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Thread #37570   Message #525012
Posted By: GUEST,Nick
10-Aug-01 - 09:09 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Paddy Doyle
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy Doyle
On the CD/Record Blow Boys Blow there is a version of this song By (Now I might be wrong but is it not) A.L. Loyd (not Bert? Or did his friends call him Bert? ) Who was the shanty man in Moby Dick. The other performer on this record was Ewan MacColl.

The verses are the ones that Bat Godess posted, whithout the one about the **** and in a different order.

The most interesting part for me is the wild yelping "To me way-ay-ay EAUGHA!" (Oh so that is how you spell it!) that comes at the end line.

As for Moby Dick I do remember that I heard the shanty once in the movie, I dont know about there being two other versions in the film but I may have missed them. I did recognise some other shanties in the film but the names escape me at the moment.

Here is a different set of lyrics I found at this site http://argo.acronet.net/~robokopp/shanty.html

To my, Aye, And we'll furl,Aye,And pay Paddy Doyle For his boots.

2. We'll sing,Aye,And we'll heave,Aye,And we'll hang Paddy Doyle For his boots.

3. We'll heave, Aye,With a swing,Aye, And we'll all drink Brandy and gin.

So as is often the case it is hard to say what the "real" lyrics are.