Annotation:Wives and Sweethearts
X:562 T:Wives and Sweethearts. Roose.0562 B:Roose MS, poss. Manchester, mid-late 19th century. Z:Village Music Project 2019 Roger Hare M:C L:1/8 Q:"^Andantino" "_Sym" Q:1/4=120 K:G D2 | G2 G,2 A2 B2 | c3 d/c/ B4 | {B}A2 GF G2 A2 | D4 C3 c/e/ | d3 c B2 B>d | {d/}c3 B A2 c2 | cBed cBAG | GFAF D2 c2 | BdcB cdef | gbdg BdGB | !wedge!E(GAB) !wedge!cAGF | G4 G,2 "_So"D2 | G2 G2 A2 B2 | c4 B4 | {B}A2 GF G2 A2 | D4 z2 d2 | d3 c B2 B>d | {d}c3 BA2 z c | B2 cA G2 F2 | {A}G4 z2 A2 | BA GF GA B^c | d4 F3 G | A2 GF E2 D2 | A4 z2 B2 | ^c2 e2 c2 A2 | f4 d3 B | (A3 F) (G3 E) | D4 z2 d2 | d3 {ed}c B3 c/B/ | G2 G2 G2 G2 | c3 d e2 c2 | {B}A3 G {GE}!fermata!F2 D2 | G4 A4 | (B4 cA) GF | G4 A4 | (B4 cA) GF | G6 g2 | f4 !fermata!z2 c2 | c2 e2 e2 (3edc | B2 d2 d2 d2 | D2 c2 c2 c2 | c4 z2 d>c | BdcB cdef | g2 d2 B2 G2 | EGAB cAGF | "_Sym"Gd'c'b agfe & G4 x4 | d z e z d z c z | BdcB cdef | gbdg BdGB | !wedge!E(GAB) !wedge!c(AGF) | G2 G2 G2 |]
WIVES AND SWEETHEARTS, OR SATURDAY NIGHT AT SEA. English, Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "Wives and sweethearts" was a song written and composed by the prolific wikipedia:Charles_Dibdin (1745-1814), published in London by Preston & Son in 1803.
'Tis said we vent'rous die-hards,
when we leave the shore,
Our friends should mourn,
Lest we return
To bless their sight no more:
But this is all a notion
Bold Jack can't understand,—
Some die upon the ocean,
And some die on the land:
Then, since 'tis clear,
Howe'er we steer,
No man's life's under his command,
Let tempests howl,
And billows roll,
And dangers press:v Of these in spite, there are some joys
Us jolly tars to bless,—
For Saturday night still comes, my boys,
To drink to Poll and Bess.
