Yankee John Stormalong
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
Lisa Lee she promised me
Yankee John, Stormalong
She promised to get spliced to me
Yankee John, Stormalong
So I shipped away across the sea
Yankee John, Stormalong
In a hard case Downeaster to Miramashee
Yankee John, Stormalong
I promised her a golden ring
Yankee John, Stormalong
I promised her that little thing
Yankee John, Stormalong
I promised I would make her mine
Yankee John, Stormalong
Oh! Wouldn't we have a jamboree fine
Yankee John, Stormalong
Liza Lee she's slighted me
Yankee John, Stormalong
Now she will not marry me.
Yankee John, Stormalong
Up aloft that yard must go
Yankee John, Stormalong
Up aloft from down below
Yankee John, Stormalong
Oh! Stretch her boys and show her clew,
Yankee John, Stormalong
We're the boys to kick her through
Yankee John, Stormalong
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.
