My dad fished here and I also had the chance to fish here with him ( cape st. Mary’s ). My dad is not with us but this song and how stan sings makes it feel so real like I’m with my dad again 😢😢😢
The loss of this powerful voice was a shock to me and many Canadians. Stan emulated the Canadian condition so very well. He may have come from Hamilton, Ontario but he had the Maritimes in his heart and the heart of our country in his music. And, what a great baritone he was.
Such a powerful rendition of a beautiful song. What a gift Stan Rogers was to this country. No one, except perhaps James Keelaghan, has expressed more perfectly the essence of being Canadian.
This was my father's favourite song. He practisedmedicine in Newfoundland for over 35 yrs and grew up around the bay. He loved Stan's rendition. Thanks for sharing
Heard this on CBC radio today. Now we want to visit and lay watching the gulls dance to this magnificent voice as our guide. Our hearts belong to the Atlantic North.💗💗💗
It’s a shame younger people don’t have the chance to see him live. Ever since o first heard his voice he’s been my all time favourite across all genres
One hell of an artist. What an interpretation of this song. The lowest notes I've ever heard Stan hit... and they add so much emotion to this tune. Brings tears!!!
This was my father's favourite song. He had a brief but hard fight with cancer and requested it for his funeral. The verse "And when I reach that last big shoal, Where the groundswells break asunder, Where the wild sands roll to the surge's toll, Let me be a man and take it, When my dory fails to make it" always reminds me of his courage at the end.
I've been listening to Stan's music for about 30 years now and I never tire of his songs. Very few aren't classics. Most musicians who write their material write one or two good songs and seven or eight indifferent ones. The quality of his song writing is phenomenal! And to add to that he had a haunting voice and was a great performer.
“It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are still alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger for them.” ― George Eliot Amen, Will
My dad moved up from Halifax before I was born two Ontario so every time I hear a Stan Rogers song, especially one about the ocean I just cry because as he wants said, I feel more than Kiera did I do better in Ontario like him I was born and raised in Ontario but that’s my home
It's his brother, Garnet. He's been a solo performer since shortly after Stan's passing, and a fantastic songwriter in his own right. If you get the chance to see him live, take it. Never mind who you have to run over, it's worth it.
Ah, it's so lovely. I'm just reading Garnet Rogers' book "Night Drive" about his life with Stan - worth a read! Looking up all the songs on youtube as I read.
CAPE ST. MARY'S KELLAND P OTTO "Take me back to my western boat Let me fish off Cape St. Mary's Where the hog-down sail And the Fog horns wail With my friends the Browns and the Clearys Let me fish off Cape St. Mary's Let me feel my dory lift To the broad Atlantic combers Where the tide rip swirls And the wild ducks whirl And old Neptune calls the numbers. 'Neath the wild Atlantic combers Let me sail up Golden Bay With my oilskins all a-streaming From the thunder squalls when I hauled my trawls. And my old Cape Ann a-gleaming With my oilskins all a-streaming. And let me view that ragged shore With the beaches all a-glisten With the caplin spawn Where from dusk till dawn You bait your trawn, and you listen To the undertow a-hissin'. And when I reach that last big shoal Where the groundswells break asunder, Where the wild sands roll to the surge's toll Let me be a man and take it When my dory fails to make it. Oh take me back to that snug green cove Where the seas roll up their thunder There let me rest In the Earth's cool breast Where the stars shine out their wonder And the seas roll up their thunder." I don't have to be empowered by knowing. I don't have to be comforted by understanding. I don't have to be drugged numb with acceptance. I just have to be strong with my belief, and faith in a Just, and Loving God. That is all I really have, that is all I really need… Faith is the house, where Hope lives, and Dreams are born.. "Ministry of stabbing," Thank You for posting this video. It has been a lost long time favorite of mine. Please Be Well, and Stay Strong on Your Journey, Will
Reginald Card 1 second ago Garnet describes this song and Stan's performance. performance in his book. Yes that's him on Fiddle. It was a favorite song of his when he was young. I think Garnet is every bit the entertainer, musician, singer and composer Stan was! And he's now a fabulous, and hilarious writer. See "Night Drive, Travels with my Brother"!
"... There's a school on the hill Where the sons of dead fathers Are led toward tempests and gales, Where their God-given wings Are clipped close to their bodies, And their eyes are bound-'round with ships' sails. What force leads a man To a life filled with danger High on seas or a mile underground? It's when need is his master And poverty's no stranger, And there's no other work to be found...." Lament for the Fisherman's Wife - Silly Wizard . . . . Will
I would think the fiddle player is Stan's younger brother, Garnet, playing the instrument that belonged to their uncle. Others came and went, but Garnet was always there, playing and singing harmony. Few people know, but Garnet is a great songwriter in his own right described by no less a talent than Mary Chapin Carpenter as a "master craftsman".
I think Garnet is every bit the entertainer, musician, singer and composer Stan was! And he's now a fabulous, and hillarious writer. See "Night Drive, Travels with my Brother"!
@I Live In A 16-Bit Van Down By The 8-Bit River - We had Nathan at the venue where I work some years ago. He was doing a show of his dad's music on that tour, not his own. When he came to do his soundcheck the doors to the theatre were open. All of a sudden I was covered in goosebumps as Stan's voice drifted over. I had to go in and check that we hadn't experienced the rising of the dead. When he does his Stan's songs his voice is the same.
I'm aware that there is more than one Cape St. Marys but I live at Cape St. Marys in Digby Co., Nova Scotia and this song seems written for this place. We have a wharf with fishing boats and cliffs like in the above photo. There's no better place on earth.
I love this song anyway: I have never heard it sung so beautifully . I have never heard Stan R sing it before a few days ago and I had to go look. hank you for posting.
My dad fished here and I also had the chance to fish here with him ( cape st. Mary’s ). My dad is not with us but this song and how stan sings makes it feel so real like I’m with my dad again 😢😢😢
The loss of this powerful voice was a shock to me and many Canadians. Stan emulated the Canadian condition so very well. He may have come from Hamilton, Ontario but he had the Maritimes in his heart and the heart of our country in his music. And, what a great baritone he was.
245194LAC Stan’s father shared a desk with my Dad in the one room school at Springville, Pictou County Nova Scotia. He came by it honestly.
Such a powerful rendition of a beautiful song. What a gift Stan Rogers was to this country. No one, except perhaps James Keelaghan, has expressed more perfectly the essence of being Canadian.
Stan's music shines so much the brighter in a time when our culture is being systematically erased from memory.
This was my father's favourite song. He practisedmedicine in Newfoundland for over 35 yrs and grew up around the bay. He loved Stan's rendition. Thanks for sharing
Heard this on CBC radio today. Now we want to visit and lay watching the gulls dance to this magnificent voice as our guide. Our hearts belong to the Atlantic North.💗💗💗
I had never heard Stan sing this song before tonight. It is haunting.
This is a Newfoundland folksong that brings tears to all Newfoundlanders. Haunting and brings to mind the life of our fishermen. 💚
I'm very familiar with the song, I've got several versions of it among my various albums, but none has moved me the way Stan's version does.
I am to young to ever see him live but god how I wish I could, he has been my favorite singer forever
It’s a shame younger people don’t have the chance to see him live. Ever since o first heard his voice he’s been my all time favourite across all genres
I was so shocked when I heard the news of Stan's passing. I wore out all my vinyl of his work. Such a loss.
One hell of an artist. What an interpretation of this song. The lowest notes I've ever heard Stan hit... and they add so much emotion to this tune. Brings tears!!!
You know, I always thought that the Descendant's version was perfection, but I had never heard Stan Rogers sing it before.
This was my father's favourite song. He had a brief but hard fight with cancer and requested it for his funeral. The verse "And when I reach that last big shoal, Where the groundswells break asunder, Where the wild sands roll to the surge's toll, Let me be a man and take it, When my dory fails to make it" always reminds me of his courage at the end.
I've been listening to Stan's music for about 30 years now and I never tire of his songs. Very few aren't classics. Most musicians who write their material write one or two good songs and seven or eight indifferent ones. The quality of his song writing is phenomenal! And to add to that he had a haunting voice and was a great performer.
This is a Newfoundland folksong that has been around a long time. I only ever heard Newfoundlanders sing it but stan does it justice.
“It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are still alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger for them.” ― George Eliot
Amen, Will
Song written by Otto Kelland of Newfoundland. He was later the warden at Her Majesty's Penitentiary in St. John's.
what a GREAT singer and song...
Can't listen without crying. So beautiful.
My dad moved up from Halifax before I was born two Ontario so every time I hear a Stan Rogers song, especially one about the ocean I just cry because as he wants said, I feel more than Kiera did I do better in Ontario like him I was born and raised in Ontario but that’s my home
It's his brother, Garnet. He's been a solo performer since shortly after Stan's passing, and a fantastic songwriter in his own right. If you get the chance to see him live, take it. Never mind who you have to run over, it's worth it.
He has a house in Canso, N.S. where he lives from time to time, when he's not out on the road touring.
Stan Rogers - gone far too young :(
Love this song. Beautiful.
"There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea." Joseph Conrad
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Ah, it's so lovely. I'm just reading Garnet Rogers' book "Night Drive" about his life with Stan - worth a read! Looking up all the songs on youtube as I read.
This needs more views.
A fitting eulogy for a great man.
CAPE ST. MARY'S
KELLAND P OTTO
"Take me back to my western boat
Let me fish off Cape St. Mary's
Where the hog-down sail
And the Fog horns wail
With my friends the Browns and the Clearys
Let me fish off Cape St. Mary's
Let me feel my dory lift
To the broad Atlantic combers
Where the tide rip swirls
And the wild ducks whirl
And old Neptune calls the numbers.
'Neath the wild Atlantic combers
Let me sail up Golden Bay
With my oilskins all a-streaming
From the thunder squalls when I hauled my trawls.
And my old Cape Ann a-gleaming
With my oilskins all a-streaming.
And let me view that ragged shore
With the beaches all a-glisten
With the caplin spawn
Where from dusk till dawn
You bait your trawn, and you listen
To the undertow a-hissin'.
And when I reach that last big shoal
Where the groundswells break asunder,
Where the wild sands roll to the surge's toll
Let me be a man and take it
When my dory fails to make it.
Oh take me back to that snug green cove
Where the seas roll up their thunder
There let me rest
In the Earth's cool breast
Where the stars shine out their wonder
And the seas roll up their thunder."
I don't have to be empowered by knowing.
I don't have to be comforted by understanding.
I don't have to be drugged numb with acceptance.
I just have to be strong with my belief, and faith in a Just, and Loving God.
That is all I really have, that is all I really need…
Faith is the house, where Hope lives, and Dreams are born..
"Ministry of stabbing," Thank You for posting this video. It has been a lost long time favorite of mine.
Please Be Well, and Stay Strong on Your Journey, Will
RIP Stan Rogers you touched many hearts.
I have never heard it done any better.
Reginald Card
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Garnet describes this song and Stan's performance. performance in his book. Yes that's him on Fiddle. It was a favorite song of his when he was young. I think Garnet is every bit the entertainer, musician, singer and composer Stan was! And he's now a fabulous, and hilarious writer. See "Night Drive, Travels with my Brother"!
2:30 or so through 2:56 makes my skin crawl every time. beautiful.
"... There's a school on the hill
Where the sons of dead fathers
Are led toward tempests and gales,
Where their God-given wings
Are clipped close to their bodies,
And their eyes are bound-'round with ships' sails.
What force leads a man
To a life filled with danger
High on seas or a mile underground?
It's when need is his master
And poverty's no stranger,
And there's no other work to be found...."
Lament for the Fisherman's Wife - Silly Wizard
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Will
I would think the fiddle player is Stan's younger brother, Garnet, playing the instrument that belonged to their uncle. Others came and went, but Garnet was always there, playing and singing harmony. Few people know, but Garnet is a great songwriter in his own right described by no less a talent than Mary Chapin Carpenter as a "master craftsman".
+coffeeman1126 ~ Love the fiddle on this. Stan's rich baritone and Garnet's
haunting fiddle. Don't get much better than this.
I think Garnet is every bit the entertainer, musician, singer and composer Stan was! And he's now a fabulous, and hillarious writer. See "Night Drive, Travels with my Brother"!
@I Live In A Van Down By The River Stan's wife sang in some of his songs too, iirc. I think 'Oh no, Not I' is one of them.
@I Live In A 16-Bit Van Down By The 8-Bit River - We had Nathan at the venue where I work some years ago. He was doing a show of his dad's music on that tour, not his own. When he came to do his soundcheck the doors to the theatre were open. All of a sudden I was covered in goosebumps as Stan's voice drifted over. I had to go in and check that we hadn't experienced the rising of the dead. When he does his Stan's songs his voice is the same.
So beautiful and haunting.
I'm aware that there is more than one Cape St. Marys but I live at Cape St. Marys in Digby Co., Nova Scotia and this song seems written for this place. We have a wharf with fishing boats and cliffs like in the above photo. There's no better place on earth.
Classic.
I love this song anyway: I have never heard it sung so beautifully . I have never heard Stan R sing it before a few days ago and I had to go look. hank you for posting.
i love this song.
man that voice haunts you...
@Meridian0071 I agree, this song show's just how powerful and beautiful a singer he was...
Beautiful - Juann
Beautiful God Bless it amen
Stan Rogers Folk Festival, Canso N.S.
And I thought Gordon Bok's version was beautiful. My goodness, this is perfection!
Gordon Bok s version is beautiful and so is this by Stan Rogers. I am unable to decide which is best.
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The mark of a good song is that it has more than one great interpretaion
haunting.
Who is fiddling? The end is so clear and pure and powerfully gentle.
more like :)
He should have sung Jesus Paid It All.
Garner's fiddle...
who played fiddle on this? its haunting...