13 Aug 02 - 02:13 PM (#764526) Subject: Lady Washington song From: GUEST,robinia Hi, I'm looking for the words to the song (modeled on the Spermwhale Fishery) about the Lady Washington and her unhappy encounter with a bridge on the Columbia River? True story, great song.... |
13 Aug 02 - 02:29 PM (#764536) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lady Washington From: GUEST,HP |
13 Aug 02 - 02:35 PM (#764539) Subject: Lyr Add:THE WRECK OF THE LADY WASHINGTON (M Perry) From: Sorcha This one? ^^
THE WRECK OF THE LADY WASHINGTON
It was nineteen hundred and ninety one
The lookout on the foremast peak
They were one hundred feet
They were doing four knots
As the bridge came down
And the bridge came down
The twenty six passengers
"To lose our mast", the captain said,
Oh Pasco is a dreadful place It's a land that's seldom green, From:http://members.aol.com/pintndale/hoglyrics.htm#ladywashington |
13 Aug 02 - 02:45 PM (#764549) Subject: Lyr Add: THE WRECK OF THE LADY WASHINGTON From: GUEST,HP Taken from William Pint & Felicia Dale's excellent album 'Hearts of Gold', the Wreck of The Lady Washington is written by Mikki Perry. Credits on the album suggest that you can get a lyric sheet for the whole album from Pint & Dale themselves, but I'm not sure if I'm supposed to put addresses up here, so I won't. However the lyrics as I hear them are:
It was nineteen hundred and ninety one,
Now the lookout on the foremast peak,
Now they were one hundred feet from that railroad bridge
Now they were doing four knots and the current was strong,
As the bridge came down the lookout aloft
As the bridge came down they were struck broadside
Now the twenty six passengers aboard that ship,
'Well, to lose our mast,' our Captain cried.
Now Pasco is a dreadful place Hope that helps!
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13 Aug 02 - 04:38 PM (#764642) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lady Washington From: Charley Noble Yes, this amazing rail/sail disaster actually occured, or so claimed the bosun that I spoke to aboard the Bounty some years ago. I do love the line: It was a reflex thing, and he knew that it was dumb But he tried is anyway... Cheerily, Charley Noble |
13 Aug 02 - 04:38 PM (#764643) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lady Washington From: Charley Noble Yes, this amazing rail/sail disaster actually occured, or so claimed the bosun that I spoke to aboard the Bounty some years ago. I do love the line: It was a reflex thing, and he knew that it was dumb But he tried it anyway... Cheerily, Charley Noble |
13 Aug 02 - 07:11 PM (#764755) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lady Washington From: GUEST,robinia Yes, that's the song (and I too love the line about "the reflex thing and he knew that it was dumb") -- thank you all! |
13 Aug 02 - 07:48 PM (#764783) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lady Washington From: ChanteyMatt I'm fortunate (?) to be a friend of Teddy Keyes. He is sometimes referred to as the "human fender". He's also been called Mr. Baggywrinkle" because of his beard. The amazing thing was how he got from the mainmast truck to the deck when things started coming apart. No one really knows. Not even Ted. The Lady Washington is due in Seattle August 15th as a part of Tall Ships 2002. We have three days of free music scheduled. It should be a good one. |
13 Aug 02 - 11:41 PM (#764923) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lady Washington From: MAG Mikki is quite active with the Three Rivers Folk Society, who put on the Tumbleweeds Festival over Labor Day weekend. Their website should have contact information. It's getting close to time to start a Tumbleweeds thread .. after the upcoming Ellensburg gathering, which ends (for me) with a Tumbleweeds volunteers meeting on Sunday. |
03 Oct 02 - 02:01 AM (#795985) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lady Washington From: GUEST,Micki Perry Don't know why I'm so slow in getting into this Mudcat Cafe stuff but I came here looking for lyrics to some other songs and just thought I'd check on The Wreck of the Lady Washington and found all these great things people said about it. Thanks. I did write the song over 10 years ago and that's sort of my claim to fame having had it recorded by my friends William and Felicia,who by the way sang it at the Tumbleweed Music Festival on Labor Day weekend in Richland. As for the line about the reflex thing and he knew that it was dumb, that came directltly from Td Keyes the night of the accident. We weren't on that fateful voyage but talked to the crew after they returned to Pasco that night. And by the way, The Lady Wa. has not come back to Pasco and it's been almost eleven years now. Please keep on singing my song. Micki Perry (mickilperry@aol.com) |
03 Oct 02 - 08:57 PM (#796494) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lady Washington From: Charley Noble Micki- Thanks for composing this song, which celebrates both the intrepid human spirit and the inflexibility of railway bridges. While I was in Portland West recently I saw a model of the Lady Washington at a museum, depicted as a lovely gaff-rigged sloop. I was disappointed, however, not to find a lookout in the crosstrees. Cheerily, Charley Noble, who also sings this song |
04 Oct 02 - 02:18 AM (#796615) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lady Washington From: Mark Cohen What a wonderful song! I saw the Lady Washington before that fateful day. I was spending a long gray month in Aberdeen, WA, during five days in the spring of 1990. She was definitely the bright spot of the week! Aloha, Mark |
04 Nov 02 - 01:57 PM (#818232) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lady Washington From: Charley Noble To all of the above- Now I'm very confused about the Lady Washington, the sailing vessel that is to say. The model I saw in the Portland, Oregon, Museum of Cultural Heritage was a gaff-rigged sloop (one mast or sticky thing) wheras the replica that I've seen photographs of recently in Maritime Life & Tradition magazine, blasting away at the Hawaiian Chieftain, is clearly a brig (two masts or sticky things). What's the scoop on the "sloop"? Cheerily, Charley Noble |
05 Nov 02 - 04:53 PM (#819327) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lady Washington From: Charley Noble Well, no response from Mudcatters with regard to the sloop scoop but fortunately I got hold of nautical author James Nelson, who happens to live in Maine and had something to do with the committee that designed and built this replica tall ship back in the late 1980's: "Good catch on the sloop/brig thing. It's been a while since I was knee deep in the history of that ship, but I think I recall enough. LW was originally a sloop, commanded my Robert Grey, while the Columbia was commanded by the less competent Kendrick (I think that was the name) When they got to the Pacific Northwest they traded, and Kendrick essentially stole the LW and took off to do what he wished. One of the things he did was re-rig her as a brig. He also took her to Japan, first United States vessel ever to visit, all without the owners permission. Anyway, the goons in Washington (state) decided to rig her with her brig outfit, rather than the original sloop. Probably a good call - the sloop mainsail would have been enormous and unweildy." Cheerily, Charley Noble, who is now better informed! |
02 Apr 06 - 09:48 PM (#1709199) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lady Washington From: Charley Noble refresh |
03 Apr 06 - 05:51 PM (#1709715) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lady Washington From: Stewart Hear a bit of the song (mp3)HERE on track 27 or buy the whole CD! Cheers, S. in Seattle |
17 Aug 09 - 05:24 PM (#2702534) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lady Washington From: Charley Noble Here also a link to my slightly adapted version of Micki's fine song: Click here for lyrics and MP3! I would love to include it on my forthcoming CD, titled Sailortown Days, and I'm in the process of attempting to contact Micki. Cheerily, Charley Noble |