References in media Eddystone Lighthouse

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the lighthouse inspired sea shanty, recorded, begins father keeper of eddystone light / , slept mermaid 1 fine night / union there came 3 / porpoise , porgy , other me! . version has fourth line 2 of them fishes , other me. there several verses.
the lighthouse has been used metaphor stability.
in goon show episode ten snowballs shook world (1958), neddie seagoon sent eddystone lighthouse warn inhabitants sterling has dropped f-sharp e-flat.
the lighthouse celebrated in opening , closing movements of ron goodwin s drake 400 suite. movement s main theme directly inspired lighthouse s unique light characteristic.
a novel based on building of smeaton s lighthouse, containing many details of construction, published in 2005.
the lighthouse referenced twice in herman melville s epic novel moby-dick; @ beginning of chapter 14, nantucket : how stands there, away off shore, more lonely eddystone lighthouse. , , in chapter 133, chase – first day : so, in gale, half baffled channel billows recoil base of eddystone, triumphantly overleap summit scud.
the lighthouse referred in daddy ballplayer canadian band stringband, , follows similar line sea shanty.
famous of lighthouses, third chapter of story of lighthouses (norton 1965) mary ellen chase, devoted eddystone lighthouse.




^ eddystone light . retrieved 11 april 2008. 
^ thomas d arcy mcgee commented canada s foundations strong foundations of eddystone in globe, 31 october 1864, 4.
^ cd insert, british light music: ron goodwin. 633 squadron, drake 400 suite, , others. new zealand symphony orchestra, ron goodwin, conductor. marco polo cd 8.223518
^ severn, christopher (2005). smeaton s tower. woodbridge, suffolk: seafarer books. isbn 0-9542750-9-8. 






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