John’s Gone to Hilo
Karl Rune Nilsen
Oh, Johnny’s gone, what shall I do?A-way you Hilo!Oh, Johnny’s gone, an’ I’ll go too.John’s gone to Hilo!Oh, Johnny’s gone to Liverpool,To Liverpool, that Yankee school.Those Yankee sailors ye’ll see…
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Johnny Bowker
Oh do, me Johnny Bowker, Come rock an’ roll me over.Oh do, me Johnny Bowker, do-gh!Oh do, me Johnny Bowker, come roll me in the clover.Oh do, me Johnny Bowker,…
Jamboree
Oh, now, me lads, be of good cheer,For the Irish land will soon draw near,In a few days more we’ll sight Cape Clear.Ooh! Jinny keep yer bottom warm!Whip! Jamboree, Whip!…
Ingrid
It was one fine day in the month of May, and I was outward bound.I hadn’t any thing to pay for gin, so I walked the streets all round.My coat…
Hurrah for the Blackball Line
In the Blackball Line I served me time,Timmi! Way, hey, hey, hurrah, yo!In the Blackball line I wasted me prime.Hurrah, for the Blackball Line.Blackball ships are good an’ true,They are…
Heave Away, the Pump-Bowls Bright (Leave Her, Johnny)
Heave away, the pump-bowls bright.Leave ‘er, Johnny, leave ‘er.There’ll be no sleep for us tonight.There is time for us to leave ‘er.The rats have left ‘er, we the crew,It’s time,…
Haul ‘er Away
Little Nancy DawsonHaul ‘er away!Got no flannel draw’s onHaul ‘er away!She gave ‘em to our BosunHaul ‘er away!Wid a hauley high-O!Haul ‘er away!Little Sally Racket,Shipped out in our packet,She do…
Go to Sea No More
When first I landed in Liverpool, I went upon a spree.Me hard-earned cash I spent it fast, got drunk as drunk can be.An’ when me money it wuz all gone,…
Golden Vanity
There once wuz a ship from the North a-countree,An’ the name of that ship wuz the Golden Vanity.An’ they feared she might be taken by the Spanish enemyAs she sailed…
Dead Horse
Oh, a poor ol’ man came ridin’ by,An’ we say so, an’ we ‘ope so!A poor ol’ man came ridin’ by.Oh, poor ol’ ‘orse!Sez I, “Ol’ man, yer ‘orse will…