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Music of the times - what did your ancestors sing
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♥♪ˇ Karen | Report | 20 Apr 2005 09:54 |
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Maureen...here is your song...don't know the history of it, tho I believe it had something to do with the Manchester Ship Canal THE BIG SHIP SAILS ON THE ALLY-ALLY-OH The big ship sails on the ally-ally-oh, the ally-ally-oh, the ally-ally-oh, Oh, the big ship sails on the ally-ally-oh, on the last day of September. The captain said it will never, never do, never, never do, never, never do, The captain said it will never, never do, on the last day of September. The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea, the bottom of the sea, the bottom of the sea, The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea, on the last day of September. We all dip our heads in the deep blue sea, the deep blue sea, the deep blue sea, We all dip our heads in the deep blue sea, on the last day of September. |
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moe | Report | 20 Apr 2005 14:13 |
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Thanks a million for that Karen, i can't find a connection with Manchester just yet but now i know the dates are deffo i can look for ships that sunk with that date.... Moe. |
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moe | Report | 20 Apr 2005 14:26 |
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GREY.. i too know that song from my childhood, but my verse is slightly different, maybe i heard it wrong........ A man came home from work one night,to find his house without a light, he went upstairs to go to bed, a sudden thought came to his head, he went into his daughters room, and found her hanging from a noose, He got a knife and cut her down, and near her heart a letter found. Oh daddy i have died in shame, to have a child without a name..... I will have to stop there as i would be making the rest up, thats all i remember although i'm quite sure your last verse fits in at the end ...Moe! |
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Johnhenry | Report | 20 Apr 2005 16:54 |
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Many of these old (and used to be valued) were sang as children before and during the early war days.man werealso sung in the pubs on Saturday nights,when the booze was cheap.songs like the 'Big Ship' were skipping rope songs.where a long skipping rope was used and several children,boys and girls wold take it in turn to run in skip a bit and run out and it could go on for some time, it probably isnt done to day,because its been forgotten,or the good Burghers of the PC world htink it might be toooo dangerous, oh for prewar childishness,life was fun and happier, wish I could skip now |
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