RESOLUTION’S FAREWELL
The Williams Scoresby, Father and Son were two important Whitby whaling captains, sorely neglected by song writers who seemed fixated on James Cook. William Scoresby, Father invented the ‘Crows’ Nest’ which is described in this song. He was also the most successful whaling captain of his time and held the record, in the Resolution, of making the furthest sea journey to the North.
The Resolution was later captained by William Scoresby, Son who is known as ‘The Father of Artic Science’.
THE GANSEY
This song was written when Tony Morris was giving a concert at St. Stephen’s Old Church, Fylingthorpe near Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire and there happened to be an exhibition of ganseys in the Church at that time. A ‘Gansey’ is a traditional fisherman’s jumper. Each locality has its own pattern and each family knitter will make their own variation on this. It is in this way that the body of a drowned fisherman washed up on the shore can be identified.
THE WHITBY POLAR BEAR
Captain William Scoresby, Father is reputed to have brought a polar bear back to Whitby from a whaling trip to the Artic. The Song tells the story but the twist in the tale is a reference to a famous print of Lord Nelson as a midshipman on an Artic expedition fending off a polar bear with the butt end of a musket.
YOUNG WILLIAM’S TALE
William Scoresby, Son first sailed to the Artic with his Father after he stowed away, aged 10 in 1800 on the Dundee, sailing out of the Port of London but Captained by his Father. At this time England was at war with France. The French were attacking English merchant vessels. Captain Scoresby, Father was prepared for the French. This song tells the tale of the event the 10 year old William witnessed.
LIFEBOAT ANTHEM
Written because I felt I had to write it. The RNLI is a peculiarly English organisation that receives no money from Government and is entirely funded by the voluntary subscriptions of the general public. It has a long and proud tradition of being a voluntary service whose crews risk, and sometimes give, their lives to save 'those in peril on the sea'.
The Williams Scoresby, Father and Son were two important Whitby whaling captains, sorely neglected by song writers who seemed fixated on James Cook. William Scoresby, Father invented the ‘Crows’ Nest’ which is described in this song. He was also the most successful whaling captain of his time and held the record, in the Resolution, of making the furthest sea journey to the North.
The Resolution was later captained by William Scoresby, Son who is known as ‘The Father of Artic Science’.
THE GANSEY
This song was written when Tony Morris was giving a concert at St. Stephen’s Old Church, Fylingthorpe near Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire and there happened to be an exhibition of ganseys in the Church at that time. A ‘Gansey’ is a traditional fisherman’s jumper. Each locality has its own pattern and each family knitter will make their own variation on this. It is in this way that the body of a drowned fisherman washed up on the shore can be identified.
THE WHITBY POLAR BEAR
Captain William Scoresby, Father is reputed to have brought a polar bear back to Whitby from a whaling trip to the Artic. The Song tells the story but the twist in the tale is a reference to a famous print of Lord Nelson as a midshipman on an Artic expedition fending off a polar bear with the butt end of a musket.
YOUNG WILLIAM’S TALE
William Scoresby, Son first sailed to the Artic with his Father after he stowed away, aged 10 in 1800 on the Dundee, sailing out of the Port of London but Captained by his Father. At this time England was at war with France. The French were attacking English merchant vessels. Captain Scoresby, Father was prepared for the French. This song tells the tale of the event the 10 year old William witnessed.
LIFEBOAT ANTHEM
Written because I felt I had to write it. The RNLI is a peculiarly English organisation that receives no money from Government and is entirely funded by the voluntary subscriptions of the general public. It has a long and proud tradition of being a voluntary service whose crews risk, and sometimes give, their lives to save 'those in peril on the sea'.