Admiral Benbow
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Admiral Benbow" is an English air in 3/4 time and G Major. The parts are played AB.<br> Walker (History of Music in England, 1924) dates the tune to about 1700. He points out<br> that the melody is also known as a religious carol (“The Land o’ the Leal” (Church of<br> England, English Hymnal, 1906), which is simply “Scots wha hae” sung slowly).<br> Admiral Benbow was an English admiral who defeated a fleet of French warships in West<br> Indian waters at the turn of the 16th century, the only thing marring the victory was<br> the fact that four of this men-of-war refused to join the fight, instead standing-too<br> to watch. Of the four commanders of those ships, two were executed, one was imprisoned<br> for life and the last died before punishment could be meted out.<br> The "Admiral Benbow" is the name of the inn in which we first meet Long John Silver in<br> Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island.<br> It was printed in Chappell's Popular Music of the Olden Times vol. 2 (1859). <br>
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