The Keel Row (Edward Francis Rimbault)

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(Posted 2023-12-01) CPDL #77780:

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-01). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 551 kB Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The Keel Row
Composer: Edward Francis Rimbault
Lyricist: Traditional
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Folksong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1883 S. Brainard’s Sons
Description: Traditional English Folksong

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Original text and translations

English text

As I came thro’ Sandgate,
Thro’ Sandgate, thro’ Sandgate,
As I came thro’ Sandgate,
I heard a lassie sing:
    “O, weel may the keel row,
    The keel row, the keel row,
    O weel may the keel row
    That my laddie’s in.”

“O wha’s like my Johnnie,
Sae leish, sae blithe, sae bonnie?
He’s foremost ’mang the mony
Keel lads o’ coaly Tyne;

He’ll row ay’ sae tightly
Or dance ay’ sae sprightly,
He’ll sing ay’ sae,
’Tis true, were he nae mine.

He wears a blue bonnet,
Blue bonnet, blue bonnet,
He wears a blue bonnet
A dimple in his chin.
    And weel may the keel row,
    The keel row, the keel row,
    And weel may the keel row
    That my laddie’s in.”