In the 50's film Old man of the sea, what is the name of the song Spencer Tr!
Question: In the 50's film Old man of the sea, what is the name of the song Spencer Tracey sings to the wee boy on boat!?
Answers:
Here is the film clip on YouTube:
http://youtube!.com/watch!?v=UAEhDAAsTro
The instrument is a hurdygurdy, which comes in various sizes!.
I found these lyrics, which don't match the film version, and some information about the song:
"Yea Ho, Little Fish"
Come all ye bold fishermen, listen to me;
I'll sing you a song of the fish in the sea!.
Yea ho, little fish, don't cry, don't cry;
Yea ho, little fish, you be a whale by and by!.
You go to fish school and can learn from a book
How not to get caught on the fisherman's hook!.
Watch out, little fish, we're out after you,
But you can escape away deep in the blue!.
You just swim around the fisherman's bait
And you won't end up on the fisherman's plate!.
Recorded by Ed Trickett on "The Telling Takes Me Home", FSI-46!.
"I learned this lullaby of warning from Mike Cohen in 1963!. He mentioned that the song, or one similar to it, could be heard in the 1930s movie "Captains Courageous," which starred Spencer Tracy!. I could not find the words from the movie version, but it was called 'Manuel's love song' in the film and was written by Gus Kahn and Franz Waxman!. The words I song are, I believe, a combination of traditional and written ones, with the tune and the chorus being very similar to that found in Meredith and Anderson's 'Folksongs of Australia' in their song 'The Little Fish'!. They report the song to be Portuguese in origin but fairly widely known in North Queensland, Australia!."
http://www!.traditionalmusic!.co!.uk/folk-s!.!.!.
I'm still trying to find the lyrics Spencer Tracy is singing, but I imagine that you can tell what they are as he does sing clearly though with what seems an "iffy" accent!. He spoke with a Portuguese fisherman, trying to learn the pattern of speech, but was disappointed that "fish" wasn't pronounced "feesh"; so, he went ahead and did it the way he wanted! I learned this information from the gentleman who used to host AMC in its commercial-free days!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
http://youtube!.com/watch!?v=UAEhDAAsTro
The instrument is a hurdygurdy, which comes in various sizes!.
I found these lyrics, which don't match the film version, and some information about the song:
"Yea Ho, Little Fish"
Come all ye bold fishermen, listen to me;
I'll sing you a song of the fish in the sea!.
Yea ho, little fish, don't cry, don't cry;
Yea ho, little fish, you be a whale by and by!.
You go to fish school and can learn from a book
How not to get caught on the fisherman's hook!.
Watch out, little fish, we're out after you,
But you can escape away deep in the blue!.
You just swim around the fisherman's bait
And you won't end up on the fisherman's plate!.
Recorded by Ed Trickett on "The Telling Takes Me Home", FSI-46!.
"I learned this lullaby of warning from Mike Cohen in 1963!. He mentioned that the song, or one similar to it, could be heard in the 1930s movie "Captains Courageous," which starred Spencer Tracy!. I could not find the words from the movie version, but it was called 'Manuel's love song' in the film and was written by Gus Kahn and Franz Waxman!. The words I song are, I believe, a combination of traditional and written ones, with the tune and the chorus being very similar to that found in Meredith and Anderson's 'Folksongs of Australia' in their song 'The Little Fish'!. They report the song to be Portuguese in origin but fairly widely known in North Queensland, Australia!."
http://www!.traditionalmusic!.co!.uk/folk-s!.!.!.
I'm still trying to find the lyrics Spencer Tracy is singing, but I imagine that you can tell what they are as he does sing clearly though with what seems an "iffy" accent!. He spoke with a Portuguese fisherman, trying to learn the pattern of speech, but was disappointed that "fish" wasn't pronounced "feesh"; so, he went ahead and did it the way he wanted! I learned this information from the gentleman who used to host AMC in its commercial-free days!.Www@Enter-QA@Com