Sing-Along Lyrics
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Maritime Showcase, Saturday 5/27
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Liverpool Judies
And it’s roll
Roll!
Roll bullies roll,
Them Liverpool judies has got us in tow
Let the Bulgine Run
The smartest packet you can find
A Hey, A Ho, are you most done
The Margaret Evans of the Black Ball Line
Clear away the track and let the Bulgine Run
Hey rig-a-jig and a jaunting car
A Hey, A Ho, are you most done
Liza Lee all on my knee
Clear away the track and let the Bulgine Run
One Big Ocean
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
Dark Old Waters
Don't be thinking of me
All away and alone
On the rolling old sea
On the foreign ground
For I laid your keel and that's dandy for me
On the dark old waters, all alone
where you go,
go well, and a fair wind home
Sundown Below
Sun is down in the hold below
Sun down, sun down below
Sun is down it's time to go
Sun down, sun down below
Connemara Cradle Song
Hear the wind blow love, hear the wind blow
Lean your head over and hear the wind blow
Julia Belle
You know I'm coming back, you know I'm coming back
Fare thee well I'm Julia Belle, and you know I'm coming back
No more a workin' girl, no more a workin' girl
Fare thee well I'm Julia Belle, no more a workin' girl
Wandering everywhere, wandering everywhere
Fare thee well I'm Julia Belle, wandering everywhere
Here's to Captain Troan, here's to Captain Troan,
Fare thee well I'm Julia Belle, here's to Captain Troan
Run Come See Jerusalem
It was nineteen-hundred and twenty-nine
Run come see, run come see
It was nineteen-hundred and twenty-nine
Run come see Jerusalem
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Sea Chanties with Strikes A Bell, Workshop, Monday 5/29
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Sugar in the Hold
Hey ho, below, below, stowing sugar in the hold below, HUH!
Hey ho, below, below, stowing sugar in the hold below!
Donkey Riding
Was you ever in Quebec?
Donkey Riding, Donkey Riding
Stowing timber on the deck?
Riding on a donkey
Way, hey, and away we go, donkey riding, donkey riding
Way, hey, and away we go, riding on a donkey
Fire Down Below (Capstan)
I thought I heard the captain say
Fire down, below--- boys
Fire down below
General Taylor (Capstan or Halyard)
General Taylor gained the day
Walk him along, John carry him along
General Taylor gained the day
Carry him to his buryin’ ground
Way Hey stormy
Walk him along, John carry him along
Way Hey Stormy
Carry him to his buryin’ ground
Dan Dan
After all lines: HUH!
Boney was a Warrior (Sweating Up, short drag)
Boney was a warrior
Way Hey Ya!
A warrior a tarrier
John François
Paddy Doyle’s Boots (Bunting)
To me, way, hey, hey, YAH!
A Hundred Years on the Eastern Shore (Halyard)
When I was young and in my prime
Oh, Yes, Oh
I thought I'd work on the Black Ball Line
A hundred years ago
Dance Boatman Dance (Forebitter)
Dance boatman dance, Dance boatman dance
Dance all night 'til the broad daylight
Go home with the gals in the morning
Hey Ho the boatman row, sailin' on the river on the O-Hi-O
Hey Ho the boatman row, sailin' on the river on the O-Hi-O
Bully in the Alley (Long-haul)
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
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
Jamaica Farewell (Forebitter, modern by Lord Burgess)
So I’m sad to say, I’m on my way
Won’t be back for many a day
My heart is down, my head is turning around
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town
Mollymauk (Forebitter, modern by Bob Watson)
The southern ocean is a lonely place, where the storms are many and the shelter scarce
Down upon the southern ocean sailing, down below Cape Horn
On the restless waters with a troubling sky, you can see that mollymauk wheel and fly
Down upon the southern ocean sailing, down below Cape Horn
Cannery Shed (Forebitter, modern by Mary Garvey)
I've worked all my life in the cannery shed
And if I'm dyin’ or ya think I'm dead
Don't bury my bones but put me instead
In a can in the cannery shed
O'Bruadair (Piratical)
Rollin' glory on the ocean
(Last line only) Ghosting glory on the ocean
Tonight's the Night for Drinking (Forebitter)
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)
And tonight, tonight we're all ashore
When we've had enough to drink, we'll drink some more
Whoever said Lord Nelson's dead?
Tonight's the night for drinking!
Poor Old Horse (Ceremonial)
A poor old horse came riding by
And we say so and we hope so
We said to him your horse will die
O poor old horse
Strike the Bell (Pumping)
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