Blow Bullies Blow
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
Yankee ship comes down the river,
Blow, boys, blow!
A Yankee ship and a Yankee skipper,
Blow, my bully boys, blow!
How do you know she's a Yankee clipper?
Blow, boys, blow!
Because her mast and yards shine like silver.
Blow, my bully boys, blow!
Who do you think is captain of her?
Blow, boys, blow!
Old Holy Joe, the darky lover,
Blow, my bully boys, blow!
What do you think she's got for cargo?
Blow, boys, blow!
Why, "black sheep" that have run the embargo.
Blow, my bully boys, blow!
What do you think they have for dinner?
Blow, boys, blow!
Why monkey's tails and bullocks' liver.
Blow, my bully boys, blow!
Oh, blow to-day and blow to-morrow,
Blow, boys, blow!
Oh, blow me down to the Congo River.
Blow, my bully boys, blow!
The author of this website has put a lot of time and effort into gathering the greatest collection of sea shanties for the world to enjoy - There are songs that have been to sung to a job of work at sea for many, many years and collecting them has been a great endeavour. - Roger Chartier has made the effort out of his own interest and the requests that he has gotten to do this work from fellow musicians who wanted a good source of sea shanties to draw on and learn from. He has been told that for this effort he is a remarkable man.
