The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #142874   Message #3295500
Posted By: radriano
24-Jan-12 - 12:43 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: the campaneo
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: the campaneo
Here are the lyrics I have for this shanty:

The Campañero        capstan and pumps shanty
A Salty Fore Topman, Stan Hugill with Stormalong John


Oh, this story I'd like to tell about a voyage to hell
In that handy bandy barque the Campañero

'Tween the skipper, bosun, an' the pump
They nearly drove me off me chump
In the handy bandy barque the Campañero
An' if ever I go to sea, no more West Coast Packets for me
Like that handy bandy barque the Campañero

Now I'd have ye all to know that wherever ye may go
If ye see this name a-runnin' for an' aft-o
Don't join her or ye'll pay, 'cos ye'll never forgit the day
In that handy bandy barque the Campañero

Chorus

I was not very long ashore in a place called Baltimore
When I shipped away to Rio de Janeiro
This packet oh I joined, I was sorry that I'd signed
In that handy bandy barque the Campañero

Oh, she had a shanghaied crew from Hell an' Timbucktoo
An' the bullies in six lingoes they could swear-o
Her skipper was a dandy-o, far too fond of brandy-o
In that handy bandy barque the Campañero

In the roundin' of Cape Stiff, we had a little tiff
With the snifters of Tierra del Fuaygo
It blew like hell all day, carried our tops'ls all away
In that handy bandy barque the Campañero

In Cally-o we lay, just inside the Bay
When the wind it blew up so bloomin' rare-o
It blew like Barney's Bull, an' it nearly wrecked our hull
In that handy bandy barque the Campañero

A dose of Yeller Jack put the bullies on their back
An' it even made the Old Man share his grog-o
A Jonah's bitch was she, not meant for you or me
In that handy bandy barque the Campañero

I skinned out in the port, by the jaunties I was caught
But their hoosegow was a pleasant place to stay-o
It was a home away from home, better far than havin' to roam
In that handy bandy barque the Campañero

Ye may sail the whole world round, but never I'll be bound
Will ye find a worser barque than this'n 'ere-O
If ye'll take my advice, ye'll never join her twice
In that handy bandy barque the Campañero