Still with a cold, but at least it lets me hit a few low notes!
Well, this is just the first verse of a chantey -- the only bit given by Hugill -- as a sample of a variant version of "The Lowlands Low" ballad / capstan chantey (the "Golden Vanitee" theme).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSCN8HuFCcE
The opening melodic figure is one I have found to be common to numerous sea songs.
See the whole "Shanties from the Seven Seas" project, here:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=58B55DD66F22060C
Oh. God.
The lyrics of this song inspire my nightmares.
No. Seriously.
"But when he let the water in, it dazzled their eyes
And he sank them in the lowlands"
All I can imagine when I hear this song is sailors sitting, playing cards and dice and talking about what they are going to do when they return home, and then one of them hears a noise... and then the water spurts out a hole, then another, and the sailors are panicking trying to block the holes, and...
NIGHTMARE FUEL
RichardOnADragon 1 year ago