Jolly Pirate Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 I have some old sheet music hanging in my apartment. It's the song "The Jolly Roger," has anyone actually heard or seen a recorded version of this song? :angry: I'm shooting here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booga Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Might it be the song also called "Cardiff Rose"? The first verse goes: The sun came up over the Spanish Sea Our homeland far behind us Being hunted by the king´s navy I´m sure he´ll never find us Pull away, me lads of the Cardiff Rose and hoist the Jolly Roger I´ve actually got an mp3 of the song at: http://www.menvafan.net/pirat/songs/Molly_...Jolly_Roger.mp3 The band singing it is the swedish band Mollys(formerly known as Molly Maguires). The mp3 is totally legal, since I got permission from the band to put it online :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cronus Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Good song Booga. where can I find all the lyrics for it? I want to sing this when I go to my friend's house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaica Rose Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 I have some old sheet music hanging in my apartment. It's the song "The Jolly Roger," has anyone actually heard or seen a recorded version of this song? Can you give us a quote from the lyrics to give us a clue? Many songs have been called "The Jolly Roger". Blackheartedly yrs, --Jamaica Rose --Jamaica Rose Editor of No Quarter Given - since 1993 http://www.noquartergiven.net/ "Bringing a little pirate history into everyone's life" Find No Quarter Given ... on Facebook: facebook.com/noquartergiven ... and on Twitter: @NoQuarterGiven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaica Rose Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 Might it be the song also called "Cardiff Rose"? There is/was a group in N. California at Northern Faire that call themselves the "crew of the Cardiff Rose". Their website is: http://www.tower.org/rose/ The Cardiff Rose was written by Roger McGuin (if you are around my age, you might remember him from The Byrds). I wrote to Roger to ask permission to use the "Cardiff Rose" in the NQG Pirate Song Book. He told me unfortunately he no longer owns rights to the song -- EMI does. Sadly, they are a little tougher to get permission from, so the song is not in our book (anyone have connections at EMI?) In case yer interested, Roger McGuin's website is: http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/mcguinn/index.html He has a great CD album called "The Sea" -- of shanties (you can buy it online for $9.98 and before the CD arrives, right away you can listen online -- cool arrangement). He now is really into folk music, and his albums really reflect this. Blackheartedly yrs, --Jamaica Rose --Jamaica Rose Editor of No Quarter Given - since 1993 http://www.noquartergiven.net/ "Bringing a little pirate history into everyone's life" Find No Quarter Given ... on Facebook: facebook.com/noquartergiven ... and on Twitter: @NoQuarterGiven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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