Lyr Req: 'Below below below me boys'

Subject: Lyr Req: 'Below below below me boys'
From: GUEST,Erlend Gjerde
Date: 24 Apr 05 - 07:56 AM

On a concert some time ago I heard a band sing a song where the chorus goes like: "And the ocean goes below, and the ocean goes below me boys " and then some lines I don't remember, and then continues "below, below, below me boys" + some more which I don't remember. At least this is what I interpreted it as. I may have misinterpreted it so that the words I've used abow are false. (After all, english is not my mother tongue.) I would be gratefull to anyone who can provide me with the correct lyrics and/or give me a tip about a CD with this song recorded.

Subject: Lyr Add: BELOW, BELOW (Joe Grant)
From: Peace
Date: 24 Apr 05 - 12:58 PM

BELOW, BELOW
written by: Joe Grant

A miner leads a dreary life just to earn his daily bread
He's closer to Hell than the Devil himself
He's buried before he is dead

Chorus
Below, Below below me boys to work in the dirt down below
You give your best years just for darkness and tears
When you work in the dirt down below

Well the hours go slow when you're digging the coal
Three miles out under the sea
The timbers they groan with the weight of the stone
And the rocks keep falling on me

Chorus

Now many's the day as I'm toiling away
I dream as I hack at the coal
Of the sunshine above and the family I love
And I curse this filthy old hole
Just yesterday as I gathered my pay
I coughed and I tasted my blood
God pity my son for he's just begun
To work in the dirt and the mud

Chorus


FROM

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:XOqixNGEhTIJ:www.tanglefootmusic.com/records/lyrics/grain_of_salt.htm+%22below,+below,+below,

However, this is about mining.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Below below below me boys'
From: SINSULL
Date: 24 Apr 05 - 03:33 PM

The Mermaid?


We brave tars are sitting at the top
While the landlubbers are lying down below, below. below
And the landlubbers lying down below.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Below below below me boys'
From: mg
Date: 24 Apr 05 - 10:36 PM

or stowing sugar in the hold below..below below below below stowing sugar in the hold below...etc. Great sea shanty. Or whatever. mg

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Below below below me boys'
From: Peace
Date: 24 Apr 05 - 11:10 PM

http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:WWVVP1Etcg8J:mysongbook.de/msb/songs/m/mermaid.html+While+the+landlubbers+are+lying+down+be


I think SINSULL got it. Here's a link to the song and its history.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Below below below me boys'
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 08:46 AM

Here's THE MERMAID in the DT. From there, you can follow links to several threads that discuss it.

SUGAR IN THE HOLD is also in the DT.