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[ricardienne]

So I'm listening to songs by Hayden, and by the 4th Earl of Abingdon. Verily, they are crazy. I'm not sure whether I find Abingdon's (whose name, by the way, was Willoughby Bertie) political songs or Hayden's sailor song (with refrain: "what? no death?") more hilarious.

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Hayden's Sailor Song

[purofuego.livejournal.com]

It is "War nor death" :-)))

"High on the giddy bending mast
The seaman furls the rending sail,
And, fearless of the rushing blast,
He careless whistles to the gale.

Rattling ropes and rolling seas,
Hurlyburly, hurlyburly,
War nor death can him displease.

The hostile foe his vessel seeks,
High bounding o'er the raging main,
The roaring cannon loudly speaks,
Tis Britain's glory we maintain.

Rattling ropes and rolling seas,
Hurlyburly, hurlyburly,
War nor death can him displease."


I love this CD... especially the staring owl making "Tu-whit! tu-whoo!" (a merry note) in the last track :-)))

Re: Hayden's Sailor Song

[ricardienne.livejournal.com]

That does make more sense.