SZANTY...

[W M Wachniewski]

...Heeej, Kochani, gdzie te czasy... kiedy ryczało się na cały głos:

KTO CHCE, TEN NIECHAJ WIERZY
KTO NIE CHCE, NIECH NIE WIERZY
NAM NA TYM NIE ZALEŻY,
WIĘC WYPIJMY JESZCZE!...

- Jasne, to fragment Morskich opowieści. Jeśli pamiętacie taki fajowy zespół pn. FILIPINKI, to pamietacie pewnie też i stary "teledysk" z ich SPACEREM PO PORCIE. Jakąż frajdę miałem niedawno, kiedy udało mi się kupić krążek tychże szczecińskich FILIPINEK i usłyszeć tę uroczą melodyjkę. Byłoby nieźle - tu propozycja dla gości odpowidających za oprawę różnych wycieczek morskich po naszych portach - gdyby "Spacer" towarzyszył pasażerom na EWIE czy MAŁGORZACIE podczas rejsu po porcie Gdyni!

W ogóle to szantysek jest trochę mało. Pośpiewałoby się -

I WAS BOUND FOR YANKEE CLIPPER SHIP
"DAVID CROCKETT" IS HER NAME
OLD MAN BURGESS IS A CAPTAIN OF HER
AND THEY SAY THAT SHE'S A FLOATIN' HELL!

tu refren i znów:

I HAVE SAILED WITH BURGESS ONCE BEFORE
AND I THINK I KNOW HIM WELL
IF A MAN'S A SAILOR HE WILL GET ALONG
AND IF NOT THEN HE'S SHORT IN HELL!!

Moją ulubioną szantyską było to, "Co się zdarzyło jeden raz...", a pierwszą obcojęzyczną była niezapomniana Opowieść o zatopieniu statku [!] BISMARCK, którą kiedyś tam usłyszałem w Polskim Radio 3:

In May of 1941 [nineteen forty one]
the war had just begun
the Germans had the biggest ship
that had the biggest guns -

to był pierwszy tekst angielski słyszany z radia i niezapisany, w którym wiedziałem, o co biegało.
Ostatnio u mnie w Słupsku fajowe chłopaki śpiewały szanty podczas Jarmarku Gryfitów, no i zaśpiewały m. in. "Pod Sztokfiszem", to coś, co ma u nas dwie wersje (druga to MISTRZOWIE GDAŃSCY).
Z czasów, kiedy jak nawiedzony oglądałem różne Latające Holendry, pamiętam też taką pioseneczkę, w której

Kiwa[ło] łajbą dla zabawy
Hej-hej, i jeszcze raz!...

No dobra, a teraz pora na pytanie, które nie daje mi spokoju: czy poza LOWLANDS, FIDDLER'S GREEN [świetna rzecz, w dobrym wykonaniu chwyta za serce...] ŻAGLAMI "ZAWISZY" i paru innymi standardowymi szantami znacie jakieś dające się zaśpiewać jak należy??? MAGGIE MAE, EBENEZER lub coś w tym stylu?...

Czy są w ogóle DOBRE polskie szanty? Pytanie głupie, wiem, tylko JAKIE???

[gen. baron Piotr Wrangel]

Niezawodne: Gdzie ta keja
Lubie: Cztery piwka na stół
I jeszcze wiele wiele innych...

[Emden]

http://zagle.bajo.pl/mp3.php3
WMW tu chyba cos znajdziesz...


A o Bismarcku to:

Sink The Bismark
Johnny Horton

In May of nineteen forty-one the war had just begun
The Germans had the biggest ship that had the biggest guns
The Bismark was the fastest ship that ever sailed the seas
On her deck were guns as big as steers and shells as big as trees

Out of the cold and foggy night came the British ship the Hood
And evry British seaman, he knew and understood
They had to sink the Bismark, the terror of the sea
Stop those guns as big as steers and those shells as big as trees

We'll find that German battleship thats makin' such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismark 'cause the world depends on us
Hit the decks a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around
When we find the Bismark we gotta cut her down

The Hood found the Bismark and on that fatal day
The Bismark started firin' fifteen miles away
We gotta sink the Bismark was the battle sound
But when the smoke had cleared away
The mighty Hood went down

For six long days and weary nights they tried to find her trail
Churchill told the people "Put ev'ry ship a-sail"
'Cause somewhere on that ocean I know she's gotta be
We gotta sink the Bismark to the bottom of the sea

We'll find that German battleship thats makin' such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismark 'cause the world depends on us
Hit the decks a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around
When we find the Bismark we gotta cut her down

The fog was gone on the seventh day and they saw the mornin' sun
Ten hours away from homeland the Bismark made its' run
The admiral of the British fleet said "Turn those bows around"
We found that German battleship and we're gonna cut her down

The British guns were aimed and the shells were comin' fast
The first shell hit the Bismark, they knew she couldn't last
That mighty German battleship is just a memory
"Sink the Bismark" was the battle cry that shook the seven seas

We found that German battleship was makin' such a fuss
We had to sink the Bismark 'cause the world depends on us
We hit the decks a-runnin' and we spun those guns around
Yeah, we found the mighty Bismark and then we cut her down

We found that German battleship was makin' such a fuss
We had to sink the Bismark 'cause the world depends on us
We hit the decks a-runnin' and we spun those guns around
We found the mighty Bismark and then we cut her down

[Emden]

A tu parodia ze strony Bismarcka


Henry Hayes&Ken Burns
Way back in nineteen-forty-two or maybe forty-three,
I sailed with Captain Tuna, the chicken of the sea.
We didn't sink the Bismarck , no matter what they say,
For when we seen the German ships, we sailed the other way.
We seen torpedos comin' and we saw a periscope.
We were full of fightin' spirit and our souls were full o' hope.
The captain yelled, "Now hear this!" He really flipped his lid.
We haven't yet begun to fight. What's more, we never did.

Oh, we didn't sink the Bismarck and we didn't fight at all.
We spend our time in Norfolk and we really had a ball,
Chasin' after women while our ship was overhauled,
A-livin' it up on grapefruit juice and sickbay alcohol.

Then they made me a frogman on the demolition team.
I sunk a battleship, a cruiser, and a submarine.
I blew up ammunition dumps. I did my best to please.
I did it all before the Navy sent me overseas.

Tony, our Italian cook, was a-settin' on the deck,
And we were a-peelin' 'taters. We must 'a' peeled a peck.
The captain yelled, "Hey, Tony! Is that a U-boat I see?"
Tony says, "It's not-a my boat; it's-a no belong to me."

Oh, we didn't sink the Bismarck and we didn't fight at all.
We spend our time in Norfolk and we really had a ball,
Chasin' after women while our ship was overhauled,
A-livin' it up on grapefruit juice and sickbay alcohol.

And now the war is over and our story can be told
About our captain's fightin' and the young ones and the old.
We stayed in San Francisco , away from the battle scenes.
We spent our time on Treasure Island a-fightin' the Marines.

Oh, we didn't sink the Bismarck and we didn't fight at all.
We spend our time in Norfolk and we really had a ball,
Chasin' after women while our ship was overhauled,
A-livin' it up on grapefruit juice and sickbay alcohol.

[ms1981]

Polecam radio szanty na GG. Ze swojej strony dodam, ze wysmienita szanta jest 24 lutego, Branka, czy Jasnowlosa.

[Jerry]

W Krakowie rozpoczyna się Międzynarodowy Festiwal Piosenki Żeglarskiej Shanties 2007, a po koncertach festiwalowych trzeba wpaść na ...

szanty w Starym Porcie (do poniedziałku włącznie)

http://www.staryport.krakow.pl/koncerty.php