{"id":7915,"date":"2015-04-01T06:37:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T10:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7915"},"modified":"2019-11-08T09:48:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T13:48:40","slug":"the-rainbow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7915","title":{"rendered":"The Rainbow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Rainbow.png\" width=\"500\/\"\/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/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\/Rainbow.mp3\"> The Rainbow &#8211; Click To Play<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">\nThis ballad from the 16th century immortalizes a British galleon of the English Tudor Navy named &#8220;The Rainbow.&#8221; She fought against the Spanish during the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Singeing_the_King_of_Spain%27s_Beard\">Singeing the King of Spain&#8217;s Beard<\/a>&#8221; and the Spanish Armada, including the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Armada#Battle_of_Gravelines\">Battle of Gravelines<\/a> in 1588.<\/p>\n<p>In the story, as was a maritime tradition the captain&#8217;s wife bravely took command of the ship after his untimely demise.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\n[D] As we were a-sailing out on the Spanish shore<br \/>\n[Bm] The drums they did beat me-boys and loud [D] cannons did [A] roar<br \/>\n[Bm] We spied our lofty enemy come [D] sailing down the [A] main<br \/>\n[D] With her scarves a-still high to our top sails again<\/p>\n<p>Our captain says be ready oh he says me-boys stand true<br \/>\nTo face the Spanish enemy we lately did pursue<br \/>\nTo face the Spanish enemy they love the ocean wide<br \/>\nAnd without a good protection boys we&#8217;ll take the first broadside<\/p>\n<p>Ah broadside to broadside &#8211; to battle then we went<br \/>\nTo sink one another it was our intent<br \/>\nThe very second broadside our captain he got slain<br \/>\nAnd his damsel &#8211; she stood up in his place to command<\/p>\n<p>We fought for four hours &#8211; four hours &#8211; so severe<br \/>\nWe scarcely had one man aboard &#8211; of our ship that could steer<br \/>\nWe scarcely had one man aboard who&#8217;d fire off a gun<br \/>\nAnd the blood from our deck me boys &#8211; like a river did run<\/p>\n<p>For quarters for quarters those Spanish lads did cry<br \/>\nNo quarters no quarters this damsel did reply<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ve had the finest quarters that I can afford<br \/>\nAnd you must sink or swim me-boys or jump overboard<\/p>\n<p>And now the battle&#8217;s over &#8211; we&#8217;ll drink a glass of wine<br \/>\nAnd you must drink to your own-true-love as I will drink<br \/>\nto mine<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s health onto the damsel who fought all on the main<br \/>\nAnd here\u2019s to the royal gallant ship the &#8220;Rainbow&#8221; by name<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? 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