{"id":6978,"date":"1996-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1996-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-01-24T08:12:41","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T12:12:41","slug":"argonaut-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=6978","title":{"rendered":"Argonaut, The"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Argonaut.jpg\" height=\"140\" width=\"200\" alt=\"Argonaut.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"><a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\">Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Argoanut.mp3\">Argonaut, The<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"about\">There are many versions of this old sea chantey. Some are called &#039;Blow Ye Winds Of Morning.&#039; This one is a classic tale of disaster at sea. Working aboard the whaling ships of the Nineteenth Century was a treacherous way to make a living. Sailors were often killed during shore leave, but in some cases their ships would never return to their home ports.<\/p>\n<p>The 12-string guitar and banjo are tuned down one half step to F#, but the chord pattern is in the &#039;G&#039; position.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\n[G] &#039;Twas the twenty-first of [D] January<br \/>\n[G] Eighteen fifty [D] three<br \/>\n[G] Our gallant ship the [D] Argonaut<br \/>\nSet sail for  [Em] jubilee<br \/>\nSingin&#039; [G] blow ye winds of morning<br \/>\nBlow ye winds [C] hi ho<br \/>\n[G] Stow away your [C] runnin&#039; gear and<br \/>\n[G] Blow [C] boys [G] blow [C] [G] [C] [G]<\/p>\n<p>We headed up to Greenland<br \/>\nInto the wintry seas<br \/>\nWhere there&#039;s ice and snow, and the whale fish blow<br \/>\nAnd Jamaca rum would freeze<br \/>\nSingin&#039; blow ye winds of morning<br \/>\nBlow ye winds hi ho<br \/>\nStow away your runnin&#039; gear and<br \/>\nBlow boys blow<\/p>\n<p>Our captain Davy Grant me boys<br \/>\nHe give us all a treat<br \/>\nAnd that is why we caught a whale<br \/>\nThat measured fifty feet<br \/>\nSingin&#039; blow ye winds of morning<br \/>\nBlow ye winds hi ho<br \/>\nStow away your runnin&#039; gear and<br \/>\nBlow boys blow<\/p>\n<p>And when reached Cape Harrison<br \/>\nThe weather it turned clear<br \/>\nOur pilot aimed us to the south<br \/>\nAnd homeward we did steer<br \/>\nSingin&#039; blow ye winds of morning<br \/>\nBlow ye winds hi ho<br \/>\nStow away your runnin&#039; gear and<br \/>\nBlow boys blow<\/p>\n<p>But shortly out of Newfoundland<br \/>\nA storm began to rise<br \/>\nThe seas kicked up, the mast it broke<br \/>\nThe Argonaut capsized<br \/>\nSingin&#039; blow ye winds of morning<br \/>\nBlow ye winds hi ho<br \/>\nStow away your runnin&#039; gear and<br \/>\nBlow boys blow<\/p>\n<p>Of all those bold, brave sailors<br \/>\nOn that day did set sail<br \/>\nWell I&#039;m the only one alive<br \/>\nLeft to tell the tale<br \/>\nSingin&#039; blow ye winds of morning<br \/>\nBlow ye winds hi ho<br \/>\nStow away your runnin&#039; gear and<br \/>\nBlow boys blow<\/p>\n<p>It was the twenty-first of January<br \/>\nEighteen fifty three<br \/>\nOur gallant ship the Argonaut<br \/>\nSet sail for jubilee<br \/>\nSingin&#039; blow ye winds of morning<br \/>\nBlow ye winds hi ho<br \/>\nStow away your runnin&#039; gear and<br \/>\nBlow boys blow\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Argonaut, The There are many versions of this old sea chantey. Some are called &#039;Blow Ye Winds Of Morning.&#039; This one is a classic tale of disaster at sea. Working aboard the whaling ships of the Nineteenth Century was a treacherous way to make a living. 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