Old Stormalong

Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com

Old Stormalong is an character
from the imaginations of sailors

Old Stormy's gone that good old man 

To me Way! Hay! Stormalong John

Oh, poor old Stormy's dead and gone  

To me aye, aye, aye, aye Mister Stormalong

We dug his grave with a silver spade  

To me Way! Hay! Stormalong John

His shroud of the finest silk we made  

To me aye, aye, aye, aye Mister Stormalong

We lowered him with a silver chain  

To me Way! Hay! Stormalong John

Our eyes all dim with more than rain  

To me aye, aye, aye, aye Mister Stormalong

An able sailor, bold and true  

To me Way! Hay! Stormalong John

A good old bosun to his crew  

To me aye, aye, aye, aye Mister Stormalong

He's moored at last and furled his sail  

To me Way! Hay! Stormalong John

No danger now from wreck or gale  

To me aye, aye, aye, aye Mister Stormalong

I wish I was old Stormy's son  

To me Way! Hay! Stormalong John

I'd build me a ship of a thousand ton  

To me aye, aye, aye, aye Mister Stormalong

I'd fill her up with New England Rum  

To me Way! Hay! Stormalong John

And all my shellbacks they would have some  

To me aye, aye, aye, aye Mister Stormalong

I'd sail this wide woprld 'round and 'round  

To me Way! Hay! Stormalong John

With plenty of money I would be found  

To me aye, aye, aye, aye Mister Stormalong

Old Stormy's dead and gone to rest  

To me Way! Hay! Stormalong John

Of all the sailors he was the best  

To me aye, aye, aye, aye Mister Stormalong   

Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com