X:620200
T:GB/6b/20 Royal George
C:Sung by Mr. Robert Hurr, Southwold, Suffolk, October 24th, 1910
C:Collected by R Vaughan Williams and GSK Butterworth
F:http://archives.vwml.org/record/GB/6b/20
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
L:1/8
M:4/4
Q:"Editorial suggestion" 1/4=100
K:Bb
(Bc) | d2 d2 d2 c3/2d/ |"^(a)" (e>d) c3/2B/ (B<A) G2- |[M:2/4] G3 d |
w: As_ we set sail from~[for?] the rock_ of Gib-ral_tar,_ As
[M:4/4] e3 (d/e/)"^(b)" f2 BF |$ A2 B2 Hc3 F | B3/2A/ B3/2c/ (B>A) GF |
w: we set_ sail from sweet Dub-lin Bay, O lit-tle did we think_ of our
(B>A) B2 c Hf2 d |"^(c)" e2- (3e(fg) f3 e |$ d2 c2"^(d)" (B>A) (G>F) |
w: sad_ mis- for- tune, A-sleep-*ing_ in the brin-y sea,_ O_
B3/2A/ B3/2c/ (B>A) GF | (B>A) B2 c Hf2 d | e2- (3e(fg) f3 e | d2 c2 B2 ||
w: lit-tle did we think_ of our sad_ mis-for-tune, A-sleep-*ing_ in the brin-y sea.
(Bc) | d2 d2 d2 c3/2d/ |"^(a) var." (ed) cB (B<A) G2- |[M:2/4] G3 d |
[M:4/4] e3 (d/e/)"^(b) var." f3 B |$ B3/2A/ B2 Hc3 F | B3/2A/ B3/2c/ (B>A) GF |
(B>A) B2 c Hf2 d |"^(c) var." e2 (fg) f3 e |$ d2 c2"^(d) var." (BA) (GF) |
B3/2A/ B3/2c/ (B>A) GF | (B>A) B2 c Hf2 d | e2- (3e(fg) f3 e | d2 c2 B2 |]
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W:
W:1. As we set sail from [for?] the rock of Gibraltar,
W: As we set sail from sweet Dublin Bay,
W: O little did we think of our sad misfortune,
W: A-sleeping in the briny sea,
W: O little did we think of our sad misfortune,
W: A-sleeping in the briny sea.
W:
W: 2. O there was one poor woman a-living in the city
W: As soon as she heard that her husband was dead
W: It filled her [?] poor heart full of grief and pity
W: To hear what that poor woman said,
W: It filled...etc.
W:
W: 3. She said, "I'll go and seek for my own true lover,
W: "I'll go and sail the wide world round,
W: "Then if my own true lover I do not discover,
W: "All in some salt seas I will drown."
W: Then if...etc.
W:
%%text Editorial notes: See also GB/6b/23, The Wreck of the Royal George; the two songs are possibly linked.
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%%text There is a letter attached to the MS in which Anne Gilchrist rejects the idea that this is a folk song.
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%%text Lucy Broadwood recommends not publishing the piece.