THE HULL SHANTY       by Lynne Paris

      Chorus: And it's Yo Ho Ho, a sailor I will be be
               Climbing up the riggin' like a sailor ought to be
               It's up with the anchor and down with the grog
               And it's all for the sake of me darlin'.

      I was four and twenty years when first I went to sea
      To make a fortune for me darlin' and me
      No money in me pocket, it didn't bother me
      And it's all for the sake of me darlin'.

       Chorus

      At four and twenty years I sailed the cruel sea
      The captain was a bastard but it didn't bother me
      My darlin' would be waiting upon that homeward shore
      And it's all for the sake of me darlin'.

       Chorus

      I sailed across the oceans, though they be far and wide
      Encountered many dangers and many fears beside
      Made a fortune to please me darlin' bride
      And it's all for the sake of me darlin'.
         
       Chorus

      Since first I went to sea, a decade has gone by
      I took me fortune home to meet the homeward bride
      Me darlin' was not waiting upon that homeward shore
      She's gone off to marry another.

       Chorus X 2

Lynne tells me that she wrote this tongue-in- cheek song in 1996
and that she will make the tune available to anyone interested.

         KRex