Genre: A Cappella
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English (25), traditional (65), sea shanty (3), sailor (5), dream (100), vision (12), ghost (26), spirits of the dead (1), dreary (2), miserable (3), haunting (24), drowning (7)
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If you're looking for something to cheer you up you may want to look elsewhere! :)I'm trying out some ideas for a forthcoming mini-album of English folk songs ... I recorded this one today and thought I may as well post it. Every version of this song I've ever heard has been done unaccompanied. It's not that it would be difficult to set it to music, it's just such a bleak and lonely song it feels like it belongs on its own. Like a siren call across the ocean. It's actually a sailor's shanty and sung from a man's point of view, but all the most compelling versions I've heard have been sung by women. The reference to "my John" in the refrain probably just means "my lad", since "John" was an old slang name for a merchant seaman. As it happens my maternal grandfather was a merchant seaman called John, so this one's for him. I decided not to make any edits to this recording, so it has a rough edge, but ... you try singing six verses in one take with nothing to hide behind! © 2007 Rebsie Fairholm Lyrics:
I dreamed a dream the other nightLowlands, lowlands away my John I saw my love all dressed in white Lowlands away She came to me at my bedside All dressed in white like some fair bride And nestled in her bosom there A red, red rose my love did wear She made no sign, no word she said And then I knew my love was dead She's drowning in the lowlands sea And never more coming back to me Then I awoke to hear the cry "Oh watch on deck! Oh watch ahoy" Hardware:
Mac G5, Rode condenser mic, tonsilsSoftware:
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You must be registered and logged-in to comment. Hide in plain sight &mdash 05/08/07 - 06:17:57 PM
&mdash 06/03/07 - 01:32:30 PM
Perfect :) &mdash 05/08/07 - 07:33:51 PM
&mdash 06/03/07 - 01:33:55 PM
Wow, can you sing! &mdash 05/08/07 - 10:15:25 PM
This isn't really my kind of thing &mdash 05/09/07 - 05:42:43 AM
&mdash 06/03/07 - 01:41:38 PM
You have... &mdash 05/09/07 - 03:14:00 PM
&mdash 06/03/07 - 03:06:44 PM
Bravo &mdash 05/09/07 - 04:02:59 PM
Love it Rebsie &mdash 05/09/07 - 06:21:32 PM
&mdash 06/03/07 - 03:34:14 PM
Trust your instincts &mdash 05/09/07 - 10:40:01 PM
&mdash 06/03/07 - 03:37:18 PM
beautiful &mdash 05/09/07 - 10:58:57 PM
&mdash 06/03/07 - 03:40:06 PM
nice &mdash 05/10/07 - 02:35:59 PM
&mdash 06/03/07 - 03:51:34 PM
Certainly Lovely Voice &mdash 05/10/07 - 07:51:15 PM
&mdash 06/03/07 - 04:16:21 PM
Human. &mdash 05/12/07 - 10:48:36 PM
&mdash 06/03/07 - 04:26:20 PM
Lovely &mdash 05/14/07 - 03:54:59 AM
&mdash 06/03/07 - 04:28:57 PM
magic o the cappela &mdash 05/24/07 - 02:07:29 PM
... &mdash 05/25/07 - 08:58:16 AM
This is really beautiful Rebsie &mdash 05/28/07 - 06:59:06 AM
&mdash 06/03/07 - 04:00:50 PM
breathless &mdash 05/29/07 - 09:07:01 PM
.. &mdash 05/31/07 - 02:54:02 PM
&mdash 06/03/07 - 03:57:41 PM
What a great feat &mdash 06/03/07 - 04:00:56 PM
&mdash 06/03/07 - 04:06:08 PM
There it is. &mdash 08/12/07 - 02:36:07 PM
:) &mdash 08/27/07 - 08:53:12 PM
Thanks Laluna &mdash 10/07/07 - 06:36:25 AM
Lowlands &mdash 10/07/07 - 12:36:08 AM
Wonderful &mdash 02/18/08 - 07:02:01 AM
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