A Hundred Years Ago<br>
A Hundred Years Ago<br>
Traditional<br>
Two verses<br>
and choruses (8-bit, mono): .mp3 (139<br>
KB)<br>
Two verses and choruses (high quality): .mp3<br>
(175 KB)<br>
Entire song (high quality) .mp3 (362K)<br>
"A Hundred Years Ago" is performed by the Jolly Rogers<br>
Please refer to Cantaria's Copyright information<br>
Notes: A Hundred Years Ago is a halyard shanty which<br>
is related to A Long Time Ago is the one called A Hundred Years Ago or 'Tis<br>
Time For Us to Go. Hugill (author of href="songbooklist.htm#hugill">Shanties<br>
of the Seven Seas)<br>
believes that this is the shanty mentioned by Dana (Two Years Before the<br>
Mast)<br>
which he calls Time for Us to Go, although it is possible that he may have<br>
been<br>
referring to a version of Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her, often called Time<br>
for Us to Go.<br>
Chorus variants:<br>
First-------Oho,<br>
yes, oho!<br>
Oh,<br>
yes, oh!<br>
Oh,<br>
aye, oh!<br>
Second--A<br>
hundred years ago.<br>
'Tis<br>
time for us to go.<br>
Oh,<br>
time for us to go.<br>
This shanty has two main tunes, both equal<br>
favorites at halyards. The first I had from an English sailor, the second I<br>
learnt<br>
in the States. It was sung mainly at t'gallant halyards.<br>
sheet music<br>
Oh, a hundred years on the Eastern Shore<br>
Oh, yes, oh!<br>
A hundred years on the Eastern Shore<br>
A hundred years ago!<br>
Ol' Bully John from Baltimore<br>
I knew him well, that son-of-a-whore<br>
Ol' Bully John was the boy for me<br>
A bully on shore and a bucko at sea<br>
Ol' Bully John I knew him well<br>
But now he'd dead and gone to hell.<br>
Oh were you ever in Liverpool?<br>
In Liverpool, that Yankee school<br>
Oh a hundred years is a very long time<br>
Oh a hundred years is a very long time<br>
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