Music Of The Waters - online book
Sailors' Chanties, Songs Of The Sea, Boatmen's, Fishermen's,
Rowing Songs,
& Water Legends with lyrics & sheet music
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146 Music of the Waters. |
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Solo.—" Ali, alo, Chorus.—Ali, ali, alo. Solo.—He eats the meat
And gives us the bones. Chorus.—Ali, ali, ali, alo, Ali, ali, alo. Solo.—He drinks the wine
And gives us the water."
A genuine complaint this, and, if true, one with a good reason. I suppose Ali, alo, may be rendered " Hallo, halli." Sometimes the complaint is of a much less refined nature, and proceeds from one of the hard-worked labourers, who intersperses his song with expressions the reverse of parliamentary.
France is a country where the custom of each port to have its own particular " chanty " is strictly adhered to. There is another song used at Fecamp, which closely resembles the Dunkerque one just quoted.
I cannot find any more beautiful illustration of the Breton mariner's piety and grand faith than in the following :— |
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BRETON SAILORS' LITANY. |
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