Thank you Susan of DT. ^^ Sailors Alphabet, recorded by Peter Kennedy from Bill Barber, Cadgwith, Cornwall 195. Published in Canow Kernow, ed. Inglis Gundry, Soundpost, 1965 A is for the Anchor the 'angs o'er the bow. B is for the Bowsprit that bends like a bow C is for the Captain that merrily goes roun' And D is for the Davits that lower our boats down. chorus So merry, so merry, so merry are we, There's no man on earth like a sailor at sea Blow High, blow low, as the ship sails along. Give the sailor his grog and there's nothing goes wrong. E is for the Ensign we fly at our peak And F is for the Fo'c'sle where the sailors do sleep G is for the Galley where the cook flies aroun' And H is for the Halyards we haul up and down. I is for the Iron so stout and so strong And J is for the Jackstay the topsails bent on, K is for the Kelson at the bottom of the ship And L is for the Lanyards we oft times do whip. M is for the Mainmast so stout and so strong N is for Needle the Compass stands on O is for Oars our jolly boat we row and P is for the Pump where we all take a go. Q is for the Quarter deck the Old ma p'rade on R is for the Rudder that steers us along S is for the Stunsail whose booms up we ship And T is for the Topsails we hoist with a song. U is for the Union Jack we fly at the fore, V is for the Vane that we all do adore W is for the Wheel where we all take our turn and XYZ is the name on our stern.
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