Interesting Facts about The Girl With The Blue Dress (Davis & Tozer)
As Frederick J Davis and Ferris Tozer mentioned in their book “The Girl With The Blue Dress” was a song for “pumping the ship out”. It has slightly different music than Harding’s version, and I cannot lose the opportunity to reconstruct this song as the pumping shanty, also the text is different than Harding’s Barbadian version.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: Sailors’ songs or “chanties” by Frederick J Davis and Ferris Tozer (3rd Edition) – (1906)
The lyrics: Sailors’ songs or “chanties” by Frederick J Davis and Ferris Tozer (3rd Edition) – (1906)
Mentioned in: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 267).
The Record of this sea shanty
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.
The musical notation
The full lyrics
The Girl With The Blue Dress (Davis & Tozer)
A girl asleep with a blue dress on,
– SHAKE her, Johnnie, SHAKE her.
An unsafe couch she’s resting on,
– SHAKE her, and so WAKE her.
* 2 *
Storm clouds are gath’ring on our lee,
And soon aback our sail may be,
* 3 *
She may be drenched with salt sea spray.
So go and rouse her quick I say.
* 4 *
White caps are dancing upon the sea,
Run quick, or else to late you’ll be,
* 5 *
She’s lying asleep there on the deck,
No thought of sea, or gale, or wreck.
* 6 *
A girl asleep with a blue dress on,
An unsafe couch she’s resting on,