JOLLY ROGER - words & Music C.F. Chudleigh Candish Pub 1911 (certain words are speled incorrectly so as to emphasise the length of note) It's up with the jolly roger boys, & off we go to sea There's heaps of fun when the jolly rogers hung and the wind is on the lea, and the wind is on the lea Blow hi, blow hi, blow lo, blow lo, its off to sea we go Without a single light, in the pale moon liiiiight, Us bold buccaneers wiiiill gooo. Up with the jolly roger boys, & fling it to the breeze Get gun & cutlas well in trim, for a treasure ship to seize Yo ho, yo ho, yo ho, yo ho. Its out to sea we go. For a ship from Spain, we're off across the maaaain Like bold buccaneers Yooo hooo Sea dogs of old, sea dogs of old, they chased the beggars across the sea ha ha ha ha ha ha ha he And made them pay their toooollll Oh down to the bottom of the sea they go Ho ho ho ho ho ho West men, west men, never,never feared the fooe Here's to each man, each man of the jolly, jolly crew Who sailed the deep blue sea, who sailed the deep blue sea, who sailed the deep blue seeeeaaa With the jolly jolly roger flying bold and free And a prize on the Spanish main maybe And then we come home, yo ho yo ho And the girls will be waiting on the quay I knoooow For the man who sailed the main For the man who sailed the main Yo ho ho ho yo ho ho ho yo ho Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha . . . ..Yo hoooooooooooo. Well known in Male Voice Choir Circles I have a TTBB arrangement, Did I mention I do Male Voice Choir? And if you want a CD, then chances are that a Male Voice Choir near you has it on a CD - or one should be available through the Internet Bradfordian
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