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When i get bored at esco I usually sing for my guild or sing as i walk about so i'm looking for song idea's

so far i have

grey funnel line

mingalay bay

happy jacks undrinkable ale

the great selkie

whiskey your the devil

whiskey in the jar

south Austrailia

and finally my favorite the parting glass... which i am going to sing at close... cause... i can

But why is the rum gone?

Save a horse ride a cowboy!

Take me away and take me farther, suround me now and hold me like holy

My toes are getting pruney

Also my head is round that window is square....

My name is Micheal J Kabous and i eat babies!

Your toast has been burned and no amount of scraping will remove the black stuff

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hmmm never heard it i'll have to look it up

But why is the rum gone?

Save a horse ride a cowboy!

Take me away and take me farther, suround me now and hold me like holy

My toes are getting pruney

Also my head is round that window is square....

My name is Micheal J Kabous and i eat babies!

Your toast has been burned and no amount of scraping will remove the black stuff

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try the website for the Jolly Rogers or Three Pints Gone! I love most of their songs, including the Moose song by 3PG.

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Thank you Merry i'll make sure to look those up

But why is the rum gone?

Save a horse ride a cowboy!

Take me away and take me farther, suround me now and hold me like holy

My toes are getting pruney

Also my head is round that window is square....

My name is Micheal J Kabous and i eat babies!

Your toast has been burned and no amount of scraping will remove the black stuff

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Personally, I like "pirates always get lucky on saturday night". But if yer looking for shanties and sea songs, a soul searcher is "leave her Johnny".

~Black Hearted Pearl

The optimist expects the wind. The pessimist complains about the wind. The realist adjusts the sails.

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South Australia is one of my all-time favorites......

my brother recently moved to NSW, from Ohio, and any time I hear the old sea dogs at camp sing it, it just makes me so happy!

"Disobediant Monkeys will be shot, Disobediant Undead Monkeys will be shot repeatedly until morale improves"

"They Says Cap'n Alva went funny in the head and turned to Cannibalism while marooned on a peninsula."- Overheard in a nearby camp

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Here are some of my favourite traditional songs associated with the sea:

Sir Patrick Spens (Child Ballad #58)

... about a non-sailor who is given the "honour" of captaining one of the Scottish king's ships in the dead of winter

William Glenn

... about a sinful sea captain who gets his just deserts

Just as the Tide was Flowing

... a sailor's love song

A-Roving

... a jaunty and mildly bawdy capstan shanty

Bonny Ship the Diamond

... a slightly bawdy song about the whaling fleet that sailed out of the grim port of Peterhead on the northeast coast of Scotland, and their sweethearts left behind on the quay. [My own great-great-grandfather was a sailor who lived in that port in the early 19th century.]

I'll try to add more to the list as songs come to my mind.

Cheers, Hester

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Two from the singing of the reclusive and inimitable Anne Briggs:

Lowlands

... a haunting song about a young woman who dreams of the death at sea of her sailor lover (said to be a capstan shanty).

Rosemary Lane

... a song about a young servant girl who has a fling with a sailor (Made famous by Bert Jansch, who was once Anne Brigg's lover, and who likely learned the song from her.)

And a traditional song about a sea battle, newly arranged by Broadside Electric:

The Royal Oak

... you can download the MP3 of their version [free and legal] from this page (2nd album on the page):

http://www.broadside.org/music/merch/be.html

Cheers, Hester

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An English folksong called

A Brisk Young Sailor

... in which the young woman singing the song is jilted for a wealthier girl

The young British songstress Bill Jones does a great version:

http://freespace.virgin.net/belinda.j/reviewttm.html

However, I'm more familiar with the Irish version of the song, called

I Know My Love

... in which it is not quite as clear that the young man is a sailor. Here's an MP3 of a bootleg recording of Eliza Carthy and Nancy Kerr doing a fabulous live version of the song in concert:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...E8F256E4B603037

And you can find James Yorkston's gender-flipped version as a free demo on this page:

http://www.jamesyorkston.co.uk/listen.htm

Cheers, Hester

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A traditional broadside ballad, also popular in Newfoundland and parts of the States, and made famous by the late Canadian folksinger Stan Rogers:

The Maid on the Shore

... about a young sea captain who gets his crew to abduct a pretty young woman that he sees on the shore. To his chagrin, she turns out to be a siren who sings the crew to sleep, steals all their treasure, then paddles back to shore using the captain's sword as an oar. Eliza Carthy does a musically grittier version on her album Rough Music.

And another broadside ballad,

The Pretty Ploughboy

... about a young woman whose parents call the press-gang to take her lover away to sea. She rescues him from the ship.

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...storyId=6105152

'Rogue's Gallery:' Songs of the Sea

by Melissa Block

Enjoy,

A. W.

:rolleyes:

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”-Twain

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Hmmmmmmmm

Bully in the Alley...any version

Sailors Prayer...Three Pints Gone(first)..Corsairs (second)

Hose me down...(Local favorite here in Seattle...I will see if I can get it to upload for you)

I have to agree with Merry....The Jolly Rogers are a group to listen to

Again local but well known here is Broasdsides (all female) and have a song called Leave her Johnny. A song everybody should hear....

darkRose

The Enigmatic Rogue...and may always be<br />

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"I kissed her... once with passion... once with love... and told her good bye"

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Did somebody say shanties????

A few of Rifle, Loot and Salvage Co.'s favorites and requested here...

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Hose Me Down

-Sanger and Didele “Seamen of the Inland Empire”

also frequently performed by Heather Alexander

Oh there’s one thing that makes me angry

Never fails to raise me ire

It’s when I wake up in the morning

and my hair’s been set on fire, BOYS!

CHORUS:

Hose me down, boys, hose me down

Roll me o'er board, watch me drown

Watch the whirlpool suck me down, BOYS!

Hose me down, boys, ho-ose me down

Oh well, I wanted to write a shanty

but I’d never been to sea

though I saw Moby Dick 12 times

And that’s enough fer me, BOYS!

CHORUS

Well I thought I saw a sailboat,

But I really couldn’t say

you see I’ve never seen a sailboat

And it was very far away. BOYS!

CHORUS

Now I’m sailing on a sailboat,

with a captain brave and true

But if you ask me what kind of sailboat

well I haven’t got a clue, BOYS!

CHORUS

Well this ship is mighty crowded,

With a hundred men and me

oh, to live with a hundred sailors

that’s why I went to sea, BOYS!

CHORUS

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Bully in the Alley

sung by Bob Kotta, Victory Sings at Sea

CHORUS: 2x’s first time

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!

Well, Sally is the girl that I love dearly,

Way, hey, bully in the alley!

Sally is the girl that I spliced nearly.

Bully down in shinbone al!

CHORUS

For seven long years I courted Sally,

Way, hey, bully in the alley!

All she did was dilly-dally.

Bully down in shinbone al!

CHORUS

I bought her silks, I bought her laces

Way, hey, bully in the alley!

I took her out to all of the places

Bully down in shinbone al!

CHORUS

So, I'll leave Sal and I'll be a sailor,

Way, hey, bully in the alley!

I'll leave Sal and ship aboard a whaler.

Bully down in shinbone al!

CHORUS

When I come home, I'll marry Sally,

Way, hey, bully in the alley!

We'll have kids and count them by the tally.

Bully down in shinbone al!

CHORUS

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Roll the Old Chariot/A Drop of Nelson’s Blood

- as sung by the Hyde Street Chantey Singers

Oh, a drop of Nelson's blood wouldn't do us any harm

a drop of Nelson's blood wouldn't do us any harm

a drop of Nelson's blood wouldn't do us any harm

And we'll all hang on behind.

Chorus:

And we'll roll the old chariot along

we'll roll the old chariot along.

we'll roll the old chariot along

An' we'll all hang on behind!

Oh, a plate of Irish stew wouldn't do us any harm

a plate of Irish stew wouldn't do us any harm

a plate of Irish stew wouldn't do us any harm

And we'll all hang on behind.

Chorus

Oh, a nice fat cook wouldn't do us any harm

a nice fat cook wouldn't do us any harm

a nice fat cook wouldn't do us any harm

And we'll all hang on behind.

Chorus

Oh, a nice watch below wouldn't do us any harm

a nice watch below wouldn't do us any harm

a nice watch below wouldn't do us any harm

And we'll all hang on behind.

Chorus

Oh, a good night ashore wouldn't do us any harm

a good night ashore wouldn't do us any harm

a good night ashore wouldn't do us any harm

And we'll all hang on behind.

Chorus

R,L&S Co. Additional Verses:

Oh, A sail upon the Lady wouldn’t do us any harm

A sail upon on the Lady wouldn’t do us any harm

And we'll all hang on behind.

Chorus

Oh, A broadside at the Chieftain wouldn’t do us any harm

A broadside at the Chieftain wouldn’t do us any harm

And we'll all hang on behind.

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