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''A Rover Chanty'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in [[The Speaker|The Speaker: The Liberal Review]] on 27 june 1896.<br />
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== Editions ==<br />
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* in ''[[The Speaker]]'' (27 june 1896 [UK])<br />
* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (1898-1916, [[Smith, Elder & Co.]] [UK])<br />
* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (august 1898, [[Charles Scribner's Sons]] [US])<br />
* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (1898, [[Doubleday & McClure Co.|Doubleday, Page & Co.]] [US])<br />
* ''A Rover Chanty'' (1901, [[J. Curwen & Sons]] ''Chorus for Equal Voices No. 579'' [UK]) ''music score''<br />
* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (1918-1920, [[John Murray]] [UK])<br />
* in ''[[Three Nautical Songs for Baritone]]'', by [[G. W. Chadwick]] (1920, Oliver Ditson Co. [US]) as ''Pirate Song''<br />
* in ''[[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]]'' (1922-1928, [[John Murray]] [UK])<br />
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== Music ==<br />
''Music translated by AI from the original music sheet below.''<br />
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{{audio|oliver-ditson-1920-pirate-song-p3-7.mp3}}<br />
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== A Rover Chanty ==<br />
[[File:the-speaker-1896-06-27-p690-a-rover-chanty.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[The Speaker]] (27 june 1896, p. 690)]]<br />
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A trader sailed from Stepney town—<br /><br />
Wake her up! Shake her up! Try her with the mainsail!<br /><br />
A trader sailed from Stepney town<br /><br />
With a keg full of gold and a velvet gown:<br /><br />
Ho, the bully rover Jack,<br /><br />
Waiting with his yard aback<br /><br />
Out upon the Lowland sea!<br /><br /><br />
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The trader he had a daughter fair—<br /><br />
Wake her up! Shake her up! Try her with the foresail<br /><br />
The trader he had a daughter fair,<br /><br />
She had gold in her ears, and gold in her hair:<br /><br />
All for bully rover Jack,<br /><br />
Waiting with his yard aback,<br /><br />
Out upon the Lowland sea!<br /><br /><br />
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'Alas the day, oh daughter mine!'—<br /><br />
Shake her up! Wake her up! Try her with the topsail!<br /><br />
'Alas the day, oh daughter mine!<br /><br />
Yon red, red flag is a fearsome sign!'<br /><br />
Ho, the bully rover Jack,<br /><br />
Reaching on the weather tack,<br /><br />
Out upon the Lowland sea!<br /><br /><br />
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'A fearsome flag!' the maiden cried—<br /><br />
Wake her up! Shake her up! Try her with the jibsail!<br /><br />
'A fearsome flag!' the maiden cried,<br /><br />
But comelier men I never have spied!'<br /><br />
Ho, the bully rover Jack,<br /><br />
Reaching on the weather tack,<br /><br />
Out upon the Lowland sea!<br /><br /><br />
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There's a wooden path that the rovers know—<br /><br />
Wake her up! Shake her up! Try her with the headsails!<br /><br />
There's a wooden path that the rovers know,<br /><br />
Where none come back, though many must go:<br /><br />
Ho, the bully rover Jack,<br /><br />
Lying with his yard aback,<br /><br />
Out upon the Lowland sea!<br /><br /><br />
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Where is the trader of Stepney town?—<br /><br />
Wake her up! Shake her up! Every stick a-bending!<br /><br />
Where is the trader of Stepney town?<br /><br />
There's gold on the capstan, and blood on the gown:<br /><br />
Ho for bully rover Jack,<br /><br />
Waiting with his yard aback,<br /><br />
Out upon the Lowland sea!<br /><br /><br />
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Where is the maiden who knelt at his side?—<br /><br />
Wake her up! Shake her up! Every stitch a-drawing!<br /><br />
Where is the maiden who knelt at his side?<br /><br />
We gowned her in scarlet, and chose her our bride:<br /><br />
Ho, the bully rover Jack,<br /><br />
Reaching on the weather tack,<br /><br />
Right across the Lowland sea!<br /><br /><br />
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So it's up and its over to Stornoway Bay,<br /><br />
Pack it on! Crack it on! Try her with the stunsails!<br /><br />
It's off on a bowline to Stornoway Bay,<br /><br />
Where the liquor is good and the lasses are gay:<br /><br />
Waiting for their bully Jack,<br /><br />
Watching for him sailing back,<br /><br />
Right across the Lowland sea.<br />
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== Adaptations ==<br />
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'''Music'''<br />
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File:oliver-ditson-1920-p3-pirate-song.jpg|p. 3<br />
File:oliver-ditson-1920-p4-pirate-song.jpg|p. 4<br />
File:oliver-ditson-1920-p5-pirate-song.jpg|p. 5<br />
File:oliver-ditson-1920-p6-pirate-song.jpg|p. 6<br />
File:oliver-ditson-1920-p7-pirate-song.jpg|p. 7<br />
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