Matt,
My husband, being interested in boats as well as in music, was
intrigued by the words, and by the comment which someone made about
"keels" being the sea-going boats as well as those used on the Tyne.
Evidently similar boats were used on rivers and canals, at least in
"gre
I know little enough about this particular song, but it's certainly
amazing how many Homeric or other Greek mythological references turn up
in apparently quite unrelated storytelling traditions collected much
more recently, so wouldn't be at all offput by any Homeric strain here.
Reg
I think Chips has given one of the most enlightening inputs to this
discussion.
On 31 Oct 2008 at 13:51, Chips Lanier wrote:
>Actually, the first time I saw the title "The Keelman Ower Land", I
>assumed it was a tune about a waterman who had died/drowned.
>Growing up near the sea an
Actually, the first time I saw the title "The Keelman Ower Land", I
assumed it was a tune about a waterman who had died/drowned.
Growing up near the sea and around fishermen, I had heard the legend of
when a sailor/fisherman dies, he is to walk over the land and away from
the sea wit
On 31 Oct 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>His grave is green but not wi' grass
>you'll never lie beside him.
>means that he's drowned.
Or killed in action and given a sea burial, gven the press worked for
the navy.
Maybe
Julia
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The point is, keels worked the river;
but he's gone off to sea, voluntarily or (probably) otherwise, and died
there.
John
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Unless we're talking about a different version from the one that
circulated a day or so ago,
Yes I have seen your bonny lad,
'Twas on the sea I spied him.
His grave is green but not wi' grass
And you'll never lie beside him.
means that he's drowned.
Dru
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Of course the 'ower long' in the printed text, probably sounded 'ower
lang',
so we don't fully lose the internal rhyme.
I read this song as referring to a keelman being nabbed by a press gang
when he was on shore.
If more verses had survived, the reading might be clearer.
John
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> From: Matt Seattle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> My question is, is there a meaning apart from the obvious in the
> notion of the Keelman going "oe'r land" in this song and in the title
> of the pipe tune?
Well, I can brainstorm 3
On 10/30/08, tim rolls BT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> He's gone o'er long with a stick in his hand
This didn't chime with me. Apart from the poor internal rhyme, the
sense is different from
He's gyen ower land wiv his stick iv his hand
which is how I've heard it sung. There's a version on
http:
Dear members in the region (and anyone else interested!)
The ordinary meetings of the society (1st Mon & 3rd Sat) will now be
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newsletter.
Starting with Nov 3 when Chris O is coming to do a workshop.
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