In the liner notes of As I Went Over Blackwater, Mick Hanly describes that the lyrics for "The Guerriere and the Constitution" were taken from the Penguin Book of Folk Ballads. While the lyrics are from a printed source, he says he had to make up the tune himself because the book didn't provide one. It's a very nice tune he invented and the result is fantastic.
But after reading the notes and listening to the lyrics, I remembered this tune "Hull's Hornpipe" http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/9606; while researching it shortly after it was posted here (War of 1812 is something of a hobby of mine.... maybe it's all the live oak around here that was used for the building of American frigates...) I came across a source of very similar lyrics with an accompanying tune.
Mick Hanly - "The Guerriere and the Constitution"
Mick Hanly - "The Guerriere and the Constitution"
In the liner notes of As I Went Over Blackwater, Mick Hanly describes that the lyrics for "The Guerriere and the Constitution" were taken from the Penguin Book of Folk Ballads. While the lyrics are from a printed source, he says he had to make up the tune himself because the book didn't provide one. It's a very nice tune he invented and the result is fantastic.
But after reading the notes and listening to the lyrics, I remembered this tune "Hull's Hornpipe" http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/9606; while researching it shortly after it was posted here (War of 1812 is something of a hobby of mine.... maybe it's all the live oak around here that was used for the building of American frigates...) I came across a source of very similar lyrics with an accompanying tune.
So now it looks as if we have two ways to sing the song: Hanly's, and the older one printed here: http://books.google.com/books?id=tKYNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA223&l#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Maybe someone could make a set out of it, playing to both tunes to complete the verses in the song, two keys and everything.
# Posted on November 22nd 2009 by gravelwalks
Re: Mick Hanly - "The Guerriere and the Constitution"
That first tune linked to is Hull's Victory, sorry, not Hull's Hornpipe.
# Posted on November 22nd 2009 by gravelwalks
Re: Mick Hanly - "The Guerriere and the Constitution"
Do you fancy posting up the lyrics? This is a great little song, and it's nice to see part of its evolution across oceans and centuries.
# Posted on November 22nd 2009 by Dragut Reis
Re: Mick Hanly - "The Guerriere and the Constitution"
>Hull's Victory
Not written in season 2009-2010 then
# Posted on November 23rd 2009 by ramblingpitchfork