I'm posting a song a day from the Rise Up Singing songbook, which you may or may not know. It's a pretty invaluable resource for song leaders, and useful for anyone who likes to sing in groups. The book doesn't include the melodies to the songs, just the lyrics and some chords, so I’m trying hard to find the tunes I don’t know, learn them, and post them on YouTube for anyone to learn. That’s where these videos are hosted; the blog is just pretty packaging.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Greenland Fisheries
Traditional (North American, I think)
Rise Up Singing chapter: Seas and Sailors, p.202
D - - - / - - A - / D - G A / D G A - / D A D -
Alternate verse after the seamen die:
"Bad news, bad news!" our captain he cried
For it grieved his heart full sore
But the losing of that hundred barrel whale
It grieved him ten times more
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