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{{Short description|Sea shanty}}
{{one source|date= October 2024}}
'''De Hamborger Veermaster''' (German: '''Der Hamburger Viermaster''', English: '''The Hamburg Four-master''') is a [[sea shanty]] sung in [[Low German]], presumably first published between 1850 and 1890. It is partly in English, and that part uses lines of the shanty "The Banks of the Sacramento".<ref>[http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/sea-shanty/Banks_of_the_Sacramento.htm "Traditional Sea Shanties & Sea Songs: 'The Banks of the Sacramento{{'"}}]</ref>

== Lyrics ==
<poem lang="nds" style="float:left;">Ick heff mol een Hamborger Veermaster sehn,
{{Music repeat|To my hooday!}}
De Masten so scheef as den Schipper sien Been,
To my hoo day, hoo day, ho – ho – ho – ho!
{{0|—}}''Refrain:''
{{0|—}}{{Music repeat|Blow, boys, blow, for Californio,
{{0|—}}There's plenty of gold, so I am told,
{{0|—}}On the banks of Sacramento.}}

Dat Deck weer vun Isen, vull Dreck un vull Smeer.
{{Music repeat|To my hooday!}}
"Rein Schipp" weer den Oll'n sin scheunstes Pläseer.
To my hoo day, hoo day, ho – ho – ho – ho!
{{0|—}}''Refrain:''

De Kombüs weer vull Lüüs, de Kajüt weer vull Schiet,
{{Music repeat|To my hooday!}}
De Beschüten, de leupen von sülvens all wech.
To my hoo day, hoo day, ho – ho – ho – ho!
{{0|—}}''Refrain:''

Dat Soltfleesch weer greun, un de Speck wör vull Modn.
{{Music repeat|To my hooday!}}
Un [[Wacholder|Köm]] geef dat blots an Wiehnachtsobend.
To my hoo day, hoo day, ho – ho – ho – ho!
{{0|—}}''Refrain:''

Un wulln wi mol seiln, ick sech ji dat nur,
{{Music repeat|To my hooday!}}
Denn lööp he dree vorut un veer wedder retur.
To my hoo day, hoo day, ho – ho – ho – ho!
{{0|—}}''Refrain:''

Un as dat Schipp, so weer ok de Kaptein,
{{Music repeat|To my hooday!}}
De Lüüd för dat Schipp, de weern ok blots schangheit.
To my hoo day, hoo day, ho – ho – ho – ho!
{{0|—}}''Refrain:''<ref>{{multiref|[https://musikguru.de/landeshymne/songtext-hamborger-veermaster-442064.html "Hamborger Veermaster lyrics and sound"], musikguru.de|[https://ingeb.org/Lieder/ickheffm.html "Hamborger Veermaster lyrics and sound"], ingeb.org}}</ref></poem>
<poem style="margin-left:1em; float:left;">I once saw a four-master from [[Hamburg]].
{{Music repeat|To my hooday!}}
Her masts were as crooked as the skipper's legs.
To my hoo day, hoo day, ho – ho – ho – ho!
{{0|—}}''Refrain:''
{{0|—}}{{Music repeat|Blow, boys, blow, for Californio,
{{0|—}}There's plenty of gold, so I am told,
{{0|—}}On the banks of [[Sacramento River|Sacramento]].}}

The deck was of iron, full of dirt and grease.
{{Music repeat|To my hooday!}}
"Clean the ship" was the captain's most liked pleasure.
To my hoo day, hoo day, ho – ho – ho – ho!
{{0|—}}''Refrain''

The [[Galley (kitchen)|galley]] was full of lice, the cabin was full of shit.
{{Music repeat|To my hooday!}}
The [[hardtack]] walked away all by itself.
To my hoo day, hoo day, ho – ho – ho – ho!
{{0|—}}''Refrain''

The [[salted meat]] was green, the bacon was full of maggots
{{Music repeat|To my hooday!}}
[[Wacholder|Köm]] was only there at Christmas Eve.
To my hoo day, hoo day, ho – ho – ho – ho!
{{0|—}}''Refrain''

And if we wanted to sail, I merely say,
{{Music repeat|To my hooday!}}
She moved three [[fathom]] ahead and four back again.
To my hoo day, hoo day, ho – ho – ho – ho!
{{0|—}}''Refrain''

And like the ship, so the captain was,
{{Music repeat|To my hooday!}}
The men for the ship were all [[Shanghaiing|shanghaied]].
To my hoo day, hoo day, ho – ho – ho – ho!
{{0|—}}''Refrain''</poem>{{clear|left}}

==Melody==
<score sound raw>
% ''Knurrhan'' (1932), via [https://altlaender-shanty-chor.de/ueber-uns/ Der "Hamborger Veermaster"]
\language "deutsch"
\header { tagline = ##f }
\layout { indent = 0
  \context { \Score \remove "Bar_number_engraver" }
  \context { \Voice \remove "Dynamic_engraver" }
}

global = { \key c \major \time 4/4 \partial 4 }

chordNames = \chordmode { \global \set midiInstrument = "acoustic guitar (nylon)"
  \repeat volta 2 { s4 | c1\p | f4 g c2 | } \alternative { { c4 g2 c4 | c4 g2 } { c4 g c g | c2. s4 | } }
  \repeat volta 2 { c1 | c | f | c | f | f4 g c2 | c g | g4:7 c s2 | }
}

melody = \new Voice = "melody" \relative c'' { \global \autoBeamOff % \set midiInstrument = "clarinet"
  \repeat volta 2 { \set midiInstrument = "tuba" g4 | c, e8. e16 g4 c8. c16 | a4 g8. g16 e4 \set midiInstrument = "accordion" c8. d16 | }
    \alternative { { e4 d2 c8. d16 | e4 d2 } { e4 d e d | c2. r4 } }
  \repeat volta 2 { \set midiInstrument = "accordion" c2 e4 (g) | c2. h4 | a4. h8 c4. a8 | g2.
    c8. c16 | a4 a8. a16 a4. a8 | a4 g e c8. d16 | e4. g8 g4. e8 | d4 c r2 | }
}

links = \relative c { \global \clef bass \set midiInstrument = "accordion"
  \repeat volta 2 { r4 | c4\p <c' g e> c, <c' e, g> | c, <c' e, g> <c e, g> r4 }
    \alternative { { g,4 <d'' h g>8.\pp <d h g>16 g,,4 r4 | g <d'' h g>8. <d h g>16 g,,4 }
      { g4 <h' g f> g, <h' g f> | <c g e c>2. r4 } }
  \repeat volta 2 { <c g e c>2 g4 e | c <c' g e>8. <c e, g>16 <c e, g>4 r |
    f,, <c'' a f> f,, <c'' a f> | c, <c' g e>8. <c e, g>16 e,4 c |
    f, <c'' a f> f,, <c'' a f> | c, <c' g e> c, a8. as16 |
    <c' g e g,>4. <c g e g,>8 <c g e g,>4. <c g e g,>8 | <h g f g,>4 <c g e c> r2 | }
}
verse = \new Lyrics \lyricmode {
  << { Ick hew mol en Ham -- bor -- ger Veer -- ma -- ster sehn,
       to my hoo -- dah, to my hoo -- dah! }
    \new Lyrics \lyricmode { de Ma -- sten so scheef as den Schip -- per sien Been,
    to my "" "" "" "" "" "" hoo -- dah, hoo -- dah ho! }
  >>
  Blow boys blow, for Ca -- li -- for -- ni -- o.
  There is plen -- ty of gold so I am told
  on the banks of Sa -- cra -- men -- to.
}

\score {
  <<
    \new ChordNames \chordNames
    \new ChoirStaff \melody
    \addlyrics \verse
    <<
      \new Staff \links
    >>
  >>
  \layout { }
}
\score { \unfoldRepeats { << \chordNames \\ \melody \\ \links >> }
  \midi { \tempo 4=112
    \context { \Score midiChannelMapping = #'instrument }
    \context { \Staff \remove "Staff_performer" }
    \context { \Voice \consists "Staff_performer" }
  }
}
</score>
Source<ref>"De Hamborger Veermaster" in ''Knurrhan'' (1932), via [https://altlaender-shanty-chor.de/ueber-uns/ Altländer Shanty-Chor]</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of songs about Hamburg]]

== References ==
<references />

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{Wikisourcelang-inline|1=|2=Hamborger Veermaster}}

[[Category:Sea shanties]]
[[Category:Songs about boats]]
[[Category:Culture in Hamburg]]
[[Category:Volkslied]]