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Lyr Req: Haul Her Along (Ennis Sisters)

16 Nov 04 - 12:50 PM (#1328781)
Subject: Lyr Req: Haul Her Along -- Ennis Sisters
From: ToulouseCruise

from their album "3"... thanks so much!

Brian.


17 Nov 04 - 10:14 PM (#1330655)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Haul Her Along -- Ennis Sisters
From: Jim Dixon

Here's what I was able to transcribe from a sound sample found at The Ennis Sisters' website:

As I went out to ramble on a summer day,
I saw the lads a-launchin' a schooner in the bay.
They were heavin' and haulin' to the chantey song
And I took my place upon the line and hauled right along

CHORUS: Heave on the bowline, rock and roll the towline,
Heave on the bowline, went the chantey song.
Heave on the bowline, rock and roll the towline,
Heave on the bowline and haul her along.

I sang the "Johnny Poker" and "Lord, Let Her Go,"
And with the strength of fifty men, we had her on the roll,
And the...


18 Nov 04 - 01:56 PM (#1331303)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Haul Her Along -- Ennis Sisters
From: ToulouseCruise

Thanks Jim... I am actually looking at doing an interpretation of this song for my duo... two male voices but I think we could pull it off...

Brian


28 Nov 09 - 02:32 PM (#2775672)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Haul Her Along -- Ennis Sisters
From: GEST

Here is a variant from GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador written by Glenn Vincent Breen and recorded by Breen and also Celtic Connection:
http://wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfld/18/haul.htm