Sting: Blood Red Roses

From: Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys, ANTI- 2006.

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Image: Herbert James Draper: The Water Nymph, c. 1900
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Liner notes by record label ANTI-:

This halyard chantey was popular in Cape Horn ships out of Liverpool. It is most probably based on a family of Irish and English folk songs concerning the Napoleonic Wars. The "blood red roses" may be a reference to British redcoat soldiers, or it may be the capitol cities of Europe, referred to as the "bonnie bunch of roses" that Napoleon tried to gather and lost, in an Irish song of that name.
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• mermaids
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• mythology
• sea
• halyard
• shanty
• traditional
• whaling
• whalers
• cape
• horn

[Squarekn0t]

To the Pirate King yes Stan Hugill would agree, but on the banks of Newfoundland in the cod schooners the chants were often as raw as the weather, and in the pub's on Water St. (upstairs) late at night someone would strike up a tune and it was herd in 5 different language's, or was that the "Screech" singin. Ya don't want to argue with someone that can head,gut and split a dory full of cod in 5 min.. Better to split your fish and chips with im and buy another round.

[inspectorkemp82]

O' ya pinks ans posies!

[purpleraven888]

This is very odd! Hard to know what to make of it! I have to say though, not one of his best imo.

[Squarekn0t]

South Coast/ Marasheen Placentia, The Jersey Side

[edharley1000]

@Squarekn0t damn straight

[YukonPhibes]

@Squarekn0t ...what part of NL. ya from? I'm from a family of fishermen out of Port Union & I know exactly what ya mean. Even in their 70's, they could give me a run for m' money any day of the week. A genuinely happy bunch...work hard & party seriously hard. Damned great times it was. :)

[thepirateking1337]

@Squarekn0t No. these are not like real Shanties.

[robstudster]

aye me haewartys

[Alejounoloco]

Get down, ya blood red roses!!!

[Squarekn0t]

Rogues Gallery, the way chanty's were really sung. Not for Sea Scouts, Haul Away