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"Sea Shanties To Sing On Your Voyage Or Just At The Dock..."






What are sea shanties? It comes from the French world, "Chantez", to sing. Sea chanties are work songs that sailors sang as they worked hauling lines, halyards, and hawsers.

Cape Cod Girls

Cape Cod girls ain't got no combsHaul away, haul awayThey brush their hair with codfish bonesAnd we're bound away for Australia

So heave away, me bully, bully boysHaul away, haul awayHeave her up and don't you make a noiseAnd we're bound away for Australia

Cape Cod kids ain't got no sledsThey slide down the hills on codfish heads

Cape Cod girls ain't got no frillsThey tie their hair with codfish gills

Cape Cod cats ain't got no tailsThey lost them all in the northeast gales

Drunken Sailor - heaving shanty

What shall we do with a drunken sailor?What shall we do with a drunken sailor?What shall we do with a drunken sailor?Early in the morning?Way-hay, up she risesWay-hay, up she risesWay-hay, up she risesEarly in the morning

Put him in the long boat 'til he's sober

Pull out the bung and wet him all over

Put him in the scuppers with the deck pump on him

Heave him by the leg in a runnin' bowlin'

Tie him to the taffrail when she's yard-arm under





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