Sing-Along Lyrics
2024 La Nef Concert
Strikes A Bell Shanty Sing Along
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Choruses and Responses
Sing what is in bold face!
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Blow the Man Down
Come all ye young sailors that follow the sea,
Way Hey Blow the Man Down!
Now please pay attention and listen to me,
Give me some time to blow the man down!
Essequibo River
The Essequibo river is the king of rivers all
Buddy ta na na we are somebody oh
The Essequibo river is the king of rivers all
Buddy ta na na we are somebody oh
Chorus:
Somebody oh Johnny Somebody oh
Buddy ta na na we are somebody oh
Somebody oh Johnny, somebody oh
Buddy ta na na we are somebody oh
Donkey Riding
Way, Hey, and Away we go,
Donkey Riding, Donkey Riding
Way, hey, and away we go,
Riding on a donkey!
Dance Boatman Dance
Dance boatman dance, Dance boatman dance
Dance all night 'til the broad daylight
Go home with the gals in the morning
Hey Ho the boatmen row, sailin' on the river on the O-Hi-O
Hey Ho the boatmen row, sailin' on the river on the O-Hi-O
Le Capitane de San Malo
Le Capitane de San Malo
A lee A low
Alle Alle a Lee A Low,
Alee a low.
Captain Kidd
My name is Captain Kidd as I sailed, as I sailed.
My name is Captain Kidd as I sailed
My name is Captiain Kidd and wickedly I did.
And wickedly I did as I sailed as I sailed
And wickedly I did as I sailed.
Valparaiso in a Rowboat
Words and Music © Zeke Hoskins
Windsor is a lovely port we're proud to sing about
There's a warehouse full of whisky, though the Yankees do without
And when Customs asks us where we're bound, we ship our oars and shout:
"We're bound for Valparaiso in a rowboat"
Chorus:
Pull your oars! We're on our way!
With a thousand quarts of whisky bound for Valparaiso bay
And we haven't no intention for to see the U. S. A.
We're bound for Valparaiso in a rowboat
Nothing But a Humbug!
You’re nothin’ but a humbug.
So they say, so they say.
You’re nothin’ but a humbug.
That’s all I know!
Paddy Lay Back
'Twas a cold and dreary morning in December (December)
And all of me money, it was spent (Spent, spent!)
Where it went to, love, I can't remember (Remember)
So down to the shipping office I went (Went, went)
Chorus:
Paddy lay back (Paddy lay back)
Take in your slack (Take in your slack)
Take your turn around the capstan, Heave a pawl (Heave a pawl!)
'Bout ship's stations, boys, be handy (Be handy)
We're bound for Valpariso 'Round the Horn
Strike the Bell
Strike the bell second mate, let us go below
Look ye well to wind’erd you can see it's going to blow
Looking at the glass you can see that it is fell
And we wish that you would hurry up and strike, strike the bell
Molly Mauk
Written by Bob Watson
Down upon the southern ocean sailing
Down below Cape Horn
Won’t you ride the wind and go, white seabird
Won’t you ride the wind and go, mollymawk
Down upon the southern ocean sailing
Down below Cape Horn
Tonight's the Night for Drinking
Northerly bobbing up and down along with all the others
Half of them have cousins in the town and the other half are brothers.
Chorus:
And tonight, tonight they're all ashore
When they've had enough to drink, they'll drink some more
That's what the old town's for
Tonight's the night for drinking!
Last Chorus on 2nd round:
And tonight, tonight they're all ashore
When they've had enough to drink, they'll drink some more
Who ever said Lord Nelson's dead?
Tonight's the night for drinking!
Bully in the Alley
Sally's the gal that I love dearly
Way Hey Bully in the Alley
Sally's the gal that I spliced nearly
Bully down in Shinbone Al
So!
Help me Bob I'm bully in the alley
Way, Hey, bully in the alley
Help me Bob I'm bully in the alley
Bully down in Shinbone Al
Bimini Bay
Chorus:
Send my bail down to Bimini.
This town is wearisome.
Got thrown in jail just for drinkin' Barbados rum, Barbados rum.
Oh, 'til I go down to Bimini, never get a lickin 'til I go down to Bimini.,
Sheep On the Deep
By Jonathon Eberhart
Basic Chorus:
(Alternate underlined word with last line in each verse)
Sheep, sheep, don't you know the tide?
Yes, yes, we know the tide.
Sheep, sheep, don't you know the tide?
Oh yes, we know the tide.
Final Chorus:
Sheep, sheep, don't you know the sheep?
Yes, yes, we know the sheep.
For fifty million shillings down
I would not sail again with sheep.
Long Hot Summer Day
by John Hartford
chorus:
For every day I work on the Illinois River
Get a half a day off with pay
On a tow boat takin' up barges
On a long hot summer day
Shallow Brown
Fare thee well, me Juliana
Shallow, o shallow brown
Fare thee well, me Juliana
Shallow, o shallow brown
One Big Ocean
by Tom Lewis
Chorus:
One big ocean joining up the seven seas
One big ocean from the mountains to the deeps
One big ocean the way it seems to me
There is really only one big ocean