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31 May 02 - 05:19 PM (#720771) Subject: Hen Overboard! From: Charley Noble No, this song not another version of "Chicken on a Raft" but a sea poem by the esteemed Maine poet Peter Tristam Coffin, of whom I have a vague memory of having attended his 90th birthday party some 40 years ago (copy and repaste into WORD/TIMES/12 to get chords right): HEN OVERBOARD! (By Peter Tristam Coffin © Collected Poems Adapted by Charlie Ipcar in 1995 Tune by Charlie Ipcar Key: Dm (Gm/7)) Dm----------------C "All hands on deck!" came the cry, -----Dm----------C From Capt. Cobb as white as chalk; ---Dm-------------C He spun the wheel in his broad hands; ----Dm----------------C-------Dm "I've lost me wife's best Plymouth Rock!" The vast white bellied sails went flat; A hundred blocks began to whine; The yards swung round to catch the wind, As round-eyed sailors hauled each line. "She was took from her setting-eggs To sun upon the after-hatch; The wind caught her, now look alive, Or God knows what I'm gonna catch!" Under Java's sky-high peaks, In the Strait of Sunda's foam, The prim New England biddy-hen Squawked for help, and longed for home. She knew this was a godless place; She'd seen the wicked sharks at play; She thought she'd never see her home Twelve thousand watery miles away. Then, the Yankee ship swooped down; The davits shrieked, down came the boat; They manned their oars and Capt. Cobb Found Plymouth Rock was still afloat. He tucked her in his best frock coat; He soothed her woes as best he could; Home he brought her to her nest, New England, God, and Motherhood. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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31 May 02 - 05:57 PM (#720777) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hen Overboard! From: ChanteyMatt The tune, Charley! What's the tune? |
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01 Jun 02 - 07:52 PM (#721308) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hen Overboard! From: Charley Noble CM- We're not talking about a complex tune here; it's not a traditional tune that I can identify. Run the chords with a guitar as above and meditate, or PM me and I'll send you a MP3 file in a couple of weeks; if you do that be sure to tell me something about yourself and what you do with this music. I haven't done much with this song myself, nor has anyone else with my singing group Roll & Go, but I thought someone else might be interested in it. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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03 Jun 02 - 12:19 PM (#722128) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hen Overboard! From: MMario me too! I wanna get an mp3! please? |
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03 Jun 02 - 01:19 PM (#722155) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hen Overboard! From: Charley Noble MMario- Sure, as soon as I'm back from the Mystic Sea Music fest. Do you sing with a sea music group? Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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03 Jun 02 - 05:21 PM (#722327) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hen Overboard! From: MMario No - but I *do* like sea songs; and "Plymouth Rock" strikes a chord in a Cape Codders heart *grin* though since I was an Aggie I know it is a hen. |
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03 Jun 02 - 08:54 PM (#722432) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hen Overboard! From: Charley Noble I never tried striking a chord with a Plymouth Rock, although when I was growing up on the farm we plucked one or two. That's PLUCKED, you snickering degenerates in the back... |
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04 Jun 02 - 05:58 AM (#722666) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hen Overboard! From: MMario Was that a yolk? |