Interesting Facts about the Shallow Brown C
Shallow Brown A is a usual version of the general family of the shanties called “Shallow Brown”. At the beginning life of this song, it was used as a pump shanty. As the age of sails progressed, in the late days this song was usually sung at halyards. This version comes from Frederick J Davis; Ferris Tozer – Sailors’ songs or “chanties” (3rd Edition) – (1906). On Page 80 we can find the mentioned song. Also worth mentioning is that this song is in chapter “Songs for pumping the ship out”, so
I will reconstruct this song as a pump shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 259).
The lyrics: Sailors’ songs or “chanties” by Frederick J Davis; Ferris Tozer (3rd Edition, 1906).
The Record of the Shallow Brown C
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The musical notation
The full lyrics
Shallow Brown C
Come get my clothes in order,
– Shallow, Shallow Brown!
I’m off across the border.
– Shallow, Shallow Brown!
* 2 *
My ship will sails to-morrow,
I’ll leave you without sorrow.
* 3 *
Once you were like a fairy,
But now are the contrary.
* 4 *
For you are cross and lazy,
And soon would drive me crazy.
* 5 *
The packet sails to-morrow,
I’ll leave you without sorrow.
* 6 *
Come get my clothes in order,
I,m off across the border.