Storm Weather Shanty Choir

1. Ut fra Blidensol vi seilte Ref: Bom Faderi og faderaderullan! Satte kurs og riktig peilte! Ref: Bom faderi og faderullandei! Ledål i en syd-syd vest Ref: Bom Faderi og faderullandei! Som de vi peile kunne best! Ref. Bom faderi og fadderullandei...

Boney was a warrior Ref: ‘Way ay-ya! a warrior, a terrier Ref: John Francoise Boney beat the preussians The Austrians and the Russians Boney went to Moscow Lost his army in the snow Boney was no frenchyman so he retreated back again Boney went to E...

1. So help me Bob, I’m bully in the alley! Ref. Way hey, bully in the alley So help me Bob I’ bully in the alley Ref; Bully down in Shin-bone-al! 2. Sally am de gal down in our Ally Sally am the gal that I spliced nearly 3. I’ll leave my Sal and I’ll go...

1.Cape god girls ain’t got no combs, Ref: Bound away, Bound away! They comb their hair wiht the codfish bones Ref: Bound away for Australia! Full Ref: Heave her up, my bully, bully boys Bound away, Bound away! Heave her up, now don’t you make some nois...

En vise vil jeg synge og den er splitter ny den handler om ei jente som jeg traff i New York by Ref; Å hal i vei ein sjanti My dear, Annie Oh, you New York girl Kan du danse polka?! Jeg gikk nedover Broadway en sommeraften varm En kvinne flott, i l...

1. Jeg fødtes utpå Nordsjøen en stormfull vinternatt, mens stormen skreik i vantene og far min stod ved ratt. Det var i brenning og vær, det knakk i taljer og i rær; den norske sjømann er et gjennombarket folkeferd. 2. Jeg vokste opp ble vakrere en sel...

1. What shall we do with the drunken sailor? What shall we do with the drunken sailor? What shall we do with the drunken sailor? Early in the morning Full Ref. Way, Hay, and up she rises Way, Hay, and up she rises Way, Hay, and up she rises Earl...

1. Emunini cù Maria! Ref: E a-mo-la ca-mò-la! San Giuseppe `n cumpagnia Ref: E a-mo-la e a-mo-la! 1. Let us begin to work in the company of the virgin and St.Giuseppe. 2. E lu tunnu è veru beddu! Carricamu `stu vasceddu! 2. The tunny are abundan...

1. Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain Cause we’ve received orders for to sail for old England, But we hope in a short time to see you again. Chorus: We’ll rant and we’ll roar like true British sailors,...

Hand, hand, hand over hand! Devil run away with a Liverpool man! Hand, hand, hand over hand! Devil run away with a Liverpool man! 

He-bang She-bang, daddy shot a bear Shot it in the stern me boys And never turned a hair Ref.: We`re all from the railroad too-rer-loo Oh, the old moke picking on the banjo *** Hoo-raw! What the hells the row We`re all from the railroad too-re-loo...

. Was you ever in Quebec ref: Hieland Laddie, bonnie Laddie Launching timber on the deck ref: Me bonnie Hieland, Laddie-oh! 2. Was you ever in mobile bay Screwin cotton on a summers day! 3. Was you ever off cape Horn where the weather’s never warm F...

Oh, I’ve never seen the likes since I’ve been born Oh, a big buck man with his sea boots on! Ref: When Johnny come down to Hilo Poor ol’ man! Oh, wake her, oh, shake her Oh, wake that girl with the blue dress on When Johnny come down to Hilo Poor Ol’ m...

I dreamed a dream the other night REF.: Lowlands, Lowlands away, my John! I dreamed a dream the other night REF: Lowlands, my Lowlands, away! My love she came all dressed in white my love she came all dressed in white No word she said no sound she made...

1. When first I landed in Liverpool I went upon the spree While money lasts, I spent it fast Got drunk as drunk could be And when me money was all gone On liquors and the whores, I made up me mind that I was inclined To go to sea no more Ref: No...

As I walked out on a London Street A press gang there I chanced for to meet They asked me if I’d join the fleet On board of a man-o-war, boys Pray brother shipmates tell me true What sort of usage they give you That I may know before I go On bo...

1. Oh, a ship went a sailing out over the bar Ref: Away for Rio! She pointed her bow for the southern star ref: And we’re bound for the Rio Grande Full ref: Then away, boys away Away for Rio sing fare thee well, me Liverpool girl and we’re bound for the...

It’s a rough tough life, full of toil and strife We whalers undergo. And we don’t give a damn when the gale is done How hard the winds do blow. So we’re homeward bound! ‘Tis a damn fine sound with a good ship taut and free, And we don’t give a damn when...

1. O, Sally Brown she’s a bright mulatto, Chorus: Way hey, roll and go She drinks rum and chews tobacco, Chorus: I spent my money on Sally Brown. 2. For seven long years I courted Sally, But all she did was dilly dally 3. For Sally’s teeth are white an...

We were sailing down the river from Liverpool Ref: Heave away, Santy Ano! Them sail were set and the hatches full Ref: All across the plains of Mexico! Oh, in Mexico I long to be With a tight waisted girl all on each knee Oh, them Spanish girls I do ad...

Oh, Shenandoah I long to see thee Ref: Away, you rolling river Oh, Shenandoah, I long to see thee Ref: Away, I’m bound to go, cross the wide Missouri Oh, Shenandoah I love your daughter Oh, Shenandoah I love your daughter It’s been seven long years sin...

1. Aft on the main deck, walking about, there is the starboard watch so sturdy and so stout; Thinking of the sweathearts and we hope that they are well And I wish that you would hurry up and strike, strike the bell. Chorus: Strike the bell second mate, l...

Now, farewell to thee, sweet Nancy Ten thousand times adieu I`m bound to cross the ocean, girl Once more to part from you Chorus: Once more to part from you FINE GIRL! You`re the girl I do adore But still I live in hopes to see Old Swansea Town once m...

The Diamond is a ship, my lads For the Davis Strait we’re bound The quay it is all garnished With bonnie lasses ’round Captain Thompson gives the order To sail the ocean wide Where the sun it never sets, my lads Nor darkness dims the sky Ref: And it’s...

Sometimes we’re bound for Liverpool Sometimes we’re bound for France But now we’re bound to Leirvik town To give them gals a chance Ref: Hoorah, hoorah For the gals ò Dublin town Hoorah, for the bonnie green flag And the harp without the crown Somet...

From sweet Londonderry to the fair London town there is no other like her! Anywere to be found! Where the children are smiling and playing round the shore and the joybell are ringing for the maid of Coolomore The first time I saw here she passed me o...

And it’s three score and ten boys and men Were lost from Grimsby Town From Yarmouth down to Scarborough Many hundreds more were drowned Their herring craft and trawlers Their fishing smacks as well Alone they fight the bitter night And battle with the s...

1. A vokt dig vel, a vokt dig vel For falske sjømenn er De kan sa lett forfore deg en farlig vei a ga Ref: De kan sa lett forføre deg en farlig vei a ga! 2. Sa sporger vi kapteinene om lov a ga i land Og kysse vakre jentene og tage dem I favn Ref: Og k...

Now, me lads be of good cheer for the irish coast we’ll soon draw near In a few days more we’ll sight cape clear Ref: So, Jinny keep your ringtail warm Whip Jamboree, Whip Jamboree Oh, you ring tailed black man, sheet it home behind Whip Jamboree, Whip J...

1. Oh whisky is the life of man, Chorus: Whisky, Johnny! Oh I drink whisky when I can Chorus: Whisky for me Johnny-o! 2. If the river was whisky and I was a dog Chorus: Whisky, Johnny! I’d jump into and never come up. Chorus: Whisky for me Johnny-...