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27 Oct 20 - 10:57 PM (#4077057) Subject: Lyr Req: Out and over the bar she went From: GUEST,Bruce Baker Looking for the rest of the lyrics to a ghost ship song Here is the chorus that I recall (From John Dwyer) - As out and over the bar she went, her course was straight and true Then back she came on the evening tide with ne'er the sight of crew And no lights flickered in her wheelhouse, no smoke from her cookhouse came Though her help was steady over Clackmus sit, the Mary Taylor hailed her in vain |
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28 Oct 20 - 02:15 AM (#4077066) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Out and over the bar she went From: mg it might be on alice's columbia bar cd sung by jon pfaff |
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28 Oct 20 - 10:17 AM (#4077098) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Out and over the bar she went From: Stilly River Sage I had a message from Bruce about this, I haven't located it yet. It's on a sticky note in front of me (though I don't remember this particular song, he was writing and performing things when I was living far away and may not have heard it.) Mary, do you remember it? Did it get sung at a Song Circle or Rainy Camp? |
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28 Oct 20 - 10:37 AM (#4077102) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Out and over the bar she went From: Nigel Parsons Found: Here Slight misquotes stopped me on the first two attempts, but I persevered. J. C. Cousins (Song by: Susy McAleer and John Dwyer – Performed by: John Pfaff – Song Notes) LYRICS The J.C. Cousins was her name a 2 masted schooner sleek built in Frisco in 81 of finest hardwood and teak Sold in March of that same year to men of Astoria far For 2 whole years she plied her trade as a guide o’er Colombia’s bar. Some have said she struck the bar and her crew took flight and fled But never a body washed up on shore, not one living or dead Others have said that Zeber the mate was hired by rival Flavel To kill his shipmates and disappear to reap his reward in hell. As out and over the bar she steered her course was straight and true Then back she sailed on the evening tide with never a trace of crew No light winked in her wheelhouse fine, no smoke from her cookhouse came Though her helm was steady off Clatsop Spit she was hailed many times in vain. A grizzled old man on the waterfront said ‘Tis real I tell you true A ship of the dead what sails the sea with none but a ghostly crew In the tempest blast she often appears before or agin the gale Without a helmsmen at her wheel she makes way without ___ of sail. Whether by act of man or god or monster of the sea No whit of evidence ever was found which yielded up the key For the ocean holds its secrets deep the sands give little more And the J.C. Cousins still is seen ghosting over Columbia’s bar. Chorus |
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28 Oct 20 - 08:51 PM (#4077175) Subject: RE: ADD: J.C. Cousins (Out and over the bar) From: Joe Offer Great find, Nigel! And you can find the story of the J.C. Cousins at https://offbeatoregon.com/1405a.pilot-boat-jc-cousins-crew-disappears.html. An excerpt: The J.C. Cousins was a 66-foot schooner that had been built in San Francisco as a pleasure yacht for a wealthy citizen in 1863. Its lines were gorgeous, and it was trimmed generously with expensive hardwoods, and its chandlery was all top-notch. But within a few months of taking delivery, the yacht’s owner was forced to give it up — whether he had to sell for financial reasons, or whether the loss had to do with the Civil War, isn’t clear. So the gorgeous, luxurious yacht ended up functioning as a pilot boat. Eventually, in 1881, it was sold to a group of skippers to use in piloting merchant ships through the treacherous bar on the Columbia. It was two years after that, on October 6, 1883, that the J.C. Cousins cast off from the dock in Astoria for its ill-starred final cruise.... |
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28 Oct 20 - 09:35 PM (#4077180) Subject: RE: ADD: J.C. Cousins (Out and over the bar) From: GUEST,Bruce Baker Bingo - that is it! Thank you. Sadly, the folks who knew it directly are fading away. |
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28 Oct 20 - 10:08 PM (#4077187) Subject: RE: ADD: J.C. Cousins (Out and over the bar) From: Stilly River Sage Good find. It occurs to me that Dad had an old computer that we never got the data out of - and if it's still possible I should do it. I'm afraid that's where some of this content resides. So this question will serve me as a kick in the pants to see if I have all of the songs from all of the places where he kept them (there are lots of files and notebooks here). Maggie Dwyer |
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29 Oct 20 - 02:01 AM (#4077199) Subject: RE: ADD: J.C. Cousins (Out and over the bar) From: mg that is a very nice cd if i say so myself. could perhaps still be available at maritime folknet. sadly, producer Alice Winship died about a year ago. |
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29 Oct 20 - 06:19 AM (#4077221) Subject: RE: ADD: J.C. Cousins (Out and over the bar) From: Nigel Parsons Glad to help. The "3rd" verse should (I think) be marked as "Chorus" (it was indented where I found it). And so repeated at the end where it says 'chorus' (Some kind mud-elf please adjust?) Also V4, the dash appears to be missing word(s). If so can someone listen to one of the recordings and update please? |
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29 Oct 20 - 01:51 PM (#4077302) Subject: RE: ADD: J.C. Cousins (Out and over the bar) From: cnd You can listen to the song here on YouTube Music -- but I couldn't fill in the blank either |