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My Captain

from Esteesee by Ange Hardy

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about

Coleridge always approached his new ventures with boundless excitement, a sense of optimism and an idealistic view of how simple they would be. All his endeavours started with light hearted hope but many fell flat because they ended up not being as easy as he had imagined.

Once the ship had left the harbour in the Ancient Mariner it seemed as though their fate was sealed and everything that followed on the voyage was inevitable, the sense of freedom being nothing more than an illusion.

But if the Ancient Mariner is to be seen as an autobiographical portrait of Coleridge I thought it was important to shine a brighter light on those first few lines of cheering and merriment with which the voyage starts.

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My Captain you will never be free
For the call of the water binds you,
Take my liege and go with speed
And hope good fortunes find you.

Up the mast and up the sails
And down to the Captain’s quarters.
Down the rum and talk of home
But never of the Captain’s daughters!

My Captain you will never be free
For the winds control and guide you,
The ice and mist can shape and twist
The tale you leave behind you.

So up the mast and up the sails
And down to the Captain’s quarters.
Down the rum and talk of home
But never of the Captain’s daughters!

My Captain you will never be free
Although the blood sun guises
For all your four times fifty men
Can’t change the way she rises.

Up the mast and up the sails
And down to the Captain’s quarters
Down the rum and talk of home
But never of the Captain’s daughters!

My Captain you will never be free
For the call of the water binds you,
Take my liege and go with speed
And hope good fortunes find you.

Up the mast and up the sails
And down to the Captain’s quarters
Down the rum and talk of home
But never of the Captain’s daughters!

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from Esteesee, released September 24, 2015
Written and produced by Ange Hardy. Featuring: Ange Hardy (vocals, guitar & whistle), Steve Pledger (vocals), Lukas Drinkwater (double bass & vocals), Patsy Reid (fiddle & cello), Steve Knightley (vocals), Jo May (rope tension snare drum & spoons) and Archie Churchill-Moss (diatonic accordion).

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Nominated for the Horizon Award for best emerging talent at the 2015 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Ange Hardy is a folk singer, songwriter and recording artist from West Somerset, England. Ange performs original contemporary songs written in a traditional style with an emphasis on vocal harmony. ... more

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