"Heave Her Up And Bust Her"
Source:
Ivan Walton Collection
Composer:
Trad.
Region:
South West
Circa:
1849-1900
Year:
1934
"Heave Her Up And Bust Her" - Sung by Ian Bell, John Mayberry, Jeff Weed and Zach Schryer/Lefebvre
A Capstan Chantey from The St. Clair River, where schooners would be towed to the lake by steam tugs. The refrain refers to "busting" the anchor out of the mud on the bottom of the river.
There was no tune indicated so I adapted the melody of a very similar chantey called "South Australia". I also cobbled together a chorus, just because I like choruses.
Towing schooners up the St. Clair or Detroit River.
A capstan
Docks at Amherstburg
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