“Spanish Ladies”
Description
Sailor bids farewell to the Spanish (Australian, South American) ladies as his ship weighs anchor and departs for England (Massachusetts).
Notes
This well-known melody inspired a number of local parodies, including "We'll Rant and We'll Roar" and "Brisbane Ladies." As most of these are deliberate rewrites, however, they are not included here. - RBW
Same tune
- The Countersigns (File: Col135)
- Brisbane Ladies (File: FaE162)
- We'll Rant and We'll Roar (File: FJ042)
Cross references
- cf. "We'll Rant and We'll Roar" (plot, tune, lyrics)
- cf. "Brisbane Ladies" (plot, tune, lyrics)
- cf. "The Countersigns" (tune)
Broadsides
- Bodleian, Firth c.17(305), "The Spanish Ladies", J. Pitts (London), 1819-1844; also Harding B 11(1483), Harding B 11(3611), Firth b.34(40), Firth c.13(39), Firth c.13(41), "[The] Spanish Ladies"
- LOCSinging, as104650, "Spanish Ladies", J. Catnach (London), 19C
Recordings
- Cadgwith fishermen, "Farewell and Adieu" (on LastDays)
- Johnny Doughty, "Up the Channel" (on Voice12)
- A. L. Lloyd, "Talcahuano Girls" (on Lloyd3, Lloyd9)
References
- Hugill, pp. 385-386, "Spanish Ladies" (2 texts, 2 tunes) [AbEd, pp. 293-294]
- Sharp-100E 89, "Spanish Ladies" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Shay-SeaSongs, pp. 136-137, "Spanish Ladies" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Creighton/Senior, pp. 233-234, "Spanish Ladies" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Karpeles-Newfoundland 41, "Spanish Ladies" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Mackenzie 97, "Spanish Ladies" (1 text)
- Ranson, p. 25, "The Spanish Ladies" (1 text)
- DT, SPANLAD* SPANLAD3*
- ADDITIONAL: Captain John Robinson, "Songs of the Chantey Man," a series published July-August 1917 in the periodical _The Bellman_ (Minneapolis, MN, 1906-1919). "Farewell and Adieu" is in Part 4, 8/4/1917.
- Roud #687
- BI, ShH89