I've been up and down Holomua Road and was not able to find this place. Where do you detour? Please let me know, I want to see this interesting place in person...Thanks
Credit is due to Carter Benedict Burwell (born November 18, 1955) is an American composer of film scores. You can compare the Shipp sister's original from the Folkways recording, Carter Burwell added the rich, haunting instrumentation which compliments the voices so captivatingly. Truly a work of art.
this song was originally performed by a sharecroppers teen-aged daughters who sang while being recorded on an portable recording device located in the back of a truck.
It was an effort by the Library of Congress to preserve what they considered was music that was disappearing from USA culture.
I listened to the Nina Simone version and while she is brilliant her version does not carry the same haunting mood, along with the strong drum backbeat as the original
If somebody today could do a cover of this, keeping as faithful as possible to the use of the banjos and drums, as well as the haunting voices of the singers it would be brilliant
same here,, watching the movie "the generals daughter" and the banjo intro with the "what I call " the french skipping song was totaly captivating and still haunts me to this day..... superb.. thanks
The first time I heard this song was in the movie "The General's Daughter" (as a lot of you did). Ever since then I can't stop listening to it. It's almost hypnotic.
The original is "Sea Lion Woman" sung by sisters, Christine and Catherine Shipp, daughters of a Byhalia, Mississippi sharecropper. The recording was made from the back of a Ford using a 315 lb recording machine in 1939 as one of the Library of Congress field recordings to capture American Folk music. This version (used in the General's Daughter) uses the original Shipp sisters vocals. The original is available on a "Treasury of Library of Congress Field Recordings"
i was looking for this song too because of the movie, it works really well with your video. Nina Simone does a version of it where you can hear the words a little better
Agree with the comments. The sound track was so different and the editing at the start of the Generals Daughter was brilliant. It also has stuck in my head for years as it was so ......captivating. (lost for words).
When the music first started I thought how unusual it was and by the time it finished I was hooked and just kept humming it in my head for days. That's the power of music.
You can find this song, an original recording on theLibrary of Congress,Treasury of Field Recordings. Its done by sisters Christine &Katherine Shipp in Mississippi 13 May 1939
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Thats not the old Maui sugar mill its actully just and old storage warehouse alittle with a tree growing threw it located alittle passed Paia. By the way you must have missed that no tresspassing sign! F.Y.I.
The first time I heard this song I was watching the "Generals Daughter" many years ago. I was in awe with the song. Don't know what the lyrics mean. But her voice is some what captivating and the percussion's some what ???
Thank-you very much for the positive feed-back about this video, AND about the song I used. The first time I heard this song was sitting in the movie theatre during the opening sequence to "The General's Daughter". The mix of this song and the large opening shot made me never forget this haunting music. Recently I have learnt that some other musicians have pretty well copied the music and called it their own. This is quite tragic and leaves the true origination of the song in obscurity.
The lyric has been given several variant titles over the years, including Sea Lion Woman, See Lyin Woman, C-Line Woman, See-Lye Woman, See Line Woman (this is the title used by Nina Simone for her version), She Lyin Woman and also She Began To Lie (Contains Sea Lion Woman).
I absolutely love this song. I have been looking for it since I saw thwe movie "General's Daughter". I have heard all the versions, including the Shipp girl's, and I think this is the best one. The history behind the song is also incredible. All about the runaway slaves in America and their underground railway.
"On May 13, 1939, Herbert Halpert made a series of field recordings in Byhalia, MS, including several with the family of Walter and Mary Shipp. Walter, a sharecropper and minister, and Mary, a choir director, had 14 children, several of whom participated in the archival project, but the couple's two daughters, Katherine and Christine, then 19 and 20 years old, were the real standouts..."
Google: 'The Shipp Sisters' and click 'odeo' to hear their unaccompanied vocals and explanatory intro.
That was as given by the "All Music Guide Lyrics" - The lyric has been given several variant titles over the years, including Sea Lion Woman, See Lyin Woman, C-Line Woman, See-Lye Woman, See Line Woman (this is the title used by Nina Simone for her version), and She Lyin Woman,
The song appeared on what looks like a small production cd called PMDC's ALL TIME TOP TWENTY that I picked up in a 'Charity Shop'. Here the song was listed as "She Began To Lie (Contains Sea Lion Woman) ~ The Shipp Sisters"
I tried to post the lyrics of the original version here, but was unable. They are on my user profile page.. the movie version is edited to rearrange/repeat the words in a different order...the words you copied are terribly wrong. Not your fault.
Thanks for the info. I've noted the lyric you posted on your profile.
For further info and discussion go to odea(dot)com and mudcat(dot)org
I like the ideas of 'azizi' regarding 'selah'.
This is one of those lyrical puzzles where you won't find a definitive answer. I think the ambiguity of the lyric is part of the charm of the song. The beauty of it is in the ear of the beholder.
Personally, I like the surreal 'sea-lion' best and it's quite possible th@'s what was in their minds. Bearing in mind th@ Chrissy and Kathy used to make up rhymes together like this when they were young children.
lol told you before my friend 'a book' just ain't my style, too static. This is it, a few lines here, a few more 'over there'. C@ch wh@ you can and add 2 it, we're all writing our own chapters in one gre@ 'book', it's a living thing!
Let me know when you open the 'Struggling Man' vid I sent.
Thought I sent this one to ya ages ago, maybe you missed it? I have so many 'fav' tunes but this Shipp Sisters one is right up there with the best. It's so wonderfully different to so much else I've heard!
I'm thinking that it isn't 'sea lion' that they're chanting. The song is titled 'she began to lie' so I'm thinking that they are chanting 'she lied.' It is a pretty awesome and haunting song though.
I've been up and down Holomua Road and was not able to find this place. Where do you detour? Please let me know, I want to see this interesting place in person...Thanks
iamsoohappy 1 month ago
Credit is due to Carter Benedict Burwell (born November 18, 1955) is an American composer of film scores. You can compare the Shipp sister's original from the Folkways recording, Carter Burwell added the rich, haunting instrumentation which compliments the voices so captivatingly. Truly a work of art.
lesfromnj 4 months ago
got a brief video of this place, ill post when i can.
kingsalamander123 6 months ago
same here...couldn't forget this song after hearing it on The General's Daughter..gr8 song!
BabyDuck 7 months ago
adoro, esta musica transporta-me para o inconsciente do meu espirito, ainda hoje somos frutos da materia mais primitiva que existe na terra...
floravic1 9 months ago
this song was originally performed by a sharecroppers teen-aged daughters who sang while being recorded on an portable recording device located in the back of a truck.
It was an effort by the Library of Congress to preserve what they considered was music that was disappearing from USA culture.
PiggusVomitus 10 months ago
Ariel50348 1 year ago
I listened to the Nina Simone version and while she is brilliant her version does not carry the same haunting mood, along with the strong drum backbeat as the original
popodocuk 1 year ago
If somebody today could do a cover of this, keeping as faithful as possible to the use of the banjos and drums, as well as the haunting voices of the singers it would be brilliant
popodocuk 1 year ago
same here,, watching the movie "the generals daughter" and the banjo intro with the "what I call " the french skipping song was totaly captivating and still haunts me to this day..... superb.. thanks
harrystunes 1 year ago
The first time I heard this song was in the movie "The General's Daughter" (as a lot of you did). Ever since then I can't stop listening to it. It's almost hypnotic.
jasonsg4111 1 year ago
GREAT SONG, MANY THANKS
PiggusVomitus 1 year ago
Good song, I'm glad I found it
ebrownd 1 year ago
The original is "Sea Lion Woman" sung by sisters, Christine and Catherine Shipp, daughters of a Byhalia, Mississippi sharecropper. The recording was made from the back of a Ford using a 315 lb recording machine in 1939 as one of the Library of Congress field recordings to capture American Folk music. This version (used in the General's Daughter) uses the original Shipp sisters vocals. The original is available on a "Treasury of Library of Congress Field Recordings"
rw93003 1 year ago
i was looking for this song too because of the movie, it works really well with your video. Nina Simone does a version of it where you can hear the words a little better
ifarkedanonion 1 year ago
i was looking for this song too, it works really well with your video, really cool.
ifarkedanonion 1 year ago
plantation music, love it.
ezridax 1 year ago
This is in Maui Hawaii above Hookipa.
hellfighter22 1 year ago
The General's Daughter is where I first heard it too. It is the first CD I ever bought after watch a movie. The whole CD is special, though.
itsmeagaaain 1 year ago
Agree with the comments. The sound track was so different and the editing at the start of the Generals Daughter was brilliant. It also has stuck in my head for years as it was so ......captivating. (lost for words).
When the music first started I thought how unusual it was and by the time it finished I was hooked and just kept humming it in my head for days. That's the power of music.
Thanks .
baccus61 1 year ago
When I make it through boot camp,Hawaii here I come!
USMCjunior117 1 year ago
nice music
felino321 2 years ago
I should of read the comments further, then I wouldn't have repeated comments, sorry. I still like the tune though.
Lolyf55 2 years ago
You can find this song, an original recording on theLibrary of Congress,Treasury of Field Recordings. Its done by sisters Christine &Katherine Shipp in Mississippi 13 May 1939
Lolyf55 2 years ago 2
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Thats not the old Maui sugar mill its actully just and old storage warehouse alittle with a tree growing threw it located alittle passed Paia. By the way you must have missed that no tresspassing sign! F.Y.I.
mschawaii 3 years ago
The first time I heard this song I was watching the "Generals Daughter" many years ago. I was in awe with the song. Don't know what the lyrics mean. But her voice is some what captivating and the percussion's some what ???
laspulgasgunners 3 years ago 12
i know the feeling. it is a creepy music that is very good
hint0122 2 years ago
Thank-you very much for the positive feed-back about this video, AND about the song I used. The first time I heard this song was sitting in the movie theatre during the opening sequence to "The General's Daughter". The mix of this song and the large opening shot made me never forget this haunting music. Recently I have learnt that some other musicians have pretty well copied the music and called it their own. This is quite tragic and leaves the true origination of the song in obscurity.
cobalt4242 3 years ago 5
@cobalt4242 I recently downloaded the soundtrack of that movie precisely because of this music
antmanfersil 1 year ago
@cobalt4242 I have been searching for this song since I saw The Generals Daughter in the movies...drove me nuts...there arent enough thank yous!!!
TribeLamont 8 months ago
very deep impressing pictures - and a fantestic shot of the spider !
5 *****
and some greetings to you
prosepp 3 years ago
What is this song called???
kimmybakken18 3 years ago
'she began to lie'
YOGACHYKEY 3 years ago
The lyric has been given several variant titles over the years, including Sea Lion Woman, See Lyin Woman, C-Line Woman, See-Lye Woman, See Line Woman (this is the title used by Nina Simone for her version), She Lyin Woman and also She Began To Lie (Contains Sea Lion Woman).
ELGROOVER 3 years ago 2
I absolutely love this song. I have been looking for it since I saw thwe movie "General's Daughter". I have heard all the versions, including the Shipp girl's, and I think this is the best one. The history behind the song is also incredible. All about the runaway slaves in America and their underground railway.
didi100886 3 years ago 4
Christine And Katherine Shipp - She Began To Lie
Sea Lion Woman / Sea Lion, She drank coffee / Sea Lion, She drank tea / Sea Lion
And he gamble lie / Sea Lion
Way down yonder / Sea Lion, I'm going maul / Sea Lion, And the rooster crow / Sea Lion
and he got no lie / Sea Lion
Sea lion woman / Sea Lion, she drank coffee / Sea Lion, She drank tea / Sea Lion, And she gamble lie / Sea Lion
Sea lion woman / Sea Lion, she drank coffee / Sea Lion, She drank tea / Sea Lion, And a gamble lie / Sea Lion
ELGROOVER 3 years ago 4
"On May 13, 1939, Herbert Halpert made a series of field recordings in Byhalia, MS, including several with the family of Walter and Mary Shipp. Walter, a sharecropper and minister, and Mary, a choir director, had 14 children, several of whom participated in the archival project, but the couple's two daughters, Katherine and Christine, then 19 and 20 years old, were the real standouts..."
Google: 'The Shipp Sisters' and click 'odeo' to hear their unaccompanied vocals and explanatory intro.
ELGROOVER 3 years ago 5
Thanks for the info, Elgroover
Omtomramoa 3 years ago
You're welcome Omtomramoa, thanks for bringing me back here for another listen....it's a most unusual and amazing song : )
ELGROOVER 3 years ago 2
Those vocals are wrong. The original is below; the movie version is edited/reordered:
cafetwocents 3 years ago
"Those vocals are wrong." Are they? How so? I know I struck out some repeat lines sang, to keep the lyric contained to one single posting.
cont....
ELGROOVER 3 years ago 2
...cont.
That was as given by the "All Music Guide Lyrics" - The lyric has been given several variant titles over the years, including Sea Lion Woman, See Lyin Woman, C-Line Woman, See-Lye Woman, See Line Woman (this is the title used by Nina Simone for her version), and She Lyin Woman,
cont....
ELGROOVER 3 years ago 2
...cont.
The song appeared on what looks like a small production cd called PMDC's ALL TIME TOP TWENTY that I picked up in a 'Charity Shop'. Here the song was listed as "She Began To Lie (Contains Sea Lion Woman) ~ The Shipp Sisters"
I know nothing of the movie.
ELGROOVER 3 years ago 2
I tried to post the lyrics of the original version here, but was unable. They are on my user profile page.. the movie version is edited to rearrange/repeat the words in a different order...the words you copied are terribly wrong. Not your fault.
cafetwocents 3 years ago
cafetwocents
Thanks for the info. I've noted the lyric you posted on your profile.
For further info and discussion go to odea(dot)com and mudcat(dot)org
I like the ideas of 'azizi' regarding 'selah'.
This is one of those lyrical puzzles where you won't find a definitive answer. I think the ambiguity of the lyric is part of the charm of the song. The beauty of it is in the ear of the beholder.
cont....
ELGROOVER 3 years ago 2
...cont.
Personally, I like the surreal 'sea-lion' best and it's quite possible th@'s what was in their minds. Bearing in mind th@ Chrissy and Kathy used to make up rhymes together like this when they were young children.
ELGROOVER 3 years ago 2
Thank you Maestro Groover for another fabulous share, and for the thumbnail of the fascinating history of this song.
I keep wondering, how can we persuade you to write a book? Or, at least a blog... ;-)
nameofthepen 3 years ago
lol told you before my friend 'a book' just ain't my style, too static. This is it, a few lines here, a few more 'over there'. C@ch wh@ you can and add 2 it, we're all writing our own chapters in one gre@ 'book', it's a living thing!
Let me know when you open the 'Struggling Man' vid I sent.
Thought I sent this one to ya ages ago, maybe you missed it? I have so many 'fav' tunes but this Shipp Sisters one is right up there with the best. It's so wonderfully different to so much else I've heard!
ELGROOVER 3 years ago
Creepy and wonderful song - thanks for posting this - I've been trying to find it since I saw 'The Generals daughter'
Omtomramoa 3 years ago 3
great song
hzj79 3 years ago 4
Would love to understand what she is saying most times..but the beat keeps me listening...COOL SONG!
NoSoup42 3 years ago 7
Las vegas VIP Limousines faith was in it
lasvegasviplimos 3 years ago
Creepy camera work... good job. Very cool song
carterhayes7878 4 years ago
Love the song.
timtak1 4 years ago 3
about time this song was available instead of that fiest crap, great job!!!
FTW General's Daughter Sountrack
MagesPown 4 years ago
I wouldn't call Feist's version crap, though it would be much better without that chorus chanting "sea lion".
I prefer this version too
apromedve 3 years ago
I'm thinking that it isn't 'sea lion' that they're chanting. The song is titled 'she began to lie' so I'm thinking that they are chanting 'she lied.' It is a pretty awesome and haunting song though.
dunwiddie 3 years ago 3