{"id":1932,"date":"2014-04-08T01:10:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T05:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=1932"},"modified":"2022-01-13T11:32:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T15:32:40","slug":"no-deep","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=1932","title":{"rendered":"No Deep"},"content":{"rendered":"

I composed this song in February of 2013 for a now defunct recording project that was to focus on songs relating to the Connecticut River and shoreline of the state of CT, largely historical.\u00a0 My inspiration was this… some years ago, while working on an unrelated research project, I came across a rather old\u00a0archived newspaper clipping of an interview with an aged man who had apparently been a captain of a vessel that ran up and down the Connecticut River, bringing people and goods from point A to B in his smaller vessel, as larger vessels would have trouble getting over the sandbar at the mouth of the river in Old Saybrook… Or sometimes they would make it, but would stop to unload in Pettipaug, now called Essex, CT.\u00a0 He went on to relate how some other deep sea mariners who he knew would occasionally urge him to consider leaving behind his “river running” (my words) in favour of going to sea with them where he could earn a great deal more money in “less time”.\u00a0 He took a pass, being quite comfortable with his choice.\u00a0 I thought of this as I wrote the song, but I set it in the period between<\/em> the American Revolution and the War of 1812, for a more historical flavour.\u00a0 The song isn’t of a man afraid of going to sea but of a practical man in the “land of steady habits” quite content with his life and steady work, seeing his lot in life as being essential.<\/p>\n

Jos. Morneault<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 G\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 F\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C<\/b><\/span><\/span>
\n1) Says he, \u201cYou\u2019re a bully fine hand,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 F\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 G<\/span><\/span><\/b>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019ll make a good able seaman,<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 F\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 G\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Am<\/span><\/span><\/b>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cMore chink* in a month than you\u2019ll earn in a year<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 G\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C<\/span><\/span><\/b>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cIf you give up shore sailin\u2019; join me at the pier.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>
\n2) But my livin\u2019 and home ain\u2019t the sea.<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Connecticut River for me!<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Me wife and me children, how happy they be,<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When I safely return to my home at the quay.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>
\nChorus<\/span><\/i><\/b>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Content with my lot I will be<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No deep water sailin\u2019 for me!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/strong>
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Overton\u2019s wharf back to Pettipaug Landing**<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/strong>
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My river is safe from the sea.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/strong>
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No deep water sailin\u2019 for me!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3) If ya pass the bar into the sound.<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then through the Chase you be bound, <\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To be pressed by John Bull or be carried by Froggies,<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Or crushed by a squall you go down.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chorus<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>
\n4) The money is steady, my pink*** she is ready<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To load all your freight at the pier.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Stepney**** and Hartford are more ports of call,<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then home to me own bed I steer\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chorus<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>
\n5) No enemy to tax us nor treat us like chattel<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We chased them away in the war.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They\u2019re not bold to return to my river to treat us<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yankees will beat them once more! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chorus<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a9 6 Feb. 2013 Joseph Morneault<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"7<\/a>

7 apr. 2014 – Joseph, Cliff, Rick, and Tim Rowe singing the debut of “No Deep”.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n* Chink = vernacular term meaning money, specifically at a time when cash was only in specie or coins of gold, silver, copper, and the pleasant sound it made when jingled.<\/span><\/p>\n

** Seth Overton <\/a>was a businessman with a shop and sail loft in Portland, CT, and a wharf in Middletown, CT, across the river.\u00a0 He was involved in shipbuilding, including the sloop of war USS Connecticut<\/a><\/i> (a small class frigate, or corvette, much like the later cruisers) in 1799.\u00a0 Pettipaug was the name for the town of Essex, CT, further down river, and it seems a common drop off point for cargo and passengers who might then embark on smaller craft to make their way up river towards Middletown and Hartford. At the turn of the 19<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup> century it was also the location of thriving shipbuilding to be utilized for privateering against the British and for running goods through the wartime blockade.\u00a0 In the case of this song, it is presumed that the story is being related before<\/i> the War of 1812.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*** or\u00a0a pinque<\/em> –\u00a0a light schooner with a narrow stern and somewhat shallow draft, often used either for fishing or cargo transport along rivers and shorelines.\u00a0 Not necessarily the most common craft along the CT River but they were indeed there.<\/span><\/p>\n

**** Stepney Parish was the old name for modern day Rocky Hill, a portion of Wethersfield, CT back in the day.\u00a0 After 1700 and until the days of rail, it was de facto the landing for shipping to Wethersfield, Newington, &c.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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