Row me bullies boys row (Alan Doyle)

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The most recent version of this popular sea shanty “Row me bullies boys row” comes from the movie “Robin Hood Prince of Thieves” by Ridley Scott (2010), and was written for the occasion by Alan Doyle (front man of the Canadian band Great Big Sea), recalling the melody and the structure of the Liverpool Judies refrain, with a text that remind the typical phrases of these seafaring songs.
Here is the story of how it came to be: https://alandoyle.ca/bully-boys-a-modern-folk-song/

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I’ll sing you a song, it’s a song of the sea
I’ll sing you a song if you’ll sing it with me
While the first mate is playing the captain aboard
He looks like a peacock with pistols and sword
The captain likes whiskey, the mate, he likes rum
Us sailers like both but we can’t get us none
Well farewell my love it is time for to roam
The old blue peters are calling us home

“Row me bullies boys row”

CHORUS
And it’s row me bully boys
We’re in a hurry boys
We got a long way to go
And we’ll sing and we’ll dance
And bid farewell to France
And it’s row me bully boys row.

I
I’ll sing you a song,
it’s a song of the sea
Row me bully boys row
We sailed away
in the roughest of waters
And it’s row, me bully boys, row
But now we’re returning
so lock up your daughters
And it’s row, me bully boys, row

II
Well farewell my love
it is time for to roam
Row me bully boys row
The old blue peters
are calling us home
And it’s row me bully boys row

Barnacle Buoys
In Taberna  
Strangs and Stout

Barnacle Buoys version
When we set sail for Bristol the sun was like crystal
And it’s row, me bully boys, row
We found muddier water when passing Bridge Water
And it’s row, me bully boys row
Chorus:
And it’s row, me bully boys, we’re in a hurry, boys
We’ve got a long way to go And we’ll drink as we glance
– a last look at France row, me bully boys, row

We sailed away in the roughest of waters
But now we’re returning so lock up your daughters.
So we’ve been away for many a day now
So we’ll fill out our sails and drink all the ale now.
So we’ll drink and we’ll feast with no care in the least
And soon, as we’re craving’, we’ll sail up to Avon.
As we tied up in Bristol, me heart was a-thumpin’
Then I found my girl Alice, who took me a-scrumpin’

ITALIAN VERSION: VOGA AMICO MIO VAI

CORO
Voga voga, voga un po’ di più (amico)

un altro po’, dove si va non lo so
Balliamo cantiamo e la Francia lasciamo
voga un altro po’ vai
Voga voga, voga un po’ di più
Voga un altro po’ dove si va non lo so
La Francia non la rivedremo giammai
Voga amico mio vai
E’ tardi oramai voi siete già nei guai Voga amico mio vai
O voi non scherzate oppure rischiate Voga voga un po’ di più
Ma non si può stare troppo via dal mare
Voga voga, voga un po’ di più
Partiamo di nuovo per non ritornare Voga amico mio vai

italian versione in the movie

ARCHIVE:
Liverpool judies (Row bullies row)
‘Frisco
New York
from Robin Hood (Alan Doyle)

LINK
https://thesession.org/discussions/24758
https://www.musixmatch.com/it/testo/Rambling-Sailors/Row-Me-Bully-Boys
http://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/misc-soundtrack-robin-hood-row-me-bully-boys-chords-s376527
http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=158562
https://reelsoundtrack.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/robin-hood-soundtrack/

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Pubblicato da Cattia Salto

Amministratore e folklorista di Terre Celtiche Blog. Ha iniziato a divulgare i suoi studi e ricerche sulla musica, le danze e le tradizioni d'Europa nel web, dapprima in maniera sporadica e poi sempre più sistematicamente sul finire del anni 90

2 Risposte a “Row me bullies boys row (Alan Doyle)”

  1. Alan Doyle wrote this song. He didn’t “keep the melody and structure” of someone else’s version. And his is not the “most recent version of this popular sea shanty”. His is the original version.

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