Interesting Facts about the Walkalong My Rosie
“Walkalong My Rosie” is another halyard shanty singing about the “Rosy”. Frank T. Bullen also gave us this shanty and classify it as a capstan shanty. But Stan Hugill’s friend Harding Barbadian declared that he had never heard it at any other job than the halyards. It is pure Negro orygin shanty.
The song will be reconstructed by myself as the halyard shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 363).
The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 363).
The Record of the Walkalong My Rosie
“Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 203, 204).
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
Walkalong My Rosie
Oh, I am here, an’ Rosie there.
– AWAY you Rosie – WALK along!
Oh, I am here, an’ Rosie there.
– WALKalong my ROSIE!
* 2 *
Oh, Rosie! she’m the gal fer me,
She hangs around the big levee,
* 3 *
My Rosie’s a young, my Rosie’s kind,
A better gal you’ll niver find.
* 4 *
So haul me up and hang me off,
The mate he says we’ve hauled enough.