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""Santianna", also known as "Santiana", "Santy Anna", "Santayana", "Santiano", "Santy Anno" and other variations, is a sea shanty referring to the Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna. The song is listed as number 207 in the Roud Folk Song Index. Origin The theme of the shanty, which dates from at least the 1850s, may have been inspired by topical events in the news related to conflicts between the armies of Mexico, commanded by Antonio López de Santa Anna, and the U.S., commanded by Zachary Taylor, in the Mexican–American War. The lyrics are not historically accurate: for example, both the Battle of Monterrey and the Battle of Molino del Rey (different versions refer to one or other) were US victories, not Mexican ones. Some suggest that this tradition was caused by British sailors, who deserted their ships to join Santa Anna's forces. Lyrics As with many shanties, there are many recorded variations on the words and tunes, which may have developed on particular shipping lines - and the shantymen who led the shanties would make up their own versions as they went along, many of which were never recorded. Shantyman and shanty collector Stan Hugill wrote that "Santianna" was originally a pump shanty, but became a popular capstan shanty as wooden ships were replaced by iron in the common call and response form. Part of one of Hugill's versions is below The call is in normal type and the response is in italics. :O! Santianna gained the day :Away Santianna! :And Santianna gained the day :All across the plains of Mexico! :He gain'd the day at Molly-Del-Rey*. :Away Santianna :An' General Taylor ran away :All across the plains of Mexico :All of his men were brave an' true. :Away Santianna :Ever soldier brave and true :All across the plains of Mexico :Oh Santiana fought for fame :Away Santianna :An' Santiana gained a name :All across the plains of Mexico : *Monterrey or Molino del Rey Hugill states that there were many variations in the refrain, including: First refrain: :Heave and weigh Santiana :Hooray Santiana :And away Santiana :Hooraw boys, hooraw ho :Horoo Santy Ana :'Way Santiana Second refrain :Heave away, hurra for roll-an'-go :All on the plains of Mexico :Heave an' weigh, we're bound for Mexico :All across the plains of Mexico :All along the shores of Mexico :Along the plains of Mexico :On the banks and plains of Mexico :Around the Bay o' Mexico :All along the coasts of Mexico :Upon the plains of Mexico Alan Lomax published a completely different version, that he heard from a sailor called J.M. Hunt in 1935 :We're sailing down the river from Liverpool :Heave away Santy Anno :Around Cape Horn to Frisco Bay :All on the plains of Mexico Chorus ::So heave her up and away we'll go ::Heave away Santy Ano ::Heave her up and away we'll go ::All on the plains of Mexico :She's a clipper fast ship and a bully good crew :Heave away, Santy Anno :A down-east Yankee for her captain, too :All on the plains of Mexico In the 1950s and 1960s, shanties became popularised as part of the American folk music revival and British folk revival, and Santianna became part of the musical repertoire of musicians including Paul Clayton and The Clancy Brothers. Sometimes there is an additional chorus or bridge, after A. L. Lloyd: :Mexico oh Mexico :Hurray Santy Ano :Oh Mexico where I must go :All on the plains of Mexico Other versions=Covers in English One English version recorded by both Odetta (1956) and The Kingston Trio (1958) is about a ship that leaves from Liverpool to California "Plenty of gold, So I've Been told, way out in California". The Weavers album The Weavers at Home (1958) describes a journey from Boston to California. These versions are probably about the California Gold Rush and based on Lomax's version. The soundtrack to the game Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire includes a cover of the song called Aim Spirente. Its lyrics are similar to Hugues Aufray's Santiano, but adapted to fit the game's lore. The lyrics, written on a scrap of paper, can also be found as an in-game item. The Longest Johns covered the song on their album Between Wind and Water. Catalan-language folk group El Pony Pisador released a metal cover of Santiana in English in 2020. Covers in French "Santiano" was recorded in 1961 by Hugues Aufray and refers to a ship leaving Saint Malo bound to San Francisco, described as a wealthy place. It became very popular and has inspired several cover versions including the reality show Star Academy in 2005. Covers in Welsh A Welsh language cover of Santiana was recorded by Welsh folk singer Meic Stevens in 1969. It remained unreleased until 2002, when it was released on the Disgwyl Rhywbeth Gwell i Ddod compilation. Stevens' version of the song contains references to contemporary events in Wales such as the incarceration of Free Wales Army soldiers in 1969. This version has also inspired recent cover versions of the song by Alun Gaffey, Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog, Iwcs a Gaff and Alaw. Covers in other languages In 2008, German folk-collective Werkraum under leadership by Axel Frank recorded their own adaption of the English original using some changes in the verses, referring to Tory Island instead of Liverpool, probably inspired by a stormy cruise to the north-west coast of Ireland and the historical Irish immigration to America. In 2012, the German group Santiano recorded a new version of this song. The group has had much success, and received an Echo for their first album containing Santiano as well as other shanties. Metusa, a German Folk-Rock band, recorded a German version of this shanty called "Santyano" which appears on their album "Piratenseele". There is a Norwegian version of this song about a man who sails from Copenhagen to Kristiansand and meets a girl with whom he spends a night. He then has to travel to India and, when he arrives, he is handed a letter saying that his Norwegian friend is dead. He never returned to Norway for his Anna is dead. The song is remodeled by Storm Weather Shanty Choir. There is a version in Icelandic, called "Fulla ferð Santíanó" ("Full Ahead Santiano"), a seaman's story about sailing home after days at sea, written by Siggi Björns an Icelandic musician and an ex- fisherman. This version was recorded and realised on a CD with a band called"Æfing" from a small fishing town, Flateyri, in the Icelandic Westfjords. References Category:Sea shanties "
"Émile Léon Fisseux (born 15 February 1868, date of death unknown) was a French competitor in the sport of archery. Fisseux competed in one event in Archery at the 1900 Summer Olympics, taking third place in the 50 metre Au Cordon Doré competition. His score of 28 points was one point behind the second-place archer, Hubert Van Innis, and three points behind the winner, Henri Hérouin. While Fisseux received no medal at the time, he is currently considered to be a bronze medallist by the International Olympic Committee.\- Prizes at the time were silver medals for first place and bronze medals for second, as well as usually including cash awards. The current gold, silver, bronze medal system was initiated at the 1904 Summer Olympics. The International Olympic Committee has retroactively assigned medals in the current system to top three placers at early Olympics. Fisseux also competed in Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics, taking 13th place in the Continental style event with 185 points. NotesReferences * International Olympic Committee medal winners database * External links * Category:1868 births Category:Year of death missing Category:Archers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Category:Archers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic archers of France Category:French male archers Category:Olympic bronze medalists for France Category:Olympic medalists in archery Category:Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics "
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