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about
One of the first oceanography lessons I got to teach my then 3 and 5 year old nieces, Netta and Marie, was about high tides and low tides. The funny accent harkens to my Hatteras Island childhood and my first experience learning about the tides from an old local named Leon Swain who would come by from time to time, barefoot, in cutoff jean shorts (before it was cool), and his white t shirt. In his thick “hoigh toider” brogue accent he would exclaim, “There’s a hoigh toide on the sound soide tonight!” He was one of the sweetest most helpful people and one of the last true “hoigh toiders”. There may be few more left if you know where to look down by the local fishing docks or “down east”. The second verse was inspired by an outing to go collect fresh oysters with Ren, Ani and Frank Chapman during opening day of oyster season. Frank (Ren’s dad) was my original SCUBA instructor while Ren was my original Free Dive instructor. I owe a lot of my ability to fully appreciate my love of the ocean to their family!
lyrics
The creek fills in,
The light grows dim,
And the water’s covering everything.
That can only mean one thing.
It’s a hoigh toide again.
There’s a hoigh toide on the sound soide tonight
And the moon is burning broight
There’s a hoigh toide on the sound soide tonight
There’s no land in soight! There’s no land in soight!
In the morn’ I was lead
To an oyster bed
Exposed and surrounded by mud.
The water was gone, but not for long.
It’s just another low toide again.
There’s a low low toide on the sound soide today.
We can see where the fiddler crabs play.
There’s a low toide on the sound soide today.
All the water has gone away. All the water has gone away.
Hoigh toide low toide
Back and forth we swing
Hoigh toide low toide
Back and forth we sing
Twice each day
semi diurnal they say
That’s the tidal swing
Hoigh toide low toide
back and forth we swing
Hoigh toide low toide
Back and forth we sing
credits
from Sea Songs For LIttle Pirates,
released October 28, 2018
Jason Andre – Vocals, pirate voices, acoustic guitar, mandolin, bohdran
Ben Sciance – Banjo
Allan Upham – Bass
Netta and Marie Kavanagh – Vocals
Ani Chapman – Vocals
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