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03 May 04 - 11:46 AM (#1176920) Subject: Tune Req: captain nipper From: GUEST,Mick O'Farrell Does anybody know of a good recorded version of the sea shanty 'Captain Nipper'. Cheers Mick |
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03 May 04 - 06:55 PM (#1177227) Subject: RE: Tune Req: captain nipper From: Crane Driver Nothing recent, but I have it on an old Topic LP "Room for Company" (IMP-S-104), recorded in 1972. Apparently the words and music of all the songs on this LP are in a book of the same title, by Roy Palmer, published by Cambridge University Press. Before someone else jumps on you, be aware that it isn't a shanty (sailors' work song) but a song sung for amusement during the men's off watch (forebitter). Roy Palmer's notes say that the song was first published in 1914. Andrew |
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04 May 04 - 02:26 AM (#1177463) Subject: RE: Tune Req: captain nipper From: Joe Offer Anybody able to post the lyrics? Thanks. -Joe Offer- |
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12 Sep 04 - 11:00 PM (#1270670) Subject: RE: Tune Req: captain nipper From: GUEST,Pelrad On the 15th of September And well I do remember I nearly broke my poor old mother's heart For I shipped with Captain Nipper On a big four-masted clipper Headed way down south to foreign parts. CH: And the wind began to blow And the ship began to roll And a devil of a hurricane did blow-i-o And it nearly knocked the stuffing From the good ship Ragamuffin And we thought to the bottom we would go. I'm sorry to say I don't remember the rest, but when I can dig out the tape it's buried on I will post more. I have a recording of Jim Mageean and Johnny Collins singing this at Mystic in 1981 or 1982. |
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29 Sep 07 - 12:21 PM (#2159945) Subject: RE: Tune Req: captain nipper From: DMcG I can give you the ABC for the tune if its helpful. (From "Room for Company" ed Roy Palmer) |
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29 Sep 07 - 12:23 PM (#2159946) Subject: RE: Tune Req: captain nipper From: DMcG (and I had noticed the date of the post, but as the thread is recently referenced as unanswered request for tune, maybe someone wants it apart from the original poster) |
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29 Sep 07 - 02:02 PM (#2159991) Subject: RE: Tune Req: captain nipper From: Malcolm Douglas And see thread Origins: good ship ragamuffin for a (presumably) full text from an unacknowledged source. |