| Blow the Wind Southerly Fo'c'sle Song Modified by Maggie Hannington from a song by John Stobbs |
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| Chorus Blow the wind Southerly, Southerly, Southerly, Blow the wind South o’er the bonnie blue sea; Blow the wind Southerly, Southerly, Southerly, Blow bonnie breeze, my lover to me. They told me last night there were ships in the offing, And I hurried down to the deep rolling sea; But my eye could not see it Wherever might be it, The bark that is bearing my lover to me. (Chorus) The ships there were many a blowing and bowin’ And bending right o’er in the salty sea foam; ‘Til my eye did behold it, As many had told it, The great bonnie ship of my lover come home. (Chorus) My sweetheart had fared through the winter unfriendly: His ship came along in the early spring tide. Now my heartache is ended; All rifts now are mended; My lover will soon be right here by my side. (Chorus) |
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This is a very sweet song that our girls have down to a science of harmony. Not to be missed. All Dean could find on the author: John Stobbs, born in 1817, and noted in the 1851 census for South Shields as having been born in Manchester. Also this link to another of Stobbs' songs. |
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