Strike the Bell
Aft on the poop there’s walkin’ about,Our jolly second mate so able an’ stout.What he’s thinkin’ of he doesn’t know himself.I wish that he would hurry up an’ strike, strike…
Aft on the poop there’s walkin’ about,Our jolly second mate so able an’ stout.What he’s thinkin’ of he doesn’t know himself.I wish that he would hurry up an’ strike, strike…
O, Shannadore, I long to hear you.A-a-way, you rollin’ river.Across the wide and rolling water.A-a-a, I’m bound away, cross the wide Missourah.Missourah, she’s a mighty river.The injun’s camp lies on…
Call all hands to man the caps’n,See the cable run down clear.Heave away, and with a will, boys,For ol’ Norway we will steer.Rolling home, rolling home,Rolling home across the sea.Rolling…
‘Tis a rough, tough life of toil an’ strife we whale-men undergo.An’ we don’t give a dam’ when the gale is on, an' how hard the winds do blow.We’re homeward…
Intro:And it'sHard on the beach oar, she moves to slowWay down to Shawneetown on the OhioSome rows up, but we floats downWay down the Ohio to Shawneetown.And it'sHard on the…
Ooh, this story I toke to tell - about a voyage to hellIn that handy, bandy barque the “Campañero”'Tween the skipper, bosun an’ th’ pumpThey nearly drove me off me…
Where have ye bin all the day, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?Where have ye bin all the day, me Billy Boy?I’ve bin walkin’ on the quay, with me darlin’ Nancy Lee.An’…
In Amsterdam there lived a maidBless you young womanIn Amsterdam there lived a maidMark well what I-I do sayIn Amsterdam there lived a maidAnd she was mistress of her tradeI’ll…