Santiana (A, C) [80-83, 85-87] (74-76, 79)

A song of sailors' imagination, from "Santa Anna gaining the day" to "filling a ship full of Jamaicy rum" with a few of the singer's own idle imaginings thrown in between.

Also found in:
LA Smith 1888, Sharp 1914, Doerflinger 1951

See the whole "Shanties from the Seven Seas" project, here:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=58B55DD66F22060C

Category:

Music

Tags:

• sea
• chantey
• shanty
• work
• song
• mexico
• santa
• anna
• whaling

[bosman740]

Next wonderful song !

I see , You love classic shanties :)

I love classic shanties aswell.

[hultonclint]

@bosman740

Thank you! Yes, I love shanties, including your Polish szanty! I have now recorded almost every shanty collected by Stan Hugill in his book "Shanties from the Seven Seas." New Year's blessings, Ranzo

[ChannelLightVessel]

You look like you had fun singing that. But perhaps some a-heavin' and a-hoin' at the ropes of a mighty ship WHILST performing it would add just a little something to it. But seriously, I think this is a fine rendition of a song I remember from long long ago.

[hultonclint]

Thanks for your nice comment...and being generous! This is one of the first chanteys I recorded in what was to become a series...and there is much to be desired in it. I was experimenting with how I would "present" the chanteys then...my intention was not quite to make an imitation of a working chantey... so thanks for being polite :)

[7SvbwayToSally7]

haha

santiana that´s my name

[ChannelLightVessel]

Although I mentioned pulling ropes and stuff, I actually think the most authentic way to do a song such as this is simply man+voice+love of the music. Any more than that (other than maybe instrumentation) would just be superfluous nonsense. I apologise for using the word authentic!

[hultonclint]

I also have a hard time hitting low notes. The issue is not singing them, but singing them LOUD, as they need to be. As a result, a lot of times my low notes just come out as a sort of "growl" or a note of indefinite pitch! I've decided just to live with and not worry about it; I'm not trying out for "American Idol" here.

Also, you've reminded me how hard the Fishes was to memorize. I will probably have to re-learn the lyrics soon, because there is a version of "Blow the Man Down" w/ it.

[BRANOFNF]

Lucking are you? ;) :P Well yeah, it's a shame it cost me whatever it did, but then it was money well spent. I'm steadily getting The Fishes nailed into my brain, but I'll perhaps record some other stuff soon. My voice is kinda' high which bugs me as while I feel more comfortable singing lower, I just can't hit a lot of the notes I need to. Still, its all good fun. What is annoying is that I've lost a CD I used to like called Sailor Songs and Shanties or something like that. Ah well.

[hultonclint]

Good luck with the Fishes, and I hope you get a chance to post some of your singing someday.

We are lucking in this part of the States -- the book is only 20 DOLLARS, since I live near the Museum that publishes it. On the other hand, I was at the Maritime Museum in Liverpool, and I was surprised/disappointed that they didnt have anything like it. Too bad Hugill was an Englishman but his book is only published in America now!

[BRANOFNF]

Yeah I just came across his phat book in a little folk music shop I like hanging about it when I've got the time, well, and money lol. Cost me like £20 that damn book!! Still, money well spent. My wench has requested a recital of The Fishes tomorrow, so I'll need to get cracking lol.