Interesting Facts about the Haul On The Bow-Line – Sharp
“Haul On The Bow-Line – Sharp”, as stated in “English Folk Chanteys” by Cecil Sharp (1914), is the “Pulling Chantey”, which is the contradiction to this what mention Stan Hugill. He mentions that Sharp gives us this song in the “capstan form”. In the later description, Stan Hugill says:
“of course, these forms were also used for hauling; in this case, my form would be sung with the first line of the final chorus as a solo – the third solo. The same applies to Sharp’s version”.
This song was Sung to Cecil Sharp by one of the most famous shantymen, Mr. John Short, at Watchet.
The song will be reconstructed by myself as the sheet shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “English Folk Chanteys” by Cecil Sharp (1914) (1st ed: p 42).
The lyrics: “English Folk Chanteys” by Cecil Sharp (1914) (1st ed: p 42).
Mentioned in: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 356).
The Record of the Haul On The Bow-Line – Sharp
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The musical notation
The full lyrics
Haul On The Bow-Line – Sharp
Haul on the bowline, O Kitty you are my darling,
– Haul on the bowline, the bowline haul,
Because she had a fore-top, fore and main to bowline;
– Haul on the bowline, the bowline haul,
Because she had a main-top main and mizen to bowline;
– Haul on the bowline, the bowline haul,
Haul on the bowline, O Kitty you are my darling,
– Haul on the bowline, the bowline haul,