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30 Sep 99 - 01:48 AM (#119224) Subject: Lyrics req: Sea Chantey From: Len Wallace There is a sea chantey I need lyrics for. I don't know the name, but the last line to it leads: "a sailor ain't a sailor ain't a sailor anymore!" please help
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30 Sep 99 - 01:52 AM (#119225) Subject: RE: Lyrics req: Sea Chantey From: Barbara It's here in the database. I found it by putting [sailor ain't] in the search box. Or if youre lazy you can click here. Blessings, Barbara |
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30 Sep 99 - 01:58 AM (#119228) Subject: RE: Lyrics req: Sea Chantey From: Len Wallace Barbara, Many thanks! I took the lazy way out :) Boy, was I ashamed! The song was written by my friend Tom!
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30 Sep 99 - 06:49 PM (#119539) Subject: RE: Lyrics req: Sea Chantey From: poet now that suprises me, for years I thought Shep Woolley wrote that, well you live and learn. Graham |
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01 Oct 99 - 03:17 AM (#119692) Subject: RE: Lyrics req: Sea Chantey From: scoattie would that be Tom Waites? |
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01 Oct 99 - 06:23 AM (#119702) Subject: RE: Lyrics req: Sea Chantey From: Wotcha Tom Lewis. A great version is rendered by Connecticut's own Ancient Mariners ... check it out. Cheers, Brian |
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16 Nov 09 - 11:35 PM (#2767525) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Sailor Ain't a Sailor (Tom Lewis) From: katlaughing I love Mudcat. My Rog was just listening to this song in Second Life. There was no name for it or for the very good performers. I told him I could find the song, at least, on Mudcat...and here it 'tis. Thanks! Great song! |
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17 Apr 21 - 07:11 PM (#4102563) Subject: From DT: A Sailor Ain't a Sailor (Tom Lewis) From: Joe Offer A SAILOR AIN'T A SAILOR (Tom Lewis) Well, me father always told me, when I was just a lad, A sailor's life was very hard, the food was always bad. But now I've joined the Navy, I'm aboard a Man o' War And now I find a sailor ain't a sailor any more. Don't haul on the rope. Don't climb up the mast. If you see a sailing ship it might be your last. Get your civvies ready for another run ashore. A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more. We've nearly got a mess. He says we have it soft. It wasn't like this in his day when he was up aloft. We like our bunks and sleeping bags, but what's a hammock for? Swinging on the deckhead or lying on the floor? They gave us engines that first went up and down. Then with more technology the engines went around. We know of steam and diesel but what's a mainyard for? A stoker ain't a stoker with a shovel any more. They gave us an Aldis lamp so we could do it right. They gave us a radio to signal day and night. We know our codes and ciphers, but what's a semaphore? The bunting tosser doesn't toss the bunting any more. Two cans of beer a day and that's your bleeding lot. Now we get an extra one because they've stopped the tot. So we'll put on our civvy clothes and find a pub ashore. A sailor's still a sailor, just like he was before. Copyright Tom Lewis @sailor @nostalgia filename[ SAILAINT GK apr96 Any corrections needed? |