Doing some tidying up of my old sea music threads.

Here's the original words to Lincoln Colcord's poem:

By Lincoln Colcord (1883-1947)
From Sea Stories from Searsport to Singapore, p. 207
North Country Press, 1987

Windlass Chanty

Oh, soon she'll bite the swell, the breeze is singing,
Sandy Hook is dropping fast astern!
Come, walk her up, my boys, the pawls are ringing,
And the long low coast goes down.
Then it's good-bye, and a year we'll be a-sailing,
Sandy Hook is dropping fast astern!
So, sheet your topsails home, the dawn is paling,
And the long low coast goes down.

And here's a link to my personal website where you can access a MP3 sample file of how I sing this song:Click here!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble