Blow ye winds of morning

Interesting Facts about the Blow ye winds of morning

Blow ye winds of morning, this song mentioned by Stan Hugill – “Shanties from the Seven Seas” (1961) on page 220, comes from Richard Runciman Terry’s “The Shanty Book Part II”. R R Terry has it as a capstan shanty, same give it to us, Stan Hugill in his book. Also intriguingly Terry says it is the only instance of a sea song being sung as a shanty. In the case that this shanty was the only instance of a sea song being sung as a shanty, Stan Hugill however, pointed out examples of sea songs such as “Rolling Home” or “High Barbary”. They were all popular sea-songs that the end of the day finished as a shanty. Terry gives this song as a shanty from the shantyman known as – Mr. Short of Watchet, Somerset.
The song will be reconstructed by myself as the capstan shanty.

The source of this sea shanty

The music: “The Shanty Book part II” (1926) – Richard Runciman Terry.

The lyrics:  “The Shanty Book part II” (1926) – Richard Runciman Terry.

Mentioned in: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 220).

The Record of the Blow ye winds of morning

You also can find this record on my YouTube channel here or directly listen below. Additionally, if you want to share your opinion about the record or share your opinion you can do it in my Facebook forum here, or leave a comment at the bottom of this blog article.

Blow, ye winds of morning - Capstan Shanty

The musical notation

Blow ye winds of morning - music notation

The full lyrics

Blow, ye winds of morning

As I walked out one morning fair
to view the meadows round,
It’s there I spied a maiden fair
come trip-ping o’er the ground.

– O blow, ye winds of morning,
– Blow, ye winds, hi! Ho!
– Clear away the morning dew,
– And blow boys blow.

* 2 *

My father has a milk-white steed
and he is in the stall,
He will not eat his hay or corn,
Nor will not go at all.

* 3 *

When we goes in the farmer’s yard
and sees a flock of geese,
We dang their eyes and cuss their tighs
And knock down five or six.

* 4 *

As I was a walking
Downby the riverside,
It’s there I saw a lady fair
A-bathing in the tide.

* 5 *

As I was a-walking
out by the moonlight,
It’s there I spied a yaller gal,
And her eyes they shone so bright.

* 6 *

As I was a-walking
Down Paradise Street,
It’s there I met old John de Goss,
He said, ‘Will you stand treat?”

Related to this sea shanty

Blow. Ye Winds (A)

Goodbye Fare-ye-well (C)

Goodbye Fare-ye-well (D)

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