sea shanty ?

[skipperscouse]

in school , many moons ago , we used to sing a song / shanty .
the only words i can remember are :
and the stormy winds did blow ..........
and the land lubbers lying down below below below
and the land lubbers lying down below.
i know the tune and would really love to learn this song.

ive asked around in folk music circles , many people seem to remember the bits i do, but alas thats as far as i get.

any help out there ?

pete

 

[chippysmith]

http://www.jsward.com/shanty/mermaid/smith.html

 

[skipperscouse]

many thanks , i've been after that for years.
do you know any other sources/ books etc for similar shanties ?
now down to learning it.

regards

pete

 

[cliff]

Now that you have the words, can we have a video (with sound of course) of you singing it, complete with all the motions and gestures? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
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[chippysmith]

Here are some more on the same site

http://www.jsward.com/shanty/

If you require more just type the lyrics you know into google, add a space then +lyrics.

 

[kds]

There is a fairly recent re-issue of sea shanties sung by Uffa Fox, in aid of RNLI, I think. Don't expect Mario Lanza, though.
Ken

 

[skipperscouse]

thanks i'll look for that

 

[skipperscouse]

watch out for my cd/ dvd !!

 

[skipperscouse]

what a good site. ta for that. plenty to go at .
come on all you old sea dogs , get ready for next years festivals.

 

[Hyperborean]

If you really want to try old fashioned reading you should get a copy of :-
"Sea Songs and Shanties." by Capt. W. B. Whall published by Brown Son & Ferguson in Glasgow. I think it is still in their catalogue try
www.skipper.co.uk/catsm.htm.
The first edition was published in 1910 but my copy, a birthday present from my dad, was reprinted in 1963 and cost the princely sum of 17/6d. Capt Whall seems to have been a mate of Basil Lubbock and reasonably well versed (no pun intended) in the subject.
For authentic shanty singing try to get copies of cds by the late Stan Hugill. I have one produced by Mystic Seaport but there are others. Stan was the last shantyman in the merchant navy and had an immense knowledge of the last days of sail. He was very friendly with the Spinners in their day and so some of their back catalogue will furnish more shanties and of course you can't ignore Bob Roberts. There are dozens more to find in the catalogues of the folk music shops.
Regards.
Mick Bain

 

[skipperscouse]

thanks for that mick. i'll certainly pursue those

pete