Victoria
November 8, 2009
Steve in Ohio writes:
Hiya Patrick,
I took a crack at tryin’ to write a sea-shanty. Been messing around more with a pick, but under that strumming is still a “bum ditty.” I recall hearing that you’ve written quite a bit of your own stuff; I’d love to hear a workshop on song writing one of these days.
If anyone wants to rework this song:
Victoria
Capo 4th fret [Em]16 months and [Bm]18 men [C]finished the job for [Em]Magellan [Em]Five ships down to [Bm]just the one [C]Commanded by a [Em]man named Juan Se-[Em]bastain Elca-[Bm]no the [C]first man to sail the [Em]globe The [Em]captain-gener-[Bm]al Took [C]two trips to loose your [Em]soul Vic-[G]toria-[D]ah With your [C]cargo of cloves and [Em]cinnamon Vic-[G]toria-[D]ah You [C]came back less two-[Em]hundred men Vic-[G]toria-[D]ah [C]Chirstened by the King of [Em]Spain Vic-[G]toria-[D]ah [C]Destined for the Spice Is-[Em]lands [Em]Trinidad sunk, Con-[Bm]cepcion burned The [C]Cape of Good Hope and [Em]Cape Verde [Em]Westard bound, a [Bm]fleet of one [C]Sailed into the [Em]setting sun [Em]Three years after [Bm]they departed The [C]journey ended [Em]where it started Ma-[Em]gellan's Strait, two [Bm]Galaxies [C]That's Ferdinando's [Em]Legacy Vic-[G]toria-[D]ah With your [C]cargo of cloves and [Em]cinnamon Vic-[G]toria-[D]ah You [C]came back less two-[Em]hundred men Vic-[G]toria-[D]ah [C]Chirstened by the King of [Em]Spain Vic-[G]toria-[D]ah [C]Destined for the Spice Is-[Em]lands
November 8, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Well done, Steve, thank you very much.
That was a lovely rendition of your great song about a good ship,Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastian Del Cano; all thoroughly deserving of being the subjects of the song.