RYANS AND PITTMANS
(We'll rant and we'll roar)

Lyrics:  Henry W. LeMessurier 
Tune:  Traditional (based on "Spanish Ladies")
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​Accordion Notation
Beats per bar =  3
Beat symbol = Dot ( . ) or equivalent
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​Either row (high) =  Buttons  5 - 8
Chorus:

  .5   |   .6     .6      .6   |   .6  .7*   .7    |   .8*     .7*      .6     |   .6*     .5   
We'll   rant  and  we'll    roar       like     true  New - found -  land - ers 

   .5   |   7*     7*     7*   |   :7*   .7   |   .8*    .7     .7*   |   .:8~ | ~:   
We'll    rant  and  we'll     roar  on    deck  and   be   -  low____

 .7   |   .8   .8    .8   |   .7   .6    .7    |   .8*   .7*   .6   |   .6*     :5~ | ~.     
Un  -   til   we  see    bot-tom   in  -  side  the  two    sunk - ers__

 .8   .8*   |      .7          .7*      .7   |    .8*   .7* .6   |   .6*  .5*   .6*  |   :6      
Wh_en      straight through the    Chan-nel  to    Tos - low we'll    go.
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The verses follow the same melody (and notation) as the chorus above.

Embedded youTube VIDEOS
Key:   C

Tempo:  ~155 bpm

Singer:  Anthony (Tony) Archibald
             (a talented musician from the Isle
              of Man)

​Posted by:  threelegsoman

Tony's video also displays the lyrics (and guitar chords in the key of C).

This is a fine rendition of one of NL's most popular songs.
Key:  F

Tempo:  ~170 bpm

Group:  Great Big Sea

Singer:  Alan Doyle

​Posted by:  ​VenomousNewfie
Key:  G

Singer:  Chris Andrews

Accordionist:  Mark Hiscock

​Posted by:  TheNewfoundlandMusic
Key:  D

Tempo: ~170 bpm

Performer:  Poss Slaney

Posted by:  Newfieposs
Key:  A
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Tempo:  ~195 bpm

Group:   Ryan's Fancy

Posted by: quickaccent2006
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Key:  G 
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Tempo:  ~165 bpm

Performerr:    Harry Hibbs

​Posted by:  quickaccent2006
Key:  C
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Tempo:  ~165 bpm.

Event: Gerald S. Doyle Folk Song Festival at The Beaches Heritage Centre in Eastport, Newfoundland on Saturday evening, August 15, 2009

Singers:  ?

Posted by: Don Shorock's Channel
Key:  D

Tempo:  ~200 bpm

Group:  The Cod Tongues

​Posted by:  ic9876

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Key:  G

Tempo:  ~135 bpm

Group:   The Fables

Posted by: resettled68
Brisbane Ladies," an Australian folk song, is also based on the English sea shanty "Spanish Ladies", & somewhat similar to "The Ryans & The Pittmans".

Key:  G from time 0 to 1:36
​         C from time 1:37 to End
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Tempo:  ~145 bpm

Accordionists:  Bob and Hector

Posted by: bertosvids
SPANISH LADIES
​(sung in a minor key). 

Singer:  Sarah Blasko  

​Posted by: songsfewpeoplelike

Worth listening to, if only to hear the origin of the tune for the Ryans and the Pittmans.
Background Materials, Information & Links
​Lyrics:

(Chorus plus 5 of the 10 verses)
Chorus:
        We'll rant and we'll roar like true Newfoundlanders
        We'll rant and we'll roar on deck and below
        Until we see bottom inside the two sunkers
        When straight through the Channel to Toslow we'll go.

I'm a son of a sea cook, and a cook in a trader
I can dance, I can sing, I can reef the mainboom 
I can handle a jigger, and cuts a fine figure
Whenever I gets in a boat's standing room.

If the voyage is good, this fall I will do it
I wants two pounds ten for a ring and the priest
A couple of dollars for clean shirts and collars
And a handful of coppers to make up a feast.

Chorus

Farewell and adieu to ye girls of St. Kryan's 
Of Paradise and Presque, Big and Little Bona
I'm bound unto Toslow to marry sweet Biddy
And if I don't do so I'm afraid of her da'.

I've bought me a house from Katherine Davis
A twenty pound bed from Jimmy McGrath
I'll get me a settle, a pot and a kettle
And then I'll be ready for Biddy, hurrah!

Chorus

Then here is a health to the girls of Fox Harbour
Of Oderin and Presque, Crabbes Hole and Brule
Now let ye be jolly, don't be melancholy
I can't marry all or in chokey I'd be.
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Chorus  (Often sung twice at end)
Background Links:
Neil Rosenberg gave the author of the lyrics, written in the 1870s, as Henry W. LeMessurier (1848-1931), and the tune as based on 
"Spanish Ladies", an English sea shanty.  (See Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador, Vol. 1, edited by Eric West, and published by Vinland Music.

Click HERE for additional info about this song, including the complete set of  ten verses.  (Wikipedia)

Click HERE  for lyrics and guitar chords in key of D, and HERE for music sheet and chords in key of G.
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