Interesting Facts about the Coal Black Rose
“Coal Black Rose” is another halyard shanty, also given by Frank T. Bullen. According to Stan Hugill, it definitely has Negro origin. Hugill tells us that his informant Harding Barbadian said that the final line was the only chorus and the only place where the pull came.
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 364).
The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 364).
The Record of the Coal Black Rose
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The musical notation
The full lyrics
Coal Black Rose
Oh, me Rosie, Coal Black Roose,
Don’t ye hear the banjo,
ping-a-pong a-pong!
– Oh, me Rosie, COAL Black Roose!
* 2 *
Oh, me Rosie, Coal Black Roose,
Strung up like a banjo,
Allus taut an’ long,
– Oh, me Rosie, COAL Black Roose!
* 3 *
Oh, me Rosie, Coal Black Roose,
The yard is now a-movin’,
Hauley-hauley ho!
– Oh, me Rosie, COAL Black Roose!
* 4 *
The Mate he comes around, boys,
Dining an’ a dang.
Hauley-hauley ho!
– Oh, me Rosie, COAL Black Roose!
* 5 *
Give her one more pull, boys,
Rock an’ roll ‘er high.
Hauley-hauley ho!
– Oh, me Rosie, COAL Black Roose!