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shipcmo	Sea Chantey Lyrics, MIDI tunes, & MP3's (54* d)	Lyr/Tune Add: HOIST AWAY YOUR TOPSAILS	19 Feb 11
In October, 1972, Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger recorded a singer, Ben Bright, a 76 year old re-tired seaman who lived in Edmonton in North London. X:1 T:HOIST AWAY YOUR TOPSAILS L:1/16 M:3/4 K:G D4 \| G6 F2 G2 A2 \| B4 G4 B,4 \| D4 E4 B,4 \| D4 z4 A2 A2 \| A4 A2 ^G2 A2 B2 \| c4 A4 F4 \| D4 E4 F4 \| G6 F2 G2 A2 \| B4 G4 B,2 B,2 \| D4 E4 B,4 \| D2 D2 C4 z4 A6 ^G2 A2 B2 \| c4 A4 F4 \| D4 E4 F4 \| G12 \| z8 \|\| My ship she is a new ship, she's free from the stocks, And I hope every man aboard her is free from the (pox) CHORUS: Hoist away your tops'ls while your ship she rolls heavily, Hoist away your tops, ye sons of the sea. All ships they have a mains'l, all mains'ls have a bunt And I hope every girl we know has a lily-white (cunt) (CHORUS) All ships they have a stuns'l and a stuns'l's big stick And I hope every man aboard her's got a stiff standing (prick) (CHORUS) To create a score, copy the abc notation above, and paste inTune-O-Tron

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