by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
I shall no more to sea, to sea
Language: English
Stephano I shall no more to sea, to sea, Here shall I die ashore -- This is a very scurvy tune to sing at a man's funeral: well, here's my comfort. (Drinks) (Sings) The master, the swabber, the boatswain, and I, The gunner and his mate Loved Mall, Meg, and Marian, and Margery, But none of us cared for Kate; For she had a tongue with a tang, Would cry to a sailor, 'Go hang!' She loved not the savour of tar nor of pitch, Yet a tailor might scratch her where'er she did itch: Then to sea, boys, and let her go hang! This is a scurvy tune too: but here's my comfort.
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- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act II, Scene 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joseph W. Baber (b. 1937), "The master, the swabber, the boatswain, and I", op. 19 no. ? (1954-64), published 1976 [ high voice and piano ], from Shakespearean Songs, Lexington : Kelley [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Stephano's Song", 1989 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Stephano", 1949 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "This is a very scurvy tune to sing", 2015, first performed 2016 [ counter-tenor and piano ], from O Mistress Mine -- 12 Songs for countertenor and piano on texts from plays by William Shakespeare, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845) ; composed by Harald Genzmer.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Andrea Maffei) , no title, first published 1869
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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-11
Line count: 17
Word count: 121