Blow The Man Down trad       
lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com

Listen to a sample of it
You can buy a downlaod or cd's
on the thingy to the right as recorded by
Roger Chartier on his "Sailing Away" CD

Now Come on you young sailors and listen to me
Way hey Blow the man down
Come on you young sailors and listen to me
Give me some time to blow the man down

Now I’ll tell you a story about the high seas  Way hey...
 Most of the way home he was weak in the knees  Gimme some....

Oh it’s not very short and it’s not very long     way hey.....
 It’s about a young sailor bound home from Hong Kong
   gimme some......

Now I was a strolling down Union Street way hey...
 A flash looking packet I chanced to see   gimme some...

She was bowling a long with her waind blowing free  Way hey
 She clewed up her courses and waited for me  gimme some...

She was round in the counter and bluff in the bow   Way Hey...
Oh where she did hail from I could not tell     Gimme some ...

So I tailed her my flipper and took her in tow  Way hey...
And yardarm to yardarm , away we did go  gimme some ...

I bought her a two bit dinner in town  Way hey...
And trinkets and laces a bonnet and gown   gimme some ...

We walked and we talked her name it was Jen   way hey
I kissed her a couple and kissed her again    gimme some ...

I said, "Will you marry a seafaring man?"  Way hey...
She said, "I’ll ask mother and see if I can".gimme some...

Along comes a sailor they call him "Half Ton"  Way hey...He calls her mother and she calls him son  gimme some...

She says to him "Son here’s your new daddy"Way hey...
I said, " I’m bound for the rolling sea".  gimme some... 

Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com