Sally Brown
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
Sing responses in each verse - "Way Hay Sally Brown" and "Spend my money on Sally Brown"
Oh, Sally Brown, of New York City
Way, hay roll and go
Oh Sally Brown you're very pretty
Spend my money on Sally Brown
Oh Sally Brown's a bright mulatto...
She drinks Rum and chews tobacco...
Oh! Sally Brown's a Creole lady...
She's the mother of a yellow baby...
Seven long years I courted Sally...
Sweetest girl in all the valley...
Seven long years and she wouldn't marry...
And I no longer cared to tarry...
So I courted Sal her only daughter...
For her I sail upon the water...
Sally's teeth are white and pearly...
Her eyes are blue her hair is curly...
Now my troubles now are over...
Sally's married to a dirty soldier...
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.
