A sailors song I wrote and other scuttlebutt

[sleek]

Figured id post the lyrics here for review and critical opinions.
The first line is about bold sailors leaving, the rest is about every one that didnt come back to home port. The USN official song is referenced for added effect in the drink to the foam line. I wanted to add a reason to drink to the foam, give it a deaper meaning than just have a beer dedicated to the ocean.
I got tje idea for the song from a book titled There are no tomb stones in the sea.  I read that title and was taken by how profound that sentence is. I had to write it into a song.


Drop the sheets, secure the rigging
Belay the lines, anchors aweigh
Let the sails unfurl and carry us away
To the horizons before us come what may

Forgotten by time but not by tide
Its an honour to have lived a sailors life
When you drink to the foam you drink to me
For i am every sailor lost to sea.

To be forgotten by time, but not by tide,
'Neath the waves my shipmates lie
They have sliped below and there they sleep
Honored to make their graves within the sea

There are no tomb stones on the sea
Only foam and whitecaps mark the memory.
When you drink to the foam, you drink to me
For I am every sailor lost to the sea.

Drop the sheets, secure the rigging
Belay the lines, anchors aweigh
Let the sails unfurl and carry us away
To the horizons before us come what may


END

Its to be sung like an old Irish drinking song, fast paced steady tempo, with a rising and falling voice as a ship on the sea.

[sleek]

If i can figure how to post a voice clip I will. I wish the forum had a way to press a microphone button to post a voice clip.

[Morgan]

Awesome sleek!

[Hawkdancer]

Very good!  Poignant is the right word, I think.  I will show that to Jacie, and maybe she can put the right music to it.  You might try a YouTube link to get the voice bit to post.
Hawkdancer

[sleek]

Very good!  Poignant is the right word, I think.  I will show that to Jacie, and maybe she can put the right music to it.  You might try a YouTube link to get the voice bit to post.
Hawkdancer

That would be great Hawk!

[sleek]

Awesome sleek!

Thanks. I really like this one. I write alot but I dont often get ones I think are worth listening to.

[Hawkdancer]

Sleek,
Pm me your email.  Jacie said she would work on a melody.  You and I are in the same boat - we write great lyrics, but are musically challenged! ! Lol!  You can hear her on https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/JacieMcConnell, then Mystical Moments, A Sign of Things to Come.  She wrote the music, and I wrote the narratives.  She does have other cd's as well.
Hawkdancer

[Hawkdancer]

Btw, if I remember correctly, burials at sea were entered into the ship's log by gps coordinates for US personnel, freindlies, and POWs.  Bin Laden is an exception!  Btw, do you have a title for the song?
Hawkdancer

[sleek]

I am excited to see what she comes up with! I did a youtube. Search a sailors song drink to the foam to find it. Skip to 2:13 to get to the song. I talk to much lol. I need to redo that video, i was exhausted, and not talk any.

A title, one hasnt come to me yet.

[Chippintuff]

"Drink to the Foam"

I love the lyrics.

WA

[sleek]

"Drink to the Foam"

I love the lyrics.

WA

Glad you like them. The Navy song Anchors Aweigh is referenced in this song. Drink to the foam is part I wanted to emphasize.

[sleek]

https://youtu.be/_QqsZ3yfM1w

I redid it and changed the lyrics some to make it flow better.

Drop the sheets, secure the rigging
Belay the lines, anchors aweigh
Let the sails unfurl and carry us away
To horizons 'fore us come what may

Forgotten by time but not by tide
Its an honor to have lived a sailors life
When you drink to the foam you drink to me
For i am every sailor lost to sea.

To be forgotten by time, but not by tide,
'Neath the waves my shipmates lie
They have sliped below and there they sleep
Honored to make their graves 'neath the deep

There are no tomb stones on the sea.
White caps and foam mark their memory.
When you drink to the foam, you drink to me
For I am every sailor lost to the sea.

Drop the sheets, secure the rigging
Belay the lines, anchors aweigh
Let the sails unfurl and carry us away
To the horizons 'fore us come what may

[Hawkdancer]

Think that is a good song to the foam.  Raise your glass, lads!  Ta doc ardu!  Now about those singing lessons !  Actually you sing better than I do, I'm a seannachie, and narrator, and a bit of a writer when the mood hits!  I think Jacie can do a suitable melody for that.
Hawkdancer

[sleek]

If i could afford time and money, id love singing lessons. I certainly need tgem as much as i enjoy singing. I am very excited to hear what jacie comes up with! And she is welcome to take whatever liberties with it she needs to make a finished product she is happy with.

[sleek]

Wow, just listened to celtic stomp. Just wow. Are there words? If not, may i try?