-ow Box the compass, swing the lead, Paint the rudder green and red In a big typhoon I fear we're caught, To abandon ship I think we ought Singing heave yo ho!! |
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30 Jan 14 - 01:22 PM (#3596825) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: GUEST My grandfather used to sing what you've called the |
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01 Feb 21 - 11:23 AM (#4090968) Subject: From DT: A Sailor Ain't a Sailor (Tom Lewis) From: Joe Offer From the Digital Tradition: A SAILOR AIN'T A SAILOR (Tom Lewis) Well, me father always told me, when I was just a lad, A sailor's life was very hard, the food was always bad. But now I've joined the Navy, I'm aboard a Man o' War And now I find a sailor ain't a sailor any more. Don't haul on the rope. Don't climb up the mast. If you see a sailing ship it might be your last. Get your civvies ready for another run ashore. A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more. We've nearly got a mess. He says we have it soft. It wasn't like this in his day when he was up aloft. We like our bunks and sleeping bags, but what's a hammock for? Swinging on the deckhead or lying on the floor? They gave us engines that first went up and down. Then with more technology the engines went around. We know of steam and diesel but what's a mainyard for? A stoker ain't a stoker with a shovel any more. They gave us an Aldis lamp so we could do it right. They gave us a radio to signal day and night. We know our codes and ciphers, but what's a semaphore? The bunting tosser doesn't toss the bunting any more. Two cans of beer a day and that's your bleeding lot. Now we get an extra one because they've stopped the tot. So we'll put on our civvy clothes and find a pub ashore. A sailor's still a sailor, just like he was before. Copyright Tom Lewis @sailor @nostalgia filename[ SAILAINT GK apr96 |
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08 Jun 22 - 06:46 PM (#4143726) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor? From: GUEST,Tinker in Chicago Well, I see MMario posted the lyrics to my song The Sea many years ago, but let me make a few corrections. First verse: “I slipped out and headed (not head off to) Westward.” Chorus: not “Follow me, boys” but “Tell ‘em, me boy.” Chorus: “No better place to be.” And it’s “until tomorrow.” In the chorus there’s a typo: “one day” instead of “ode day.” Third verse: not “finest Kerner oil” but “finest courduroy.” Also, “I rowed me way to Ireland” instead of “I rode away to Ireland.” If you don’t have access to my albums, William Pint & Felicia Dale also recorded it. |