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Crowdercref Origins: Cornish Miners' Alphabet (50) Lyr Add: SAILOR'S ALPHABET (collected in Cornwall) 05 Jun 08


Thank you Susan of DT.
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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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