I′ll die I'll just die, the captain he cried. The Maid on the Shore There was a young maiden, who lived all alone Her beauty it did shine so clear-o And all she could find for to ease her sad mind Was to wander alone on the shore the shore Was to wander alone on the shore (2x) And there was a young captain, who plowed the salt seas Let the wind blow high, blow low-o This beautiful maiden he chanced for to spy "Don't I wish that I had her on board on board Don't I wish that I had her on board. " After many persuasions they brought her on board. A live recording with Dave Swarbrick at the Folkus Folk Club in the same year is available on Both Ears and the Tail. The Askew Sisters sang The Maid on the Shore in 2014 on their RootBeat CD In the Air or the Earth. Maiden did cry, Now she robbed them of wealth, and she robbed them. CHORDS (Number System): - Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7.
Saying: "You are the captain that sails the salt seas. So the sailors they got them a very long boat. From the recording Say Yes To Craic. I have lots of costly fare-o. Oh the captain was mad and the men, they were sad. Listen to this quality recording by the Lady Cove Women's Choir. The Maid on the Shore Songtext. The Maid on the Shore was also sung by Cyril Tawney on his CD Nautical Tawney: Songs of the Old Seafarers from which Eliza Carthy learned it and recorded it with the Ratcatchers (Jon Boden, Ben Ivitsky, and John Spiers) for her 2005 album Rough Music. SYMBOLS: - Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord. Supernatural undertones, is often compared to the popular English ballad. 'Oh I'll die, oh I'll die, ' that young captain did cry, 'If I dont get that maid on the shore (shore, shore). She robbed them of costly fine fare o. the captains broad sword she used as an oar.
158-159, "The Maid on the Shore (The Sea Captain)" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #29, perhaps slightly modified}. VANCOUVER YOUTH CHOIR SERIES. Lovely on the Water, Topic 12TS 216, LP (1972), trk# A. Tasting the Salt Air, SOW CD 102, CD (1999), trk# 11. That sparkles so bright and so clear, 0, Saying, "First you will lie in my arms all this night, And then I'll hand you to my crew.
That young captain did cry, "If I don't get that maid on the shore, shore, shore, If I don't get that maid on the shore. This captain was weeping for joy-o. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. Eliza Carthy sings Maid on the Shore. Ill divide Ill divide with my jolly ships crew. Karpeles-Newfoundland 28, "The Sea Captain" (3 texts, 3 tunes) {Bronson's #27, #30}. Laws K27; Roud 181). KEYWORDS: courting seduction trick escape robbery magic shore feminist. And there was a sea-captain who ploughed the salt seas, He had sailed the salt seas all around, 0, This beautiful maiden he chanced for to spy, "Don't I wish that I had her on board.
Lomax, Alan / Folk Songs of North America, Doubleday Dolphin, Sof (1975/1960), p142/# 73 [1929]. Here's adieu to all sorrows and care, care, care, Here's adieu to all sorrows and care. As I walked all alone on me rocky old shore, As I walked all alone on the shore. There was naught she could find that would comfort her mind. Peggy Seeger sang The Fair Maid by the Shore on her 1957 Topic album Eleven American Ballads and Songs, which was reissued in 1996 as part of her Fellside CD Classic Peggy Seeger, Alan Lomax noted on the original album: Unaccompanied, Peggy sings one of the very few songs about mermaids to be found in the English language. At - Sea Captain; Mermaid. There is a young maiden, she lives all a-loneShe lived all a-lone on the shore-oThere's nothing she can find to comfort her mindBut to roam all a-lone on the shore, shore, shoreBut to roam all a-lone on the shore'Twas of the young Captain who sailed the salt seaLet the wind blow high, blow lowI will die, I will die, the young Captain did cryIf I don't have that maid on the shore, shore, shore... Pennywhistle notation and Dulcimer tab for this song is also available. The captain orders a boat to. Versions of it were. To bring him that maid from the shore, To bring him that maid from the shore. Page size:A4 Letter.
ELEKTRA WOMEN"S CHOIR. The captain was leaping for joy o. she sang it so sweetly. The steward he ran and he lowered the boat. And the weather be steady and fair o. She sand so sweet, gentile and complete, She sang all the sea men to sleep, She sang all the sea men to sleep.
Martin Carthy's version transcribed by Garry Gillard and Reinhard Zierke. Rachel Newton sang Maid by the Shore on her 2020 album To the Awe. They were deeply sunk down in despair o. to see her go away with their booty so gay.