Tales of the Phantom Ship [Lennie Gallant]

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[@alexisshadow6208]

Pour tout les personnes qui parle francais: Lennie Gallant est le meilleur chanteur dans la monde!

[@alexanderfarrell8957]

IThis is a great song for a Halloween playlist. It,s stuck in my head and have been playing it over and over

[@Furniture121]

I grew up on this song, I love it!

[@kayladawnl8697]

Me and my cousin saw it with our own eyes one night, it like a orangeish light and me and her saw what looked like flames, but as soon as it appeared it was gone Me and her both were born and raised up on pei and this was the first time we ever seen it.

[@doktor_ghul]

Growing up in Pictou from 1971 on, right on the Strait, I heard so many Tales, and saw some odd things in my childhood, but I can't say I saw the Ship. I would have loved to ( being a horror fan and a FAMOUS MONSTERS Monster Kid ). Surprised that no one has done a proper video of this song, with some sweet FX of the Ship roaring through a storm, fully engulfed in flame...

[@p.e.i.man-canada-1372]

A former co worker of mine from Summerside claimed to have seen the ship when he was at the beach with a friend or friends. I asked if he was drunk at the time but he said he was stone sober. That all of the story I can remember. I don't even remember what beach he said, but whatever, who knows?

[@davebrittain9216]

We went through Pictou 10-15 years ago on our summer vacation and we purchased a CD and this song was on it. I was amazed that I had never heard it before then. It is a fantastic Canadian song performed well. I get chills every time I hear it!

[@truthfulkarl]

thx so much first heard this at PEI sooo glad to hear it again definetly one of my favs

[@bronk1022]

truthfulkarl we got a cd of this kind of music from PEI and listen to it everytime we visit i love it its a great childhood memory for me

[@CaptainForestFalcon]

YES! FINALLY! It's been so long since I've listened to this song! :'D Thank you so much for uploading this! One of my favourite songs ever!

[@Solo_Videos]

This is the sound of my childhood.

[@bronk1022]

Solomon Umlah same here we used to listen to a cd of a ton of this kind of music whenever we went to visit canada for vacations (we have family there) and it was my favorite thing ever

[@thevintagepoet]

I love this song. I love pei folklore

[@DavidWsTrainVideos]

Awesome song.

[@CRM2006]

Love this song. Thanks for posting it.

[@brysondesroche8599]

This is my 3rd favorite song

[@evil0verlady1]

I LOVE the descriptive alliteration!

[@kennethschlegel870]

Listened to this song while sitting on the Decks of the USS Cape St George while patrolling the straights of Juan De Fuca during the 2010 oylmpic games, gave me chills.

[@tinglydingle]

There were no Olympics in 2010

[@kennethschlegel870]

The Vancouver winter olympics....

[@tinglydingle]

Kenneth Schlegel Herp a derp I'm so dumb. Forgive me

[@davebrittain9216]

This is a great song! Here are the lyrics Lyrics On a night as black as a Raven's feather Thunder clap like a slap of leather And the wind whips through the black spruce on the shore The waves are pounding on the beaches harder As the last of the fishermen reach safe harbour And the wind turns cold, cuts through the cord Out on the wild Northumberland Strait A ball of fire slips o'er the waves Those who watch can't believe their eyes There's a burst of flame and flash of light There on the tide is a frightening sight As the tall ship in flames lights up the sky Tales of the Phantom Ship, from truck to keel in flames She sails the wild Northumberland Strait, no one knows her name Tales of the Phantom Ship, it's the ship of fire they cry Hard against the wind she sails, no one can say why Some say she's a three-master square rigger Five-hundred tons, maybe a bit bigger With fire in every rope and spar and sail Out of the east though the wind blows west She plows the strait on an unknown quest Over the waves with the strength of a full-force gale Of why she appears none can know Some say it's nothing but a moon-lit glow But those who've see her swear they tell no lies They tell how her bow suddenly drops down As in depths of the strait she's bound And the wind goes wild with wailing, chilling cries Tales of the Phantom Ship, from truck to keel in flames She sails the wild Northumberland Strait, no one knows her name Tales of the Phantom Ship, it's the ship of fire they cry Hard against the wind she sails, no one can say why Some say she's an immigrant ship of old Highland Scots whose land was stole And lost at sea while seeking the new land Or a ghostly American Privateer That plundered innocent harbours here Cursed to sail the strait, forever damned But an old man sang a song to me Six hundred Acadians drowned at sea Deported long ago from St. John's Isle He says they sail this choppy strait Through time and time they navigate Searching for the means to end their long exile Tales of the Phantom Ship, from truck to keel in flames She sails the wild Northumberland Strait, no one knows her name Tales of the Phantom Ship, it's the ship of fire they cry Hard against the wind she sails, no one can say why Tales of the Phantom Ship, from truck to keel in flames She sails the wild Northumberland Strait, no one knows her name She sells the wild Northumberland Strait, when will she sail again?

[@shigeminotoge4514]

it'd be awful nice if these lyrics were completely accurate.

[@davebrittain9216]

@@shigeminotoge4514 They are not?

[@shigeminotoge4514]

@@davebrittain9216 The majority of them are, but there are several discrepancies you can discern just through a careful listen. The meaning doesn't change but it oft' throws off the meter.

[@davebrittain9216]

@@shigeminotoge4514 Not sure what you mean. Do you mean from the actual story of the Acaidians or? If I remember correctly the Acaidians were sent back to England and many of them starved or got too sick and died.

[@shigeminotoge4514]

​@@davebrittain9216 Well for a simple first example you've written "a thunder clap like a slap of leather" but if you listen it's clearly "thunder crack like a snap of leather" and while yours looks nicer when spoken, the rest of the song gives no precedent for there being an internal rhyme in that specific line and in the second verse "five hundred feet maybe, a bit bigger" throws off the timing while he sings "five hundred feet or maybe bigger" Things like that. Perhaps he sang this version differently to the version from which these lyrics were transposed. But there's a bunch of little things like that all throughout it.

[@dontworryimlegit778]

makes me think of the south shore

[@DavidWsTrainVideos]

Actual Lyrics: On a night as black as a Raven's feather Thunder clap like a snap of leather And the wind whips through the black spruce on the shore The waves are pounding on the beaches harder As the last of the fishermen reach safe harbour And the wind turns cold, cuts through the core Out on the wild Northumberland Strait A ball of fire skips o'er the waves Those who watch can't believe their eyes There's a burst of flame and flash of light There on the tide is a frightening sight As the tall ship in flames lights up the sky Tales of the Phantom Ship, from truck to keel in flames She sails the wild Northumberland Strait, no one knows her name Tales of the Phantom Ship, it's the ship of fire they cry Hard against the wind she sails, no one can say why They say she's a three-master square rigger Four-hundred tons, maybe a bit bigger With fire in every rope and spar and sail Out of the east though the wind blows west She plows the strait on an unknown quest cutting through the waves with the strength of a full-force gale Of why she appears none can know Some say it's nothing but a moon-lit glow But those who've see her swear they tell no lies They tell how her bow suddenly drops down As in depths of the strait she's bound And the wind goes wild with wailing, chilling cries Tales of the Phantom Ship, from truck to keel in flames She sails the wild Northumberland Strait, no one knows her name Tales of the Phantom Ship, it's the ship of fire they cry Hard against the wind she sails, no one can say why Some say she's an immigrant ship of old Highland Scots whose land was stole And lost at sea while seeking the new land Or a ghostly American Privateer Who plundered innocent harbours here Cursed to sail the strait, forever damned But an old man sang a song to me Six hundred Acadians drowned at sea Deported long ago from St. John's Isle He says they sail this choppy strait Through time and tide they navigate Searching for the means to end their long exile Tales of the Phantom Ship, from truck to keel in flames She sails the wild Northumberland Strait, no one knows her name Tales of the Phantom Ship, it's the ship of fire they cry Hard against the wind she sails, no one can say why Tales of the Phantom Ship, from truck to keel in flames She sails the wild Northumberland Strait, no one knows her name She sells the wild Northumberland Strait, when will she sail again?

[@p.e.i.man-canada-1372]

I forgot about this song… isn't Lennie Gallant from the North Crick?

[@p.e.i.man-canada-1372]

ya

[@torbennielsen7006]

Came here from the ghost ships.

[@willroi]

you should have heard Tom May do this live

[@kevinkelley5014]

I did