"Sea Lion Woman" (also "Sea-Line Woman", "See [the] Lyin' Woman", "She Lyin' Woman", "See-Line Woman", or "C-Line Woman") is a traditional American folk song originally used as a children's playground song.
The exact origins of the song are unknown but it is believed to have originated in the southern United States. According to Tom Schnabel of KCRW , he was told that
Nina Simone’s “Sealine Woman” is a 19th-century seaport song about sailors and prostitutes. The sailors would come into port (Charleston or New Orleans perhaps). Women of the pleasure quarters would be waiting, lined up dockside. Their dress colors signified the specific delights they offered. That is what the song is really about. This would explain the term 'Sea line' (a line of women by the sea) or alternatively, 'See-line' (women standing in a line to be seen).
It was first recorded by folklore researcher Herbert Halpert on May 13, 1939. Halpert was compiling a series of field recordings for the Library of Congress in Byhalia, MS, when he ran across Walter Shipp, a minister, and his wife Mary, a choir director of a local church. Halpert recorded Shipp's daughters, Katharine and Christeen, singing a spare version of "Sea Lion Woman" that defined the basic rhymes and rhythm of the song.
With a length of 241 kilometres (150mi), it is the largest river in the region. It has many tributaries: Sieve at 60 kilometres (37mi) long, Bisenzio at 49 kilometres (30mi), and the Era, Elsa, Pesa, and Pescia. The drainage basin amounts to more than 8,200 square kilometres (3,200sqmi) and drains the waters of the following subbasins:
The Casentino, in the province of Arezzo, formed by the upper course of the river until its confluence with the Maestro della Chiana channel.
The Val di Chiana, a plain drained in the 18th century, which until then had been a marshy area tributary of the Tiber.
The upper Valdarno, a long valley bordered on the east by the Pratomagno massif and on the west by the hills around Siena.
Arno Atoll (Marshallese: Arņo, [ɑ̯ɑɳˠːʌ͡ɔɔ̯]) is a coral atoll of 133 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. Its total land area is only 5 square miles (13km2). Unlike most other atolls, Arno encloses three different lagoons, a large central one, and two smaller ones in the north and east. Its main lagoon encloses an area of 130.77 square miles (338.7km2). At a distance of only 20 kilometres (12mi), it is the closest atoll to the Marshall Islands capital, Majuro Atoll, and can be seen looking east from Majuro on a clear day at low tide.
The population of Arno Atoll was 2,069 at the 1999 census. The most populous islets are Ajeltokrok, Kobjeltak, Rearlaplap, Langor and Tutu. The largest village is Ine, Arno.
People of Arno are well known for their productivity in making copra (the dried out meat of coconuts, from which coconut oil is extracted). Arno women are renowned for their production of the Kili Bag, a popular handwoven handbag/purse, named after another island in the Marshall Islands (to which the people of Bikini were eventually relocated as a result of the US nuclear tests that were conducted on their home atoll). Arno supposedly had a traditional "love school".
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ARNO - See Line Woman (live)
ARNO performing live @ The Kursaal (Limbourg, Belgium), April 20th, 2010.
It was the second "try out" concert of the new BRUSSLD Tour that will take place (several venues in France in may 2010 and Brussels Belgium in october 2010).
A nervous kick ass gig. Arno played loud, so sorry for any sound distorsion.
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published: 21 Apr 2010
23-10-2010 Arno @ Cirque Royal - See-Line Woman
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ARNO - See Line -end- (live)
ARNO performing live @ The Kursaal (Limbourg, Belgium), April 20th, 2010.
It was the second "try out" concert of the new BRUSSLD Tour that will take place (several venues in France in may 2010 and Brussels Belgium in october 2010).
A nervous kick ass gig. Arno played loud, so sorry for any sound distorsion.
http://www.myspace.com/arnomusic
published: 21 Apr 2010
See Line Woman
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See Line Woman
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See-Line Woman (Nina Simone cover)
Covers Cocktail (Arno 2008)
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Katie Melua - "Sea Lion Woman" (ft. Arno)
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Arno - Fix It
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See Line Woman
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See-Line Woman · Arno
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See-Line Woman · Arno
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Composer: Nina Simone
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See-Line Woman · Arno
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Composer: Nina Simone
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ARNO performing live @ The Kursaal (Limbourg, Belgium), April 20th, 2010.
It was the second "try out" concert of the new BRUSSLD Tour that will take place (sev...
ARNO performing live @ The Kursaal (Limbourg, Belgium), April 20th, 2010.
It was the second "try out" concert of the new BRUSSLD Tour that will take place (several venues in France in may 2010 and Brussels Belgium in october 2010).
A nervous kick ass gig. Arno played loud, so sorry for any sound distorsion.
http://www.myspace.com/arnomusic
ARNO performing live @ The Kursaal (Limbourg, Belgium), April 20th, 2010.
It was the second "try out" concert of the new BRUSSLD Tour that will take place (several venues in France in may 2010 and Brussels Belgium in october 2010).
A nervous kick ass gig. Arno played loud, so sorry for any sound distorsion.
http://www.myspace.com/arnomusic
ARNO performing live @ The Kursaal (Limbourg, Belgium), April 20th, 2010.
It was the second "try out" concert of the new BRUSSLD Tour that will take place (seve...
ARNO performing live @ The Kursaal (Limbourg, Belgium), April 20th, 2010.
It was the second "try out" concert of the new BRUSSLD Tour that will take place (several venues in France in may 2010 and Brussels Belgium in october 2010).
A nervous kick ass gig. Arno played loud, so sorry for any sound distorsion.
http://www.myspace.com/arnomusic
ARNO performing live @ The Kursaal (Limbourg, Belgium), April 20th, 2010.
It was the second "try out" concert of the new BRUSSLD Tour that will take place (several venues in France in may 2010 and Brussels Belgium in october 2010).
A nervous kick ass gig. Arno played loud, so sorry for any sound distorsion.
http://www.myspace.com/arnomusic
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See Line Woman
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See Line Woman · Nari · Benny Di Gioia · Nina Simone · Bass George
See Line Woman
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Idiots Savants : http://smarturl.it/Arno-IdiotsSavants
Arno & The Subrovnicks : http://smarturl.it/Arno-Subrovnicks
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Le European Cowboy : http://smarturl.it/Arno-EuropeanCowboy
Arno Charles Ernest : http://smarturl.it/Arno-CharlesErnest
French Bazaar : http://smarturl.it/Arno-FrenchBazaar
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Idiots Savants : http://smarturl.it/Arno-IdiotsSavants
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See Line Woman · Songstress · George H.Bass
Late Night Tales: Cinematic Orchestra
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See-Line Woman · Arno
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Composer: Nina Simone
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ARNO performing live @ The Kursaal (Limbourg, Belgium), April 20th, 2010.
It was the second "try out" concert of the new BRUSSLD Tour that will take place (several venues in France in may 2010 and Brussels Belgium in october 2010).
A nervous kick ass gig. Arno played loud, so sorry for any sound distorsion.
http://www.myspace.com/arnomusic
ARNO performing live @ The Kursaal (Limbourg, Belgium), April 20th, 2010.
It was the second "try out" concert of the new BRUSSLD Tour that will take place (several venues in France in may 2010 and Brussels Belgium in october 2010).
A nervous kick ass gig. Arno played loud, so sorry for any sound distorsion.
http://www.myspace.com/arnomusic
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See Line Woman · Nari · Benny Di Gioia · Nina Simone · Bass George
See Line Woman
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Arno & The Subrovnicks : http://smarturl.it/Arno-Subrovnicks
A la Française : http://smarturl.it/Arno-ALaFrancaise
A Poil Commercial : http://smarturl.it/Arno-APoilCommercial
Le European Cowboy : http://smarturl.it/Arno-EuropeanCowboy
Arno Charles Ernest : http://smarturl.it/Arno-CharlesErnest
French Bazaar : http://smarturl.it/Arno-FrenchBazaar
Jus de Box : http://smarturl.it/Arno-JusDeBox
En Concert A La Française : http://smarturl.it/Arno-EnConcert
Live in Brussels : http://smarturl.it/Arno-LiveBrussels
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See Line Woman · Songstress · George H.Bass
Late Night Tales: Cinematic Orchestra
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Music Publisher: Sam Fox Publishing Corp.
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"Sea Lion Woman" (also "Sea-Line Woman", "See [the] Lyin' Woman", "She Lyin' Woman", "See-Line Woman", or "C-Line Woman") is a traditional American folk song originally used as a children's playground song.
The exact origins of the song are unknown but it is believed to have originated in the southern United States. According to Tom Schnabel of KCRW , he was told that
Nina Simone’s “Sealine Woman” is a 19th-century seaport song about sailors and prostitutes. The sailors would come into port (Charleston or New Orleans perhaps). Women of the pleasure quarters would be waiting, lined up dockside. Their dress colors signified the specific delights they offered. That is what the song is really about. This would explain the term 'Sea line' (a line of women by the sea) or alternatively, 'See-line' (women standing in a line to be seen).
It was first recorded by folklore researcher Herbert Halpert on May 13, 1939. Halpert was compiling a series of field recordings for the Library of Congress in Byhalia, MS, when he ran across Walter Shipp, a minister, and his wife Mary, a choir director of a local church. Halpert recorded Shipp's daughters, Katharine and Christeen, singing a spare version of "Sea Lion Woman" that defined the basic rhymes and rhythm of the song.
See line woman She drink coffee She drinks tea And then go home See line woman Way down you're done Behind the lock And the rooster croaks And then go home And then go home See line woman Black dress on For a thousand dollars She wails, she moans And then go home See line woman Dressed in green Wear silk stockings With golden seams And then go home And then go home And then go home Empty his pockets Wreck his days Make him love her And he flies away He flies away He flies away He flies away See line See line See line See line Wiggle, wiggle Turn like a cat Wink at a man And he wink back See line woman Way down you're done Behind the lock And the rooster croaks And then go home And then go home