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Thread #97458   Message #1921842
Posted By: jack halyard
29-Dec-06 - 11:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: Chanteyranger in hospital - Dec 2006
Subject: RE: BS: Chanteyranger in hospital
Ee lad, you're down in the orlop with Nelson and all. 'ere's a shanty to get yez back aloft. Reckon ye'll know the tune. Good 'ealth,
Jack Halyard. PS Sorry about the spelling, I'm an Orstralian.

Keel Healing Shanty.
By Jack Halyard. (aka John Warner)
So heal him up and let him go,
Away Shanty Ranger,
Heal him up and away he'll go,
You folks in Californi-o

Shanty Ranger's not the best,
Rise up shanty Ranger,
So get busy all you doctors in the west,
You folks in Californi-o
So heal him up and let him go,
Away Shanty Ranger,
Heal him up and away he'll go,
You folks in Californi-o

Rise up and sing you shanty crew,
Rise up Shanty Ranger,
All you nurses, doctors and plumbers too,
You folks of Californi-o
So heal him up and let him go,
Away Shanty Ranger,
Heal him up and away he'll go,
You folks in Californi-o

Get healing you internal pipes,
Away Shanty Ranger,
You Kidneys, livers, stomachs and tripes,
You folks of Californi-o
So heal him up and let him go,
Away Shanty Ranger,
Heal him up and away he'll go,
You folks in Californi-o

Heal him up, you've got no choice,
Rise up Shanty Ranger,
We need his songs and we need his voice,
You folks of Californi-o

So heal him up and let him go,
Away Shanty Ranger,
Heal him up and away he'll go,
You folks in Californi-o

His voice is great and his songs are swell,
Rise up Shanty Ranger,
Us Aussies like his songs as well,
You folks of Californi-o
So heal him up and let him go,
Away Shanty Ranger,
Heal him up and away he'll go,
You folks in Californi-o