There's a little corner in heaven where there's a session going on...Bert Jansch is there, and Doc Watson, and Johnny Cash, and others...and they're all listening to Stan sing this.
I grew up in that era. I still remember the feel of the simplicity of life in those days. Not saying it was easy, though. I remember fishing with my grandfather, getting up in the wee hours of the morning to steam out in our one lunger, an 18 foot Lunenburg built, flat bottomed dory, with a 4 Atlantic engine pounding her way through the squalls on the bay. My father didn't want us to be living the life of a fisherman, though. "Get your education," he'd often say to us. So, we did. All four of us boys. Now, all that's left of our heritage are memories of days gone by. Still, It's like it was only yesterday to me. Wish it were at times.
Sadly, we're suffering the same fate down here on Chesapeake Bay. Too many years of neglect and over fishing have decimated the oyster beds and pollution continues to take its toll on crabs and fish. Stan lamented the passing of an era of wooden ships and iron men...
reflects the hard times of the folks here in nova scotia. My father died a fisherman, with not a penny to his name. Only his pride and the respect the boys had for the old crotchety bugger. Rest his soul, anyhow.
My old man was a fisherman from Newfoundland. This song touches home for me because after the collapse of the cod fishery a lot of the old timers fell on rough times and I hate to say it but I'm one of those "Young folks" that took off to Toronto for a better life. I tell you what though, I'd trade all the money on Bay Street to have a sustainable life back on the island.
I remember when the fishermen were reporting to the Department of Fisheries that their catch (in the outports) was so low...and this was dismissed as "anecdotal". Soon after the tipping point happened, and the whole industry just collapsed.
I live on cape cod. The place was literally named for the fishery. If it werent for the great weather and sandy beaches being very hospitable for tourists, all the villages on this sandbar would be a lot like the town Stan describes in this song. I kinda wish they were. I hate tourists.
@@krockpotbroccoli65 yeah. cape cod is a beautiful place. guess you can't blame folks for wanting to see for themselves. all along the ne coast of North America very rugged beauty.
How still lies the bay, in the light western airs Which blow from the crimson horizon Once more we tack home, with a dry empty hole Saving gas with the breezes so fair She's a kindly cape islander, old but still sound But so lost in the long liners shadow Make and Break and make do, but the fish are so few That she won't be replaced should she founder Now it's so hard to not think of before the big war When the cod went so cheap, but so plenty Foreign trawlers go by now with long seeing eyes Taking all where we seldom take any And the young folk don't stay with the fisherman's ways Long ago they all moved to the cities And the ones left behind old and tired and blind Won't work for a pound, for a penny. In Make and Break Harbour the boats are so few Too many are holed up and rotten. Most houses stand empty old nets hung to dry Are blown away lost and forgotten Now I can see the big draggers that stirred up the bay Leaving lobster traps smashed on the bottom And they think it don't pay to respect the old ways That make and break men have not forgotten For we still keep our time to the turn of the tide In this boat that I built with my father Still lifts to the sky, "One Lunger" and I Still talk like old friends on the water
my dad lost his fishing pall, so, at 9, i went to work, not by choice. i can relate, ican feel it in my heart, what this great man is singing. untill you died, i never even hurd of you, what a loss for me. but i have your music for ever my friend. rip keep singing STAN.
I recall the shock of Stan's tragic death as if it were yesterday. At the time I communicated with his mother to try to ameliorate some of the pain she must have experienced.This song and it's historical importance for all east coast fishermen is quintessential Stan. I have always found it very, very emotional, not only for it's sensitivity but also as a reminder of seeing Stan several times at Mariposa. Thanks for the imagery. I have his LPs still from the 70s.
Whenever I hear this song I am amazed at how well Stan predicted the death of the fishery with a clear view of the causes that the experts figured out years later.
At one pt. in time every song by Stan would become my favourite for awhile. But for 20 years now, (You know you always have a song playing in your head when you are waking etc....but usually one you don't like it!), it has been my fortune to awake, shower and the first rational thought in my mind has always been, "HOW STILL LIES THE BAY..."
As Northwest Passage is to Canada, this song speaks to the very soul of Downeast Maine lobsterfishermen. Humans are, above all, a greedy people. As for Stan, the best of the best never seem to get their dues, at least not until they die. Stan, God bless you Stan.
While it's nice someone committed a video to this song, it doesn't need one if you come from the maritimes - the words unlock the pictures in your own mind. Stan Rogers was a Canadian genius and treasure.
Oh Stan, you died just as you were becoming famous And as Billy Joel says, Only the good die young Stan we haven't forgot you, and the beautiful songs you made God bless Stan Rogers
reminds me of when i was younger. my dad used to play this late nights when I was out on his boat for a month every summer. just positive memories brought back with this music. I love it just as much as I did when I was little. thanks for the post
Last month, CBC radio out of St. John's had an appeal for people who may be still operating "Make and Break" motors, or had stories about using them in the past. As a come-from-away, I had no idea "Make and Break" (aka "one-lunger") referred to the one-piston motor brought in ~1913 - (not faster than rowing, but it conserved energy). The Shanneyganock version of this song played after the appeal. A Newfoundland fishing anthem - unbelievable for a Nova Scotian, let alone a Hamiltonian.
Rogers sang of the death of the fisherman culture in E Canada....Tyson sings of the death of the Cowboy/Western life.....what will we become when we have lost all ties to nature.
Over half of the world's population now lives in cities. By 2050 it'll be nearly 65%, 85% in the developed world. The days of the country bumpkin are gradually fading. I'll live my entire life in the country or die trying.
I can't listen to this song without seeing Halifax harbor at night, the lights glistening on the gentle waves. I get home sick just thinking about it. I really need to get out of Alberta
The DVD "One Warm Line" by Kensington combines a concert and interviews of him, his family and friends. And a book "Northwest Passage" available from the Fogarty Cove website, has a bio, and the story behind some of his songs. His wife, Ariel monitors that site.
Stans music is the most beautiful I have ever heard. Where are the musicians at today? Does anything like this exist in the new generation of singers and song writers? I can't say how much this music speaks to me, as a younger man embracing a rural existence and more traditional life. We don't have fishing fleets or ships here, but the spirit is similar, as are our challenges. As soon as I get my new house fixed up, I'm going to buy at least one of his CDs. His memory and family deserve it.
Remember well those one longer seagull outboard. The had a mechanical switch that let engine fire once each rotation and were nicknamed "make and break" for how they functioned. Little insider treat from Stan
Now I can see the big draggers have stirred up the bay Leaving lobster traps smashed on the bottom And they think it don't pay to respect the old ways That make and break men have not forgotten This song was written over 30 years ago. The commercial fishing situation has gotten worse since then.
You pieces are moving and get at a true kind perception and caring. Hope to find any recordings you may have made with a search. Great stuff and may you find the voice to write and record many more. The world needs more of this and less of the shallow pop crap.
I don't know either way which is true, but I do know that just because a person is holding a lecture doesn't mean that they have their facts straight or that they aren't repeating myths. The important point in their case is that it COULD be true. Not that it IS. I'd like to think it is.
well, it was one of my first videos that i made, and was still learning the movie making program...........not that i have to defend myself to you..........
There's a little corner in heaven where there's a session going on...Bert Jansch is there, and Doc Watson, and Johnny Cash, and others...and they're all listening to Stan sing this.
I grew up in that era. I still remember the feel of the simplicity of life in those days. Not saying it was easy, though. I remember fishing with my grandfather, getting up in the wee hours of the morning to steam out in our one lunger, an 18 foot Lunenburg built, flat bottomed dory, with a 4 Atlantic engine pounding her way through the squalls on the bay. My father didn't want us to be living the life of a fisherman, though. "Get your education," he'd often say to us. So, we did. All four of us boys. Now, all that's left of our heritage are memories of days gone by. Still, It's like it was only yesterday to me. Wish it were at times.
Sadly, we're suffering the same fate down here on Chesapeake Bay. Too many years of neglect and over fishing have decimated the oyster beds and pollution continues to take its toll on crabs and fish. Stan lamented the passing of an era of wooden ships and iron men...
reflects the hard times of the folks here in nova scotia. My father died a fisherman, with not a penny to his name. Only his pride and the respect the boys had for the old crotchety bugger. Rest his soul, anyhow.
Saw Garnett a couple of weeks ago, and it all came tumbling back.....I'll miss this man forever. Such a great loss.
"And they think it don't pay to respect the old ways
That Make and Break MEN have not forgotten"
Sheeesh, Stan surely could craft wisdom with words.
My old man was a fisherman from Newfoundland. This song touches home for me because after the collapse of the cod fishery a lot of the old timers fell on rough times and I hate to say it but I'm one of those "Young folks" that took off to Toronto for a better life. I tell you what though, I'd trade all the money on Bay Street to have a sustainable life back on the island.
I remember when the fishermen were reporting to the Department of Fisheries that their catch (in the outports) was so low...and this was dismissed as "anecdotal". Soon after the tipping point happened, and the whole industry just collapsed.
I live on cape cod. The place was literally named for the fishery. If it werent for the great weather and sandy beaches being very hospitable for tourists, all the villages on this sandbar would be a lot like the town Stan describes in this song. I kinda wish they were. I hate tourists.
Yes mademoiselle
@@krockpotbroccoli65 yeah. cape cod is a beautiful place. guess you can't blame folks for wanting to see for themselves.
all along the ne coast of North America very rugged beauty.
How still lies the bay, in the light western airs
Which blow from the crimson horizon
Once more we tack home, with a dry empty hole
Saving gas with the breezes so fair
She's a kindly cape islander, old but still sound
But so lost in the long liners shadow
Make and Break and make do, but the fish are so few
That she won't be replaced should she founder
Now it's so hard to not think of before the big war
When the cod went so cheap, but so plenty
Foreign trawlers go by now with long seeing eyes
Taking all where we seldom take any
And the young folk don't stay with the fisherman's ways
Long ago they all moved to the cities
And the ones left behind old and tired and blind
Won't work for a pound, for a penny.
In Make and Break Harbour the boats are so few
Too many are holed up and rotten.
Most houses stand empty old nets hung to dry
Are blown away lost and forgotten
Now I can see the big draggers that stirred up the bay
Leaving lobster traps smashed on the bottom
And they think it don't pay to respect the old ways
That make and break men have not forgotten
For we still keep our time to the turn of the tide
In this boat that I built with my father
Still lifts to the sky, "One Lunger" and I
Still talk like old friends on the water
Seleucus Nicator thanks for the lyrics
I love the line “the one lunger and I” ☺️
One of my favorite Stan Rogers tunes.❤
my dad lost his fishing pall, so, at 9, i went to work, not by choice. i can relate, ican feel it in my heart, what this great man is singing. untill you died, i never even hurd of you, what a loss for me. but i have your music for ever my friend. rip keep singing STAN.
I recall the shock of Stan's tragic death as if it were yesterday. At the time I communicated with his mother to try to ameliorate some of the pain she must have experienced.This song and it's historical importance for all east coast fishermen is quintessential Stan. I have always found it very, very emotional, not only for it's sensitivity but also as a reminder of seeing Stan several times at Mariposa. Thanks for the imagery. I have his LPs still from the 70s.
Whenever I hear this song I am amazed at how well Stan predicted the death of the fishery with a clear view of the causes that the experts figured out years later.
Imagine the songs he would've written about the moratorium in '92.
At one pt. in time every song by Stan would become my favourite for awhile. But for 20 years now, (You know you always have a song playing in your head when you are waking etc....but usually one you don't like it!), it has been my fortune to awake, shower and the first rational thought in my mind has always been, "HOW STILL LIES THE BAY..."
As Northwest Passage is to Canada, this song speaks to the very soul of Downeast Maine lobsterfishermen. Humans are, above all, a greedy people.
As for Stan, the best of the best never seem to get their dues, at least not until they die. Stan, God bless you Stan.
While it's nice someone committed a video to this song, it doesn't need one if you come from the maritimes - the words unlock the pictures in your own mind. Stan Rogers was a Canadian genius and treasure.
Oh Stan, you died just as you were becoming famous
And as Billy Joel says, Only the good die young
Stan we haven't forgot you, and the beautiful songs you made
God bless Stan Rogers
"Make and break and make do". My grandmother, who lived through the great depression, always said "use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without".
Point made ...... BUT you should understand that discarding STIMULATES an economy. Its sad, I realize, but nevertheless, true.
That depends on the economy you have. It's possible to survive without consumerism as the main contributor.
Old nets hung up to dry blown away lost and forgotten........ applies to so many fishing villages!!!
reminds me of when i was younger. my dad used to play this late nights when I was out on his boat for a month every summer. just positive memories brought back with this music. I love it just as much as I did when I was little. thanks for the post
this is one the greatest songs ever written IMO......stan you still are the man when it comes to music!
Can't drive past Marie Joseph, NS without thinking of this song. Or the many other abandoned fishing communities along the Eastern Shore.
Most beautiful voice. True talent.
Last month, CBC radio out of St. John's had an appeal for people who may be still operating "Make and Break" motors, or had stories about using them in the past. As a come-from-away, I had no idea "Make and Break" (aka "one-lunger") referred to the one-piston motor brought in ~1913 - (not faster than rowing, but it conserved energy). The Shanneyganock version of this song played after the appeal. A Newfoundland fishing anthem - unbelievable for a Nova Scotian, let alone a Hamiltonian.
What a great song. I know nothing of his world, just the feelings that go with it
I can't listen to this song without tears coming to my eyes
Me too friend, me too.
I can't listen to Stan Rogers without feeling kind of melancholy. Some of the most beautiful folk songs I've ever heard.
Rogers sang of the death of the fisherman culture in E Canada....Tyson sings of the death of the Cowboy/Western life.....what will we become when we have lost all ties to nature.
Over half of the world's population now lives in cities. By 2050 it'll be nearly 65%, 85% in the developed world. The days of the country bumpkin are gradually fading. I'll live my entire life in the country or die trying.
As a bluenoser it just makes me sad and makes me shed a tear.
Portland, we'll be like Portland.
The eternal question: did Rogers influence country or did country influence Rogers.
I can't listen to this song without seeing Halifax harbor at night, the lights glistening on the gentle waves. I get home sick just thinking about it. I really need to get out of Alberta
Did you ever get out of Alberta?
The DVD "One Warm Line" by Kensington combines a concert and interviews of him, his family and friends. And a book "Northwest Passage" available from the Fogarty Cove website, has a bio, and the story behind some of his songs. His wife, Ariel monitors that site.
what a MAN, WHAT A MAN !
Stans music is the most beautiful I have ever heard. Where are the musicians at today? Does anything like this exist in the new generation of singers and song writers?
I can't say how much this music speaks to me, as a younger man embracing a rural existence and more traditional life. We don't have fishing fleets or ships here, but the spirit is similar, as are our challenges.
As soon as I get my new house fixed up, I'm going to buy at least one of his CDs. His memory and family deserve it.
You need to listen to Stan's Field Behind the Plow.
This is my FAVOURITE Stan Rogers ditty.
talk about the good die young.......stan the man was simply the best, better than all the rest
One of my favorites...sing it at gatherings all the time!
This a beautifully done video. One of my favorite Stan songs
Best song to listen to!
How could 17 people not love this sure are miserable people in this world.
I sure hope this video remains on youtube for years to come.
It has!
Remember well those one longer seagull outboard. The had a mechanical switch that let engine fire once each rotation and were nicknamed "make and break" for how they functioned. Little insider treat from Stan
Now I can see the big draggers have stirred up the bay
Leaving lobster traps smashed on the bottom
And they think it don't pay to respect the old ways
That make and break men have not forgotten
This song was written over 30 years ago. The commercial fishing situation has gotten worse since then.
Happy heavenly birthday Stan
just beautiful.
using this as my primary source in my history assignment on underdevelopment in the maritimes :) hope i dont fail :P
@punkysnozzle Indeed!!
@TyteFystedFolkie the only way that is video will not stay, is if i put a better copy on in hd, with better sound for the viewers! :)
@69pillager It could also fit in Nova Scotia, even better into Newfoundland.
You pieces are moving and get at a true kind perception and caring. Hope to find any recordings you may have made with a search.
Great stuff and may you find the voice to write and record many more. The world needs more of this and less of the shallow pop crap.
19999 Views!
Wheres your snowdog bytor ?
@77jaycee29 ".....and I still talk like old friends on the water."
we used to have wooden boats and iron men. now we have iron boats and wooden men.
Yea they cant even do a proper shore rape anyone
I don't know either way which is true, but I do know that just because a person is holding a lecture doesn't mean that they have their facts straight or that they aren't repeating myths. The important point in their case is that it COULD be true. Not that it IS. I'd like to think it is.
I´d love to get the lyrics...English isn´t my native language.
www.lyricsfreak.com/s/stan+rogers/make+and+break+harbour_20255111.html
bytor21122112 Oh....thanks so much. .
thanks ont. but the east coast stole stan rogers.
Whoever made this video should have avoided the fake antique film effects. Just because an option exists, doesn't mean it should be used.
well, it was one of my first videos that i made, and was still learning the movie making program...........not that i have to defend myself to you..........
bytor21122112 I totally agree with your last statement
+bytor21122112 , I liked the the vintage feel of the pictures. Perfect for this piece.
+bluenoserr Kwityerbitchin , geezuz christ.
u cant just enjoy the song? jeezz