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\u2018sea songs\u2019 that were much in vogue during the early 19<sup>th<\/sup> century\u00a0\u00a0 (Roud index no. 23596).\u00a0 The words were composed by Samuel James Arnold and the melody by the immensely popular London tenor opera singer John Braham (d. 1856).\u00a0 It was still being printed on penny song sheets as late as 1873 by The Poet\u2019s Box at The Overgate in Dundee and the printers Sanderson of Edinburgh often obtained such copies to include in their catalogues: perhaps this is how this song reached Whalsay. \u00a0Andrew&#8217;s version\u00a0was recorded late during the partying of the old men in the Cook\u2019s House on July 26, 1974 while they watched over the boiling up of the meat for the wedding feast at nearby Symbister Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Whalsay resident Rose Williamson kindly contributed\u00a0the following: clearly\u00a0the song had a special meaning for many of the people of Whalsay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; I learned recently that this song was sung from the deck of a troopship as it left the pier at Lerwick in 1914.\u00a0\u00a0 The singer was (another) Willie Hutchison (&#8220;Willie a&#8217; Hoose&#8221;) &#8211; an uncle to Gracie [Anderson].\u00a0\u00a0 It proved to be his last farewell, as he was lost along with Peter Hutchison (Willie of Creadie Knowe&#8217;s father)\u00a0and another cousin, John Hutchison of Brough, with HMS Ramsey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>The tears fell gently from her eyes<\/em><br \/>\n<em>When last we parted on the shore;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Her bosom heaved with many a sigh<\/em><br \/>\n<em>To think I never shall see her more.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u201cDear youth,\u201d she cries, \u201cAnd cans\u2019t thou stay away.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>My heart will break,\u201d \u201cI canna little stay.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u201cAlas I canna, I can not part from thee.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u201cThe anchor\u2019s a-weigh, the anchor\u2019s a-weigh<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Farewell, farewell, remember 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