Biography:
Stanley Allison Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter.
Rogers was noted for his rich, baritone voice and his traditional-sounding songs which were frequently inspired by Canadian history and the daily lives of working people, especially those from the fishing villages of the Maritime provinces and, later, the farms of the Canadian prairies and Great Lakes. Rogers died in a fire aboard Air Canada Flight 797 on the ground at the Greater Cincinnati Airport at the age of 33.
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Other songs:
- 45 Years
- Lies
- Make And Break Harbour
- Witch Of Westmoreland
- A Matter Of Heart
- Acadian Saturday Night
- Barretts Privateers
- Bluenose
- California
- Canol Road
- Cape St Marys
- Cliffs At Baccalieu
- Dark Eyed Molly
- Delivery Delayed
- Down The Road
- Evangeline
- Field Behind The Plow
- First Christmas
- Fishermans Wharf
- Fogartys Cove
- Forty
- Free In The Harbour
- Guysborough Train
- Harris And The Mare
- House Of Orange
- Jeannie C
- Leave Her Johnny Leave Her
- Let Me Fish Off Cape St Marys
- Lock
- Lookout Hill
- Love Letter
- Macdonnell On The Heights
- Mary Ellen Carter
- Northwest Passage
- Pharisee
- Sailors Rest
- Scarborough Settlers Lament
- Second Effort
- Song Of The Cradle
- Strings And Dory Plug
- Take It From Day To Day
- The Bluenose
- The Field Behind The Plow
- The Flowers Of Bermuda
- The House Of Orange
- The Idiot
- The Jeannie C
- The Maid On The Shore
- The Mary Ellen Carter
- The Rawdon Hills
- The White Collar Holler
- The Witch Of The Westmorland
- The Witch Of Westmorland
- Three Fishers
- Tiny Fish For Japan
- Turnaround
- White Squall
- Wreck Of The Athens Queen
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The Mary Ellen Carter 4/4 Stan Rogers
Intro: Mandolin solo (best o' luck) Submitted by Ken Lee
[email protected]
/ G /
She / went down last Oc - / tober,
/ C - D / G
In a / pouring driving / rain,
/ Am /
The / skipper he'd been / drinking and
/ C / D
The / mate he felt no / pain,
/ G /
Too / close to Three Mile / Rock and
/ C / G
She was / dealt her mortal / blow and
/ Am / D
The / Mary Ellen Carter settled / low.
/G /
There was / just us five a - / board her,
/ C / G
When she / finally was a - / wash,
/ Am /
We / worked like hell to / save her,
/ C / D
All / heedless of the / cost, and
/G /
The / groan she gave as / she went down,
/ C / G
It / caused us to pro - / claim,
/ Am / D /
That the / Mary Ellen / Carter would rise a - /
G
gain!.
Break:
/G /
Well the / owners wrote her / off,
/ C - D / G
Not a / nickel would they / spend,
/ Am /
"She gave / twenty years of / service, boys,
/ C / D
Then / met her sorry / end.
/ G /
But in - / surance paid the / loss to us,
/ C / G
So / let her rest be- / low.",
/ Am
Then they / laughed at us, and,
/ D
Said we had to / go.
/ G /
But we / talked of her all / winter,
/ C / G
Some / days around the / clock.
/ Am /
She's / worth a quarter / million,
/ C / D
A -/ floating at the / dock and
/ G /
With / every jar that / hit the bar,
/ / G
We / swore we would re - / main and
/ Am / D / G
Make the / Mary Ellen / Carter rise a - /gain!
Chorus:
/ Am - D / G
Rise a - / gain, rise a - / gain,
/ D / C
That her / name not be / lost,
/ G / D
To the / knowledge of / men,
/ G /
All / those who loved her / best and
/ C / G
Were / with her / 'til the / end,
/ Am / D /
Will make the / Mary Ellen / Carter, rise a - /
G
gain!
Break:
/ G /
All / spring now we've been / with her,
/ C - D / G
On a / barge lent by a / friend.
/ Am /
Three / dives a day in a / hardhat suit, and
C / D
Twice I've had the / bends.
/ G /
Thank / God it's only / sixty feet, and
/ C / G
The / currents here are / slow, or
/ Am /
I'd / never have the / strength,
/ D
To go be - / low.
/ G /
But we've / patched her rents, / stopped her vents,
/ C / G
Dogged / hatch, and Portholes / down,
/ Am /
Put / cables to her, / fore and aft and
C / D
Girded her a - / round,
/ G /
To - / morrow noon, we / hit the air and
C / G
Then take up the / strain, and
/ Am / D / G
Make the / Mary Ellen / Carter rise a - / gain!
Break: - Chorus:
/ G /
For we / couldn't leave her / there,
/ C - D / G
You see to / crumble into / scale.
/ Am /
She'd / saved our lives, so / many times,
C / D
Living through the / gale, and
/ G /
The / laughing, drunken / rats,
/ C / G
Who left her / to a sorry / grave,
/ Am / / D
They / won't be laughing / in another / day, and
G / / C /
You, to whom ad - / versity, has / dealt the final /
G
blow,
/ Am /
With / smiling bastards / lying to you,
C / D
Everywhere you / go,
/ G /
Turn / to, and put out / all your strength,
/ C / G
Of / arm, and heart and / brain, and
/ Am / D / G
Like the / Mary Ellen / Carter rise a - / gain!
2nd Chorus:
/ Am / D / G
Rise a - / gain, / rise a - / gain,
/ D / C
Though your / heart, it be / broken, or
G / D
Life about to / end,
/ G /
No / matter what you've / lost,
/ C / G
Be it a / home, a love, a / friend,
/ Am / D / G
Like the / Mary Ellen / Carter rise a - / gain!
Repeat 2nd Chorus, with feeling on second "Rise a - gain".
Outro:
I apologize for the length but I arrange in Word Perfect 8 with columns selected and the whole thing fits
two pages. If desired email me at the above email address for all the Stan Rogers I've submitted - in
Perfect 8
Intro: Mandolin solo (best o' luck) Submitted by Ken Lee
[email protected]
/ G /
She / went down last Oc - / tober,
/ C - D / G
In a / pouring driving / rain,
/ Am /
The / skipper he'd been / drinking and
/ C / D
The / mate he felt no / pain,
/ G /
Too / close to Three Mile / Rock and
/ C / G
She was / dealt her mortal / blow and
/ Am / D
The / Mary Ellen Carter settled / low.
/G /
There was / just us five a - / board her,
/ C / G
When she / finally was a - / wash,
/ Am /
We / worked like hell to / save her,
/ C / D
All / heedless of the / cost, and
/G /
The / groan she gave as / she went down,
/ C / G
It / caused us to pro - / claim,
/ Am / D /
That the / Mary Ellen / Carter would rise a - /
G
gain!.
Break:
/G /
Well the / owners wrote her / off,
/ C - D / G
Not a / nickel would they / spend,
/ Am /
"She gave / twenty years of / service, boys,
/ C / D
Then / met her sorry / end.
/ G /
But in - / surance paid the / loss to us,
/ C / G
So / let her rest be- / low.",
/ Am
Then they / laughed at us, and,
/ D
Said we had to / go.
/ G /
But we / talked of her all / winter,
/ C / G
Some / days around the / clock.
/ Am /
She's / worth a quarter / million,
/ C / D
A -/ floating at the / dock and
/ G /
With / every jar that / hit the bar,
/ / G
We / swore we would re - / main and
/ Am / D / G
Make the / Mary Ellen / Carter rise a - /gain!
Chorus:
/ Am - D / G
Rise a - / gain, rise a - / gain,
/ D / C
That her / name not be / lost,
/ G / D
To the / knowledge of / men,
/ G /
All / those who loved her / best and
/ C / G
Were / with her / 'til the / end,
/ Am / D /
Will make the / Mary Ellen / Carter, rise a - /
G
gain!
Break:
/ G /
All / spring now we've been / with her,
/ C - D / G
On a / barge lent by a / friend.
/ Am /
Three / dives a day in a / hardhat suit, and
C / D
Twice I've had the / bends.
/ G /
Thank / God it's only / sixty feet, and
/ C / G
The / currents here are / slow, or
/ Am /
I'd / never have the / strength,
/ D
To go be - / low.
/ G /
But we've / patched her rents, / stopped her vents,
/ C / G
Dogged / hatch, and Portholes / down,
/ Am /
Put / cables to her, / fore and aft and
C / D
Girded her a - / round,
/ G /
To - / morrow noon, we / hit the air and
C / G
Then take up the / strain, and
/ Am / D / G
Make the / Mary Ellen / Carter rise a - / gain!
Break: - Chorus:
/ G /
For we / couldn't leave her / there,
/ C - D / G
You see to / crumble into / scale.
/ Am /
She'd / saved our lives, so / many times,
C / D
Living through the / gale, and
/ G /
The / laughing, drunken / rats,
/ C / G
Who left her / to a sorry / grave,
/ Am / / D
They / won't be laughing / in another / day, and
G / / C /
You, to whom ad - / versity, has / dealt the final /
G
blow,
/ Am /
With / smiling bastards / lying to you,
C / D
Everywhere you / go,
/ G /
Turn / to, and put out / all your strength,
/ C / G
Of / arm, and heart and / brain, and
/ Am / D / G
Like the / Mary Ellen / Carter rise a - / gain!
2nd Chorus:
/ Am / D / G
Rise a - / gain, / rise a - / gain,
/ D / C
Though your / heart, it be / broken, or
G / D
Life about to / end,
/ G /
No / matter what you've / lost,
/ C / G
Be it a / home, a love, a / friend,
/ Am / D / G
Like the / Mary Ellen / Carter rise a - / gain!
Repeat 2nd Chorus, with feeling on second "Rise a - gain".
Outro:
I apologize for the length but I arrange in Word Perfect 8 with columns selected and the whole thing fits
two pages. If desired email me at the above email address for all the Stan Rogers I've submitted - in
Perfect 8
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