by Henry Newbolt, Sir (1862 - 1938)
Drake he's in his hammock and a thousand...
Language: English
[Drake he's in his hammock and a thousand miles away, (Captain, art thou sleeping there below?) Slung atween the round shot in Nombre Dios Bay, And dreaming all the time of Plymouth Hoe. Yonder looms the Island, yonder lie the ships, With sailor-lads a-dancing heel-an'-toe, And the shore-lights flashing, and the night-tide dashing, He sees it all so plainly as he saw it long ago.]1 Drake he was a Devon man, an' ruled the Devon seas, (Captain, art thou sleeping there below?) Roving tho' his death fell, he went with heart at ease, And dreaming all the time of Plymouth Hoe. "Take my drum to England, hang it by the shore, Strike it when your powder's running low; If the Dons sight Devon, I'll quit the port o' Heaven, And drum them up the Channel as we drummed them long ago." Drake he's in his hammock till the great Armadas come, (Captain, art thou sleeping there below?) Slung atween the round shot, listening for the drum, And dreaming all the time of Plymouth Hoe. Call him on the deep sea, call him up the Sound, Call him when you sail to meet the foe; Where the old trade's plying and the old flag flying They shall find him ware and waking, as they found him long ago!
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Text Authorship:
- by Henry Newbolt, Sir (1862 - 1938), "Drake's drum", appears in Admirals All and Other Verses, first published 1897 [author's text not yet checked 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 Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "Drake's drum", published 1927 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from Three Sea Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "Drake's drum", <<1931 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912), "Drake's drum", published 1906 [ SA chorus and piano? ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952), "Drake's drum", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter William Hedgcock (1864 - ?), "Drake's drum" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Barrett Leonard, Lady , "Plymouth hoe", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Drake's drum", op. 91 no. 1 (1904), published 1904 [ TTBB chorus and orchestra ], from Songs of the Sea, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by J. R. Wheeler , "Drake's drum", published 1939 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Herbert James Wrightson (1869 - 1949), "Drake's drum", published 1924 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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