Al staat de zee ook hol en hoog
En zweept de storm ons voort,
wij hebben 's Vaders Zoon aan boord
en 't veilig strand voor oog.
Posted on 03/06/2014 6:00:07 PM PST by fatima
I know a few myself and I will NOT post them. "Politically incorrect" doesn't even begin to cover it.
I am with you, Kabar. Grew up with it, heard it at my dad’s funeral at Arlington.
Powerful stuff.
On the lighter side, “What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor”...:)
Old Man River - Temptations - Melvin Franklin on lead.
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
Waiting for the Robert E Lee - Al Jolson
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Sinatra version
Thank you. I was driving through East Texas on New Years Eve, I think in 1985 when Ricky Nelson’s plane crashed. I must have literally been within a mile but didn’t know until later that night.
I liked the version you linked to, but...to me, is just isn’t a song for feminine voices. Just doesn’t sound right to me.
But a nice version, nonetheless.
A very different take on the song, featuring the amazing voice of Beverly Bivens.
That's a great song. Perfect melody, and I love the lyrics!
Darin graduated from my high school, a few years before I attended. He came back to visit a few times..always caused a riot when he showed up. I never was there those times..dan it.. He established several prizes and scholarships, which are still be awarded to this day. Before he changed his name, it was “Walden Robert Cassoto.”
Mustards retreat “Great lakes fishing trade” “wreck of the Julie Plante” Jolly Rogers -—Heck any sea chanty by the Jolly Rogers...look em up the are billed as the singing pirates of the midwest...Gaelic Storm “Lovers Wreck” Kingston Trio “Blow Boys Blow” Dubliners “Donegal Danny”......more as they occur to me...got a Pandora station for folk music...I love it.
Al staat de zee ook hol en hoog
En zweept de storm ons voort,
wij hebben 's Vaders Zoon aan boord
en 't veilig strand voor oog.
Here's the original version. According to the BBC, it's the only Chinese song to have been a hit in the West:
Mei Kuei, Mei Kuei, Wo Ai Ni (Rose, Rose I Love You)--Yao Lee (1940)
Drunken Sailor by the Blaggards....if you like a little hard rock/folk music.
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