Blow The Man Down trad
lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com
Listen to a sample of it
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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