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The ballad describes a ship that left port, its misadventure and eventual sinking. The moral of the song is that mermaids are a sign of an impending shipwreck. [2] It is sung from the point of view of a member of the ship's crew, although the ship sinks without any survivors.
--TammyMoet 08:27, 7 July 2012 (UTC) Further to the OP's original question, the tune is a hymn tune but I can't remember which one it is. I'm asking around. It's definitely not Advance Australia Fair! --TammyMoet 08:33, 7 July 2012 (UTC) OK. We're making headway here. There are 3 different non-bawdy versions of the lyrics here.
"Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron", a traditional English folk song written in the 19th century about a housewife carrying out one part of her linen chores each day of the week "Monday's Child", a traditional English rhyme mentioning the days of the week; Solomon Grundy (character), DC Comics character named after the rhyme
Than his who launches on the wave; Afar he speeds in distant climes to roam, With jocund song he rides the sparkling foam. Then here's to the sailor, and here's to the hearts so true, Who will think of him upon the waters blue! (Repeat Chorus) Verse 3 The tide is flowing with the gale, Y'heave ho, my lads! set ev'ry sail; The harbor bar we soon ...
Tsutomu William "Tom" Shimura (born September 2, 1972), better known by his stage name Lyrics Born (formerly Asia Born), [4] is a Japanese-American rapper, singer, and producer. [5] He is one half of the duo Latyrx with Lateef the Truthspeaker .
The rhyme is of a type calling out otherwise respectable people for disrespectable actions, in this case, ogling naked ladies – the maids. The nonsense "rub-a-dub-dub" develops a phonetic association of social disapprobation, analogous to "tsk-tsk", albeit of a more lascivious variety.
A medley of "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" with two other songs from Remain in Light, "Crosseyed and Painless" and "Once in a Lifetime", reached No. 20 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. [7] The song was released as a single in Japan.
A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds (usually the exact same phonemes) in the final stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more words. Most often, this kind of rhyming (perfect rhyming) is consciously used for a musical or aesthetic effect in the final position of lines within poems or songs. [1]