Interesting Facts about the Albertina – Glyn Davies
“Albertina” a Swedish pumping shanty, it has a melody very close to the opening line of a popular wartime song: “Twas down on the Rhine I met Rosalein”. Stan Hugill gives us two versions of this shanty, this one is the version from Professor J. Glyn Davies who gave to Stan the English translation of this song. The comment from stan Hugill says that the melody is German; shanty of Norwegian origin; taken down by J. Glyn Davies, October 1926, Uppsala. The song will be reconstructed by myself as the pump shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 326).
The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 326, 327).
The Record of the Albertina – Glyn Davies
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The musical notation
The full lyrics
Albertina – Glyn Davies
A schooner was built on the baltic,
Albertina that was the schooner’s name,
– Pump ‘er dry!
Albertina, says the story, Albertina’s all for glory,
Albertina that was the schooner’s name,
– Pump ‘er dry!
– Albertina, says the story, Albertina’s all for glory,
– Albertina thet was the schooner’s name,
* 2 *
And the schooner is painted already,
She is painted in red and violet —
She is painted, says the story, she is painted all for glory,
She is painted in red and violet.
* 3 *
And the schooner is rigged out already,
She is rigged out with tackles and with ropes,
She is rigged out, says the story, she is rigged out all for glory,
She is rigged out with tackles and with ropes.
* 4 *
And the schooner is charted already,
She is charted from Hamubrg, homeward bound,
She is chartered, says the story, she is chartered all for glory,
She is chartered from Hamburg, homeward bound.
* 5 *
And the schooner is loaded already,
She is loaded with beer and with wine,
She is loaded, says the story, she is loaded all for glory,
She is loaded with beer and with wine.
* 6 *
And the schooner is sailing already,
She is sailing away from sight of land,
She is sailing, says the story, she is sailing for glory,
She is sailing away from sight of land.
* 7 *
And the schooner is stranded already,
She is stranded between surf and reef,
She is stranded, says the story, she is stranded all for glory,
She is stranded between the surf and reef.
* 8 *
And her headstone is written already,
It is written in Latin and in gold,
It is written, says the story, it is written all for glory,
It is written in Latin and in gold.
* 9 *
On the beach there is a maiden weeping,
She is weeping for her lover on the beach,
She is weeping, says the story, she is weeping all for glory,
She is weeping for her lover on the beach.