From folktrax: EVERY GOOD SHIP - "has a mainmast, a stiff standing stick" etc "Every maid likes a young man with a SS Prick" Ch: "Slack away your reef and tackle - sheets they are jammed" - Bawdy Sea Shantey - HUGILL SSS 1961 p503 - ED&S mag 41/1 1979 p18 note by Mike Yates -- DOERFLINGER 1951 p165 "Let go your reef & tackle" (ch only) - see "HOIST AWAY YOUR TOPSAIL" in McCOLL/SEEGER Ben Bright p14 ("All ships have a mainsail") From the Gordon "Inferno" Collection:365 November 10, 1924 Every ship has a capstan, has a capstan, has a capstan, Every good ship has a capstan and a capstan has pawls And every young girl likes a young man With a big pair of balls. Sheet out your main t'gan't'sail, your main t'gan't' sail, your main t'gan't' sail, Sheet out your main topgallant sail and let the good ship go free, (request) J. N. West I assume that the "request" items in the "Inferno" are fragments of songs of which the full song is being requested.
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