Interesting Facts about the Abel Brown The Sailor
“Abel Brown The Sailor” is a halyard shanty used for ‘long drags’ at t’gallant halyards and hand-over-hand hauling. Stan Hugillmarked his version for ‘long drags’. An author of the “Shanties from the Seven Seas” learned this shanty on his first voyage to sea. ‘Abel Brown’ is probably the personification of all sailing ship A.B.’s or Able-Bodies Seamen. This shanty is unique in the way that, was usually sung by two soloists or shantymen in a similar way as “Billy Boy”, one singer for questions and one for the answers.
I will reconstruct this song as the halyard shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 440).
The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 440 – 442).
The Record of the Abel Brown The Sailor
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The musical notation
And the full lyrics
Abel Brown The Sailor
Oh, where am I goin’ to sleep tonight?
– Sez ABEL Brown the Sailor!
Oh, where am I goin’ to sleep tonight?
– Sez ABEL Brown the Sailor!
* 2 *
You can sleep up on the mat,
– Cried THE FAIR young maiden!
You can sleep up on the mat,
– Cried THE FAIR young maiden!
* 3 *
Oh, the mat is rough an’ me skin ain’t tough,
– Sez ABEL Brown the Sailor!
Oh, the mat is rough an’ me skin ain’t tough,
– Sez ABEL Brown the Sailor!
* 4 *
You can sleep upon the shelf,
– Cried THE FAIR young maiden!
You can sleep upon the shelf,
– Cried THE FAIR young maiden!
* 5 *
What ‘ave yer got upon the shelf?
– Sez ABEL Brown the Sailor!
What ‘ave yer got upon the shelf?
– Sez ABEL Brown the Sailor!
* 6 *
I’ve got some rum upon the shelf,
– Cried THE FAIR young maiden!
I’ve got some rum upon the shelf,
– Cried THE FAIR young maiden!
* 7 *
Me throat is long an’ me thirst is strong,
– Sez ABEL Brown the Sailor!
Me throat is long an’ me thirst is strong,
– Sez ABEL Brown the Sailor!
* 8 *
What if you roll from off the shelf?
– Cried THE FAIR young maiden!
What if you roll from off the shelf?
– Cried THE FAIR young maiden!
* 9 *
I’ll bounce on the floor an’ ask for more,
– Sez ABEL Brown the Sailor!
I’ll bounce on the floor an’ ask for more,
– Sez ABEL Brown the Sailor!
* 10 *
What if the police should come to the house?
– Cried THE FAIR young maiden!
What if the police should come to the house?
– Cried THE FAIR young maiden!
* 11 *
I’ll take ’em on in two’s and three’s,
– Sez ABEL Brown the Sailor!
I’ll take ’em on in two’s and three’s,
– Sez ABEL Brown the Sailor!
* 12 *
Then I’ll let you stay with me,
– Cried THE FAIR young maiden!
Then I’ll let you stay with me,
– Cried THE FAIR young maiden!