Interesting Facts about the Bunch O Roses (tune version 1)
“Bunch O Roses (tune version 1)” halyard shanty which Stan Hugill called real “Cape Horner”, very popular in Liverpool ships, and yet overlooked by most collectors. The “Blood red roses” are related to Napoleon and the British soldiers – “Redcoats” or “Blood-red Roses” as they were called on account of the red jackets they invariably wore. This version comes from Hugill’s shipmate Harding Barbadian.
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 365).
The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 365, 366).
The Record of the Bunch O Roses (tune version 1)
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The musical notation
The full lyrics
Bunch O Roses (tune version 1)
Me Bonnie bunch o’ roses, o!
– COME down ye bunch o’ roses, COME down!
Time for us to roll ‘n’ go!
– COME down ye bunch o’ roses, COME down!
– Oooh, ye pinks an’ poses,
– COME down ye bunch o’ roses, COME down!
– Oooh, ye pinks an’ poses,
– COME down ye bunch o’ roses, COME down!
* 2 *
We’re bound out to Iquique Bay,
We’re bound away at the break o’ day,
* 3 *
We’re bound away around Cape Horn,
We wisht ter hell we’d niver bin born.
* 4 *
Around Cape Stiff we all must go,
Around Cape Sriff through the ice an’ snow.
* 5 *
Me boots an’ clothes are all in pawn,
An’ it’s bleedin’ draughty around Cape Horn.
* 6 *
‘Tis growl ye may but go ye must,
If ye growl too hard yer head they’ll bust.
* 7 *
The gals are waitin’ right ahead,
A long strong pull should shift the dead.
* 8 *
Them Spanish gals are pullin’ strong,
Hang down, me boys, it won’t take long.
* 9 *
Oh, rock an’ shake ‘er is the cry,
The bleedin’ topm’st sheave is dry.
* 10 *
Just one more pull an’ that’ll do,
We’re the bullies for ter kick ‘er through.