Interesting Facts about the Baltimore
“Baltimore” capstan shanty is very popular on German sailing ships. Stan Hugill gave us some extra pieces of information, that song was sung at the capstan when making sail by leading the halyard to the capstan instead of hauling on the fall. Initially “Baltimore” was the shore song. Hugill tells us that the song was never heard in British ships. This helped him strengthen the theory that German and Scandinavian seamen adapted British and American shore songs and turned them into shanties long after the art of “inventing” shanties had died aboard British and American ships.
The song will be reconstructed by myself as the capstan shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 418).
The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 418).
The Record of the Baltimore
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
Baltimore
An’ I kissed her on the cheek, an’ the crew began to roar,
– Oh, ho! an’ up she goes! We’re bound for Baltimore!
An’ I kissed her on the cheek, an’ the crew began to roar,
– Oh, ho! an’ up she goes! We’re bound for Baltimore!
– No more … no more … no more!
– Oh, we’ll go to sea no more!
– As soon as we reach port tonight,
– We’re headin’ for the shore!
* 2 *
An’ he kissed her on the cheek, an’ the crew began to roar,
– Oh, ho! an’ …
An’ he kissed her on the face, an’ the crew began to roar
– Oh, ho! …
* 3 *
An’ he kissed her on the neck, …
* 4 *
An’ he kissed her on the lips, …
* 5 *
An’ he kissed her on the arms, …
* 6 *
An’ he kissed her on the legs, …