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29 Mar 03 - 09:48 AM (#921174) Subject: Lyr Req: We shall see the shores of Scotland From: Sandy Mc Lean I am looking for the words and title to a song that my mother used to sing...... As we stand beneath the rigging on the watch that ends the night We shall see the shores of Scotland with the coming dawning light That's all of the words that I can remember. The tune was similar or the same as "Kevin Barry." Any help would be much appreciated! Sandy |
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29 Mar 03 - 12:48 PM (#921275) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: We shall see the shores of Scotland From: belfast As the tune for "Kevin Barry" seems to have come from the song "Rolling Home to Dear Old England" there is a chance that the song you are looking for is another variant. In you put "Rolling Home" into the search thingy you will get at least three possibilities. "Rolling home2" includes this verse; And we'll sing in joyful chorus In the watches of the night, And we'll greet the shores of England When the grey dawn breaks the light. It's a bit reminiscent of the lines you remember. |
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29 Mar 03 - 01:36 PM (#921294) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: We shall see the shores of Scotland From: GUEST,Mac Tattie There is also an other version, "Rolling Home to Caledonia". This was a song that Niel Munro's Puffer Captain, Parra Handy often sang a fiew lines off. Archie Fisher also sings " Rolling Home to Caledonia" cheers |
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29 Mar 03 - 02:16 PM (#921309) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: We shall see the shores of Scotland From: Sandy Mc Lean Thanks belfast! It sure seems like "Rolling Home to Dear Old England" is closely related. On a search on Google, one site said that this song was based on a poem by Charles Mac Kay. A person by that name may be more moved to write about Scotland, than England, so maybe my mothers version was the original, but I speculate. My mother has been dead for over 30 years so I can not ask her. She sang many songs in English but most everything related to Scotland was in Gaelic. I just wonder if this song in English came over to Cape Breton with my people so many years ago. Thanks also to Mac Tattie! Does "Rolling Home to Caledonia have the same air? I'll try a search for the words. Thanks again , Slainte, Sandy |
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29 Mar 03 - 02:48 PM (#921322) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: We shall see the shores of Scotland From: Malcolm Douglas The original Rolling Home, written in 1858, spoke of England, and that is probably still the most usual; though it was quickly taken up by popular tradition, and has been localised to various ports in the USA, to "Caledonia" or "Bonny Scotland", and even parts of Germany. Charles MacKay was indeed Scottish. He was born in Perth in 1814, and edited the Glasgow Argus and subsequently The Illustrated London News. At the time he wrote Rolling Home to Dear Old England, he was returning there from New York, where he was the Times correspondent. He wrote other song lyrics, too, and achieved considerable success with There's a Good Time Coming and Cheer, Boys, Cheer. A number of his pieces can be seen at The Lester Levy Sheet Music Collection. Literature ran in the family; his son Eric was a poet, and his daughter was the enormously successful novelist Marie Corelli. See also earlier discussions here. |
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29 Mar 03 - 02:53 PM (#921328) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: We shall see the shores of Scotland From: GUEST,Mac Tattie The Rolling homes to England/Caledonia are close, if not the verry same, to each other. As to being close to "Kevin Barry"? NO. cheers. |
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29 Mar 03 - 03:00 PM (#921334) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: We shall see the shores of Scotland From: Sandy Mc Lean Thanks for the insight Malcolm! I never cease to be amazed at the knowledge on this forum. Moran taing a ris! Sandy |
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29 Mar 03 - 07:04 PM (#921446) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: We shall see the shores of Scotland From: Little Robyn Of course Kevin Barry has the same tune as the Rolling Home variants - they've all been 'folked' a little, to suit the words/singer's style etc. And different versions have different timings too. It's even in Digitrad as the same tune! |
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24 Feb 11 - 02:18 PM (#3102066) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: We shall see the shores of Scotland From: Jim Dixon Google Books tells me that these words appear in Songs of Phi Delta Theta ([USA]: The Fraternity, 1922), page 323: "... of the night, We shall see the shores of Scotland at the dawning of the light...." From what I know of copyright law, this book should be in the public domain (if 1922 is the correct date), but Google hasn't made the images viewable. I don't know why. Google doesn't find those exact words anywhere else. |
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24 Feb 11 - 03:35 PM (#3102108) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: We shall see the shores of Scotland From: Sandy Mc Lean I guess old threads never die! Thanks again to all! I also found that Kendall sings a version, Rolling Home To Old New England. I was inspired to write my own variant a few years ago using some of the older phrasing and adding some new: ROLLING HOME TO OLD CAPE BRETON Call all hands to man the capstan Keep the cable running clear Haul the anchor, hoist the canvas For our homeland we will steer Fare thee well, you Boston maidens Time has come to say adieu Happy hours we've spent together But we can't remain with you Rolling home, rolling home Rolling home across the sea Rolling home to old Cape Breton Rolling home dear land to thee When we clear the harbour markers 'Cross the Gulf Of Maine we'll sail Bearing out towards Cape Sable Running hard before the gale Along the coast of Nova Scotia As we fight a heavy storm Many hundred miles behind us Just a few more miles before As we stand beneath the rigging On the watch that ends the night We will see Cape Breton Island With the coming morning light From of Cape Canso in the darkness Through Chedabucto Bay we'll go And drop anchor in Ship Harbour God will bring us safely home © 2006 A.McLean |