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"Spanish Ladies" (Roud 687) is a traditional British naval song, typically describing a voyage from Spain to the Downs from the viewpoint of ratings of the Royal Navy. [1] Other prominent variants include an American variant called "Yankee Whalermen", an Australian variant called " Brisbane Ladies ", and a Newfoundland variant called " The ...
"Goodnight, Ladies" is a folk song attributed to Edwin Pearce Christy, originally intended to be sung during a minstrel show. Drawing from an 1847 song by Christy entitled "Farewell, Ladies", the song as known today was first published on May 16, 1867.
Farewell and adieu to you, Brisbane ladies, farewell and adieu, you maids of Toowong. We've sold all our cattle and we have to get a movin', but we hope we shall see you again before long. Chorus: — We'll rant and we'll roar like true Queensland drovers, — we'll rant and we'll roar as onward we push — until we return to the Augathella ...
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"Lady of Spain" is a popular song composed in 1931 by Tolchard Evans with lyrics by "Erell Reaves", a pseudonym of Stanley J. Damerell [1] and Robert Hargreaves (1894–1934)I, [2] and by Henry Tilsley. [3] The sheet music was published in London by the Peter Maurice Music Company and in New York by the Sam Fox Publishing Company. [4]
The song is also known as "We'll Rant and We'll Roar", after the first line of the chorus; however, this is also the name by which some foreign variants are known. It is based on a traditional English capstan shanty, "Spanish Ladies", which describes headlands sighted on a sailor's homeward voyage through the English Channel.
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The lyrics vary, depending on the provenance of the song, but all songs detail the singer observing the titular "Spanish Lady" as she goes through various activities. There are several Dublin versions, one of them usually called the Wheel of Fortune. Other Irish versions relate to Galway (called Galway City) and Belfast.