Quotes from Anonymous: Shanties

Glos'ter girls they have no combs,Heave away, heave away!They comb their hair with codfish bones.

Then blow ye winds, heigh-ho!A-roving I will go,I'll stay no more on England's shore,To hear the music play.I'm off on the morning trainTo cross the raging main,I'm taking a trip on a Government ship,Ten thousand miles away!

Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you,Way-hay, you rolling river!Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you,Ha-ha, we're bound away,'Cross the wide Missouri!

What shall we do with the drunken sailor,Early in the morning?

Hooray and up she risesEarly in the morning.

Oh, the times are hard and the wages low;Leave her, Johnny, leave her!I'll pack my bag and go below.It's time for us to leave her!

There was a ship came from the north country,And the name of the ship was the Golden Vanity.And they feared she might be taken by the Turkish enemy,That sails upon the Lowland, Lowland, Lowland,That sails upon the Lowland sea.

Whiskey is the life of man,Whiskey, Johnny!Oh, I'll drink whiskey while I can,Whiskey for my Johnny!

Oh, blow the man down, bullies, blow the man down!To me way-aye, blow the man down.Oh, blow the man down, bullies, blow him right down!Give me some time to blow the man down!

A-roving, a-roving,Since roving's been my ru-i-in,I'll go no more a-rovingWith you, fair maid!

There were two lofty ships, from old England they set sail,Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we!…Cruising down along the shores of High Barbaree!

Good-bye, fare you well!We're homeward bound for New York town,Hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound!