Hangin’ Johnny
Karl Rune Nilsen
Oh. they calls me Hangin’ Johnny.A-way, boys, a-way!Because I hang fer money.So-o hang, boys, hang!They sez I hangs fer money,But hangin’ is so funny.At first I hanged me daddy,An’ then…
Sangbok
Goodbye, Fare-ye-well
Oh, don’t yiz hear the Ol’ man say,Goodbye! Fare-ye-well!Goodbye! Fare-ye-well!Oh, don’t yiz hear the Ol’ man say.Hurraw! Me boys, we’re homeward bound!We’re homeward bound, we’ll have yiz ter know,An’ over…
Gals of Dublin Town
Oh, the Shanandoah wuz a good ships name, from New York town she came.An’ our cap’en bein’ an Irishman, belongin’ to Dubalin TownThe capt’n there wuz an Irishman, ol’ Donald…
Gals o’ Chile
Oh, to Chile’s coast we are bound away’Timme heave - ho, hang ‘er hilo!Oh, to Chile’s coast we are bound away,An’ we’ll dance an’ all drink pisco!We are bound away…
Fire Marengo
Lift him up an’ carry him along.Fire Marengo, Fire away!Put him down where he belong. Fire Marengo, Fire away!Stove him in this hole below.Stay he must an’ then he’ll go.Oh,…
Fire Down Below
Oh, there’s fire in the fore-top, there’s fire in the main,To me, way hay hay hi ho!Oh, there’s fire in the “Wilderness” and fire in the chain.There’s fire down below.Oh,…
Fiddler’s Green
As I walked by the dockside on evening so rareTo view the salt water and taste the salt air,I heard an old fisherman singing this song;Saying; ‘Take me away, boys,…
Farewell to the Master
The Old Man’s gone, an’ the great age too,Farewell to the Master of them all.An’ all the songs he gave to you.Now the old man’s gone.There’s no one left to…
Essequibo River
De Essequibo Ribber is the King of ribbers a-all!Buddy tana na, we are somebody, Oh!De Essequibo Ribber is the King of ribbers a-all!Buddy tana na, we are somebody, Oh!Somebody, Oh,…
Ebenezer
I shipped on board of the ‘Ebenezer’.Ev’ry day it was scrub an’ grease ‘er.Send us aloft to scrape ‘er down.An’ if we growled they’d blow us down.Hey, git a-long, boys,…