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Spanish Ladies

Since: 1997/11/30
Last update : 1997/12/22

Arrange : Oda Akio
MIDI data : Name-chan
訳詞 : ARC Sea Shanty Club

Capstan Shanty

Spanish Ladies スペインの淑女

Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies,
Adieu and farewell to you, ladies of Spain,
For we're under orders for to sail to old England,
And we may never see you fair ladies again.

chorus:
So we'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors,
We'll range and we'll roam over all the salt seas,
Until we strike soundings in the channel of Old England,
From Ushant to Scilly 'tis thirty-five leagues.

Then we hove our ship to, with the wind at sou'west, boys;
We hove our ship to, our soundings for to see;
And we rounded and sounded and got forty-five fathoms,
Then we squared our main yard, and up channel steered we.

(chorus)

The first land we made, it is called the Dodman,
Next Rame Head off Plymouth, Start, Portland and Wight:
And we sailed by Beachy, by Fairlight and Dungeness,
Until we brought-to by the South Foreland Light.

(chorus)

The signal was made for the Grand Fleet to anchor,
And all in "The Downs" on that night for to lie,
Cast off your cat stoppers, stand by your slip-painters,
Haul up your clewgarnets, let sheets and tacks fly.

(chorus)

Now let every man swig off a full bumper,
Now let every man swig off a full bowl,
And well drink and be jolly and drown melancholy,
With a health to each jovial true-hearted soul.

(chorus)

さよなら とわに スペインの淑女
わかれの言葉 のこして
なつかしい故郷 わが英国へたつ
また会う日は ありやなしや

コーラス:
われらあらくれ 英国の水夫
大うなばら かけめぐるよ
イギリス海峡 まぢかにせまり
アッシャントからシリーまで三十五リーグ

南西の風をうけて すすめ
水深をはかるときがきた
海底まで 四十五ひろだ
追い風をうけ 針路をとれ

(コーラス)

最初にのぞむ陸地はドッドマン
レームヘッドやスタート、ポートランド、ワイト島
ビーチとフェアライト、ダンジネスを過ぎ
サウス・フォアランドの灯台は まねくよ

(コーラス)

全艦隊とまれの合図があがる
こよいダウンズの海につどい
いかりをおろす さあ位置につけ
ロープをひけ 帆をたたむぞ

(コーラス)

今さかずきを呑みほせ ぐっと
だれもかも 呑みほせよ
呑んでうかれて 憂いを忘れ
たがいにかわしあう乾杯

(コーラス)

Map of English Channel

The signal was made for the Grand Fleet to anchor,
And all in "The Downs" on that night for to lie,

"The Downs" is that part of the sea just offshore of Deal. It's a relatively sheltered area due to the Goodwin Sands to the east which break the waves somewhat. The Downs was a major anchoring place for both merchant and war ships waiting for a fair wind to take them down the English Channel -- a wait that could be long because the prevailing winds are westerly. (This information was provided by David Evans. Thanks David.)

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