Interesting Facts about The Rolling Home By The Silver Moon
Rolling Home By The Silver Moon is another shore song that has been adapted to use as a shanty, this song is of Negro origin and has been altered for the needs of the sailors. This capstan shanty was sung by Stan Hugill on board the American ship William T. Lewis.
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 180).
The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 180, 181).
The Record of The Rolling Home By The Silver Moon
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The musical notation
The full lyrics
Rol-ling Home By The Silver Moon
Here’s to the good ol’ whisky, mop it down,
– mop it down!
Here’s to the good ol’ whisky, mop it down,
– mop it down!
Here’s to the good ol’ whisky, that makes ye feel so frisky,
– Here’s to the good ol’ whisky, mop it down!
– Rollin’ home, rollin’ home!
– Rollin’ home, rollin’ home!
– By the light of the silver moon.
– Happy is the sailor who has shipped aboard a whaler,
– When she’s rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ home!
* 2 *
Here’s to the good ol’ beer…
* 3 *
Here’s to the good ol’ rum…
* 4 *
Here’s to the good ol’ claret…
* 5 *
Here’s to the good ol’ cider…