Sea Shanty Lyrics, Shanty Sheet Music- The Sea Shanty .net
"It is doubtless interesting to the folk-songer to see in print shanties taken down from an individual sailor with his individual melodic twirls and twiddles. But since no two sailors ever sing the same shanty quite in the same manner, there must necessarily be some means of getting at the tune, unhampered by these individual idiosyncrasies, which are quite a different thing from what folk-song students recognize as 'variants.' The power to discriminate can only be acquired by familiarity with the shanty as it was in its palmy days. The collector who comes upon the scene at this late time of day must necessarily be at a disadvantage. The ordinary methods which he would apply to a folk-song break down in the case of a labour-song. Manual actions were the soul of the shanty; eliminate these and you have only the skeleton of what was once a living thing. It is quite possible, I know, to push this line of argument too far, but every one who knows anything about seamanship must feel that a shanty nowadays cannot be other than a pale reflection of what it once was." *
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Sea Shanties Lyrics: The Dead Horse
Pumping/Capstan shanty
Shanty Sheet Music
1. A poor old man came riding by. And they say so, and they hope so.
A poor old man came riding by. Oh poor old man.
2. I said "Old man your hoss will die." (twice)
3. And if he dies I'll tan his skin. (twice)
4. And if he lives you'll ride again. (twice)
5. I thought I heard the skipper say. (twice)
6. Oh one more pull and then belay. (twice)
7. A poor old man came riding by. (twice)
Sea Shanty Lyrics: Paddy, get back
Pumping/Capstan shanty
1. I was broke and out of a job in the city of London; I went down to the Shadwell Docks to get a ship.
Chorus:
Paddy, get back, take in the slack!Heave away your capstan, heave a pawl, Heave a pawl!
Bout ship and stations, there, be handy,Rise tacks 'n sheets, 'n mains'l haul!
2. There was a Yankee ship a-laying in the basin.Shipping master told me she was going to New York!
3. If I ever get my hands on that shipping master, I will murder him if it's the last thing that I do!
4. When the pilot left the ship the captain told us We were bound around Cape Horn to Callao!
5. And he said that she was hot and still a-heating, And the best thing we could do was watch our step.
6. Now, the mate and second mate belonged to Boston, And the captain b'longed in Bangor down in Maine.
7. The three of them were rough-n'-tumble fighters. When not fighting amongst themselves they fought with us.
8. Oh, they called us out one night to reef the tops'ls. There was belayin'-pins a-flyin' around the deck.
9. We came on deck and went to set the tops'ls. Not a man among the bunch could sing a song.
10. Oh, the mate he grabbed ahold of me by the collar. 'If you don't sing a song I'll break your blasted neck!'
11. I got up and gave them a verse of 'Reuben Ranzo.' Oh, the answer that I got would make you sick.
12. It was three long months before we got to Callao, And the ship she was a-called a floating hell.
13. We filled up there at Callao with saltpetre, And then back again around Cape Horn!
Sea Shanties Lyrics: Drunken Sailor
Stamp and Go shanty
Shanty Sheet Music
1. What shall we do with the drunken sailor,(thrice) Early in the morning?
Hooray and up she rises, (thrice) Early in the morning.
2. Put him in the long-boat until he's sober. thrice) Early in the morning.
3. Pull out the plug and wet him all over.(thrice) Early in the morning.
4. Put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him.(thrice) Early in the morning.
5. Heave him by the leg in a running bowlin'.(thrice) Early in the morning.
6. Tie him to the taffrail when she's yard-arm under.(thrice) Early in the morning.
Sea Shanty Lyrics: Leave her, Johnny
Ceremonial/Forecastle shanty
Oh, I thought I heard the Ol' Man say, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
Tomorrow ye will get your pay, An it's time for us to leave her!
The work wuz hard an' the voyage wuz long, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
The sea was high an' the gales wuz strong. An it's time for us to leave her!
The wind was foul an' the sea ran high, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
She shipped it green an' none went by. An it's time for us to leave her!
The grub was bad an' the wages low, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
But now once more ashore we'll go. An it's time for us to leave her!
Oh, our Old Man he don't set no sail, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
We'd be better off in a nice clean gaol. An it's time for us to leave her!
We'd be better off in a nice clean gaol, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
With all night in an' plenty o' ale. An it's time for us to leave her!
She's poverty stricken a' parish-rigged, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
The bloomin' crowd is fever-stricked. An it's time for us to leave her!
Oh, sing that we boys will never be Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
In a hungry bitch the likes o' she. An it's time for us to leave her!
The mate was a bucko an' the Old Man a Turk, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
The bosun wuz a beggar with the middle name o 'Work. An it's time for us to leave her!
The Old Man swears an' the mate swears too, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
The crew all swears and so would you. An it's time for us to leave her!
It's growl yer may an' go yer must, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
It matters not whether yer last or fust. An it's time for us to leave her!
The winds wuz foul, all work, no pay [play] Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
To Liverpool Docks from 'Frisco Bay. An it's time for us to leave her!
The ship won't steer, nor stay, nor wear, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
An' so us shellbacks learnt to swear. An it's time for us to leave her!
She will not wear, nor steer, nor stay, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
Her sails an' gear all carried away. An it's time for us to leave her!
We wuz made to pump all night an' day, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
An' we half-dead had beggar-all to say. An it's time for us to leave her!
We'll leave her tight an' we'll leave her trim, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
We'll heave the hungry barstard in. An it's time for us to leave her!
Oh, leave her, Johnny, an' we'll work no more, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
Of pump or drown we've had full store. An it's time for us to leave her!
Leave her, Johnny, an' we'll leave her with a grin, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
There's many a worser we've sailed in. An it's time for us to leave her!
The sails is furled an' our work is done, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
An now ashore we'll have our bit o' fun. An it's time for us to leave her!
We'll make her fast an' stow our gear, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
The gals are a-waitin' on the pier. An it's time for us to leave her!
Leave her, Johnny, ye can leave her like a man, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
Oh, leave her, Johnny, oh, leave her while yer can. An it's time for us to leave her!
Now I thought I heard the Old Man say, Leave her, Johnny, Leave her!
One more good heave an' then belay. An it's time for us to leave her!