Interesting Facts about the Blow The Wind Wester. – Second Version
According to Stan Hugill, both versions of the “Blow The Wind Wester.” song, recorded and documented by Cecil Sharp in the “Journal of the Folk-Song Society” (No 18 from January 1914) was a shanty sang at capstan and at the pumps. This version was Sung by Mrs. L. Hoper, Hambridge, Somerset, April 4th, 1904.
The song will be reconstructed by myself as the capstan shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Journal of the Folk-Song Society” (No 18 from January 1914).
The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 197).
The Record of the Blow The Wind Wester. – Second Version
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The musical notation
The full lyrics
Blow The Wind Wester. (Second Version)
Up jumps the salmon,
The largest o’ ’em all;
He jumps on our fore-deck,
Say-ing; Here’s meat for all.
– O blow the wind whistling, O blow the winds all!
– Our ship is still hearted, boys, How steady she go!
* 2 *
Up jumps the shark,
The largest of all;
He jumps on our fore-deck:
You should die all!
* 3 *
Then up jumps the sprat,
The smallest of all ;
He jumps on our fore-deck,
Saying: We shall be drowned all!
Related to this sea shanty
Rio Grande – Norvegian sailor version