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| The music to Nancy Lee was written by Michael Maybrick, who published under the name Stephen Adams. He was born in Liverpool in 1844. He completed his music studies there and moved to Leipzig and Milan to study further. He became a well known baritone singer. His first appearance was in the New Philharmonic Concerts in London in 1870. His tunes were popular in both England and America.
Nancy Lee was one of Maybrick's first compositions. It was so popular that within two years over one hundred thousand copies had been sold. The words was written by Frederick E. Weatherly (1848-1929). Weatherly was born in Somersetshire in 1848 and graduated from Oxford in 1871. He practiced law thereafter, but also wrote more that fifty children's books and wrote several tunes with Maybrick. |
Of all the wives as e'er you know, Yeo ho! lads, ho! Yeo ho! Yeo ho! There's none like Nancy Lee, I trow, Yeo ho! Yeo ho! Yeo ho! See there she stands and waves her hands Upon the quay, and every day When I'm away she'll watch for me, And whisper low when tempests blow, For Jack at sea, Yeo ho! lads, ho! Yeo ho! Chorus The sailor's wife the sailor's star shall be, Yeo ho! We go across the sea; The sailor's wife the sailor's star shall be, The sailor's wife his star shall be! The harbor's past, the breezes blow, Yeo ho! lads, ho! Yeo ho! Yeo ho! 'Tis long ere we come back, I know, Yeo ho! Yeo ho! Yeo ho! But true and bright from morn till night My home will be, and all so neat, And snug and sweet, for Jack at sea; And Nancy's face to bless the place, And welcome me; Yeo ho! lads, ho! Yeo ho! Chorus The bosun pipes the watch below, Yeo ho! lads, ho! Yeo ho! Yeo ho! Then here's a health afore we go, Yeo ho! Yeo ho! Yeo ho! A long, long life to my sweet wife, And mates at sea, and keep our bones From Davy Jones, where-e'er we be, And may you meet a mate as sweet As Nancy Lee. Yeo ho! lads, ho! Yeo ho! Chorus |
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Book of Navy Songs See Bibliography for full information. |
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