OH RUN, LET THE BULLGINE RUN (halliards Shanty)

Derisive and somewhat primitive slang onboard ships for an engine. Possibly picked up from Negro American slang and used by sailors. The steam version was run from a "Donkey" boiler, and the term carried over to steamships who had Donkeymen as a rating for the engine room staff. Donkey Greasers and Greasers, Stokers became Oilers or Mechanical assistants when the INFERNAL (internal) combustion engine engine was invented.

Oh we'll run all night till the morning
Chorus: Oh run, let the bullgine run,
Way-yah, oh-i-oh, run, let the bullgine run.

Oh we sailed all day to Mobile Bay Chorus:

Oh we sailed all night across the Bight (Australia) Chorus:

Oh we'll run from Dover to Callais Chorus:

Oh drive her captain drive her Chorus:

Oh captain make her nose blood Chorus:

She's a dandy packet and a flier too Chorus:

With a dandy skipper and a dandy crew Chorus:

Oh we'll run all night till the morning Chorus:

Phew! pass the rum mates I'm outa breath..... Cordially,Yours,Aye. Dave
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