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|f_annotation='''TRIM BUILT WHERRY, THE.''' English, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "The Trim Built Wherry" is | |f_annotation='''TRIM BUILT WHERRY, THE.''' AKA - "Then Farewell My Trim Built Wherry." English, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "The Trim Built Wherry" is a much anthologized English broadside ballad [Roud Number: V468] composed by songwriter, dramatist, novelist, singer, musician, composer and actor [[wikipedia:Charles_Dibdin]] the Elder (1745-1814). Dibdin composed it for his opera '''The Waterman''' (c. 1775), set in Battersea, Chelsea, whose hero, Tom Tug, was a waterman<ref>A ''wherry'' is a sailing boat with a gaff rig, traditionally used to haul cargo in East Anglia.</ref>. Tom sings the song when he has resolved to cast away his cares and be off to sea. The first two stanzas go: | ||
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''Then farewel my trim-built wherry,''<br> | ''Then farewel my trim-built wherry,''<br> | ||
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TRIM BUILT WHERRY, THE. AKA - "Then Farewell My Trim Built Wherry." English, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "The Trim Built Wherry" is a much anthologized English broadside ballad [Roud Number: V468] composed by songwriter, dramatist, novelist, singer, musician, composer and actor wikipedia:Charles_Dibdin the Elder (1745-1814). Dibdin composed it for his opera The Waterman (c. 1775), set in Battersea, Chelsea, whose hero, Tom Tug, was a waterman[1]. Tom sings the song when he has resolved to cast away his cares and be off to sea. The first two stanzas go:
Then farewel my trim-built wherry,
Oars, and coat, and badge farewel;
Never more at Chelsea ferry,
Shall your Thomas take a spell.
But to hope and peace a stranger,
In the battle's heat I'll go,
Where exposed to every danger,
Some friendly ball may lay me low.
- ↑ A wherry is a sailing boat with a gaff rig, traditionally used to haul cargo in East Anglia.