Annotation:Captain Death: Difference between revisions
(Created page with "=='''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]'''== ---- <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> '''CAPTAIN DEATH.''' AKA - "Muse and the hero together are fir'd (The)." English, Song Ai...") |
m (Text replacement - "<div style="text-align: justify; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 90px; margin-left: 70px; margin-right: 120px;">" to "<div style="text-align: justify;">") |
||
| (7 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
== | __NOABC__ | ||
<div class="noprint"> | |||
<p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]] </font></p> | |||
</div> | |||
---- | ---- | ||
<p><font face=" | {{#lst:{{PAGENAME}}|abc}} | ||
'''CAPTAIN DEATH.''' AKA | ---- | ||
<blockquote> | <div style="page-break-before:always"></div> | ||
<p><font face="sans-serif" size="2"> | |||
<div style="text-align: justify;"> | |||
<br> | |||
'''CAPTAIN DEATH.''' AKA – "Muse and the hero together are fir'd (The)." English, Song Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The song, set by James Oswald, tells of a British naval hero of the mid-18th century, Captain Death, commander of the privateer '''Terrible''', who fought an engagement with a French vessel named the '''Grand Alexander''' from St. Malo. It begins: | |||
</font></p> | |||
<blockquote><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> | |||
''The muse and the hero together are fir'd,''<br> | ''The muse and the hero together are fir'd,''<br> | ||
''The same noble views have their bosoms inspir'd;''<br> | ''The same noble views have their bosoms inspir'd;''<br> | ||
| Line 11: | Line 20: | ||
''To one British hero, 'tis brave captain Death;''<br> | ''To one British hero, 'tis brave captain Death;''<br> | ||
''To one British hero, 'tis brave captain Death.''<br> | ''To one British hero, 'tis brave captain Death.''<br> | ||
</font></blockquote> | |||
<p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> | |||
Charles Dickens Jr. wrote of the song in his '''All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal''' (vol. IV, 1870): | |||
</font></p> | |||
<blockquote><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> | |||
''A sea song very popular in the middle of the last century'' [Ed. the 18th] ''was Captain Death,'' | |||
''relating to the captain of the Terrible, who was killed in an engagement with the French in December,'' | |||
''1757. It was a tradition in the navy that the Terrible had not only a man named Death for her captain,'' | |||
''but one named Devil, or Deville, for her first lieutenant; and a third named Ghost, for her surgeon.'' | |||
''It was added, to complete the ominous series of names connected with the ship, that she was fitted out at'' | |||
''Execution Dock. The second stanza will suffice as a specimen:'' | |||
<blockquote> | |||
''His ship was the Terrible, dreadful to see,''<br> | |||
''His crew were as brave and gallant as he;''<br> | |||
''Two hundred and more was their good complement,''<br> | |||
''And no braver fellows to sea ever went.''<br> | |||
''Each man was determined to spend his last breath,''<br> | |||
''In fighting for Britain and brave Captain Death.''<br> | |||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
<br> | |||
</div> | |||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face=" | <div class="noprint"> | ||
''Source for notated version'': | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="2"> '''Additional notes''' </font></p> | ||
<p><font face="sans-serif" size="2"> | |||
<font color=red>''Source for notated version''</font>: - | |||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face=" | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="2"> | ||
''Printed sources'': | <font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : - Ritson ('''Select Collection of English Songs, vol. 3'''), 1813; no. 64, pp. 302–303. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face=" | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="2"> | ||
''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal></font> | <font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> - </font> | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
---- | ---- | ||
== | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]] </font></p> | ||
</div> | |||
__NOEDITSECTION__ | |||
__NOTITLE__ | |||
Latest revision as of 17:27, 11 June 2019
X:1 T:Muse and the hero together are fir'd B:Thomas Park - Select Collection of English Songs with their Original Airs vol. 3 (1813, pp. 302-303) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion M:C| L:1/8 N:"Set by Mr. Oswald" R:Air K:G D|G2 FG A2 Bc|d2 BG A3B|c2 de {e}d2 cB|(cB) AG d3d| e2ce d2 Bd|c2 Ac B3c|d2 cB c2 de|E2 FG F3D| G2 AB c2 BA|d2 ef g3f|e2 ce dB zG|A/B/c BA G2 zd| (e/f/g) gg G2 zG|(B/c/d) dd D3D|E2 GA Bd ze|B2 A>G G2||
CAPTAIN DEATH. AKA – "Muse and the hero together are fir'd (The)." English, Song Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The song, set by James Oswald, tells of a British naval hero of the mid-18th century, Captain Death, commander of the privateer Terrible, who fought an engagement with a French vessel named the Grand Alexander from St. Malo. It begins:
The muse and the hero together are fir'd,
The same noble views have their bosoms inspir'd;
As freedom they love, and for glory contend,
The muse o'er the hero still mourns as a friend;
And here let the muse her poor tribute bequeath
To one British hero, 'tis brave captain Death;
To one British hero, 'tis brave captain Death.
Charles Dickens Jr. wrote of the song in his All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal (vol. IV, 1870):
A sea song very popular in the middle of the last century [Ed. the 18th] was Captain Death, relating to the captain of the Terrible, who was killed in an engagement with the French in December, 1757. It was a tradition in the navy that the Terrible had not only a man named Death for her captain, but one named Devil, or Deville, for her first lieutenant; and a third named Ghost, for her surgeon. It was added, to complete the ominous series of names connected with the ship, that she was fitted out at Execution Dock. The second stanza will suffice as a specimen:
His ship was the Terrible, dreadful to see,
His crew were as brave and gallant as he;
Two hundred and more was their good complement,
And no braver fellows to sea ever went.
Each man was determined to spend his last breath,
In fighting for Britain and brave Captain Death.