This is a ship song. The ship sinks. We love it when that happens! We had a hard time keeping to the traditional sea-faring style of music that this piece deserves. Christie’s lyrical storytelling about the ship makes us all want to snap our fingers, turn the lights down low, and do a little jazz.
This is a ship song. The ship sinks. We love it when that happens! We had a hard time keeping to the traditional sea-faring style of music that this piece deserves. Christie’s lyrical storytelling about the ship makes us all want to snap our fingers, turn the lights down low, and do a little jazz. Mixed Vocals, Folk Music, Sea Shanties | Pirate Songs
Track Summary Music Track Title: Herzogin Cecile Catalog ID: 260844
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Description: This is a ship song. The ship sinks. We love it when that happens! We had a hard time keeping to the traditional sea-faring style of music that this piece deserves. Christie’s lyrical storytelling about the ship makes us all want to snap our fingers, turn the lights down low, and do a little jazz.
Styles: Film Vocal, History, Pirates, Travel Channel, TV Vocal
Lyrical Topics: Ocean, Water, Sea / Ships
Lyrics
Herzogin Cecile
Contemporary Shanty
Ken Stephens
Sailing down the Baltic, where the wreck mark buoys all peal,
Cruisin' in the Channel, where the steamers never yield
Beatin' down the Biscay where the crew they get no meals
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile
(Chorus)
Herzogin Cecile, Herzogin Cecile
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile
Rolling in the doldrums where the slightest wind she'll feel
Roarin' in the forties, where the braces sing like steel
Tackin' in the Tasman Sea, where the winds upon her steal
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile (Chorus)
Runnin' east below the Horn where the mighty sperm whales squeal
Off Tierra Del Fuego, where the albatrosses wheel
Comin' down from Labrador with a load of pine and deal
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile(Chorus)
Cruising Caribbean calms, where the flying fish appeal
Now she's Falmouth bound for orders, where her passage time's reveal'd
A shipload strainin' in her hold, the pull again she'll feel
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile(Chorus)
She's run upon the Boat tail, in the mist, a test of steel
She's hard aground in Sawmile Cove, the rocks have broken her keel
The deck planks of the Duchess you feet will nevermore feel
She's was the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile
Herzogin Cecile, Herzogin Cecile
She's was the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile
