Lyr. Add: BLOW THE MAN DOWN
The Shanty Book I, Terry

1.
Oh, blow the man down, bullies, blow the man down.
To me Way-ay, blow the man down.
Oh, blow the man down, bullies, blow him away.
Oh gimmie some time to blow the man down.
2.
We went over the Bar on the thirteenth of May.
To me Way-ay, blow the man down.
The Galloper jumped, and the gale came away.
Oh gimmie some time to blow the man down.
3.
Oh the rags they was gone, and the chains they was jammed,
To me, Way-ay ...
And the skipper sez he, "Let the weather be hanged."
Oh gimmie ...
4.
As I was a-walking dorn Winchester Street,
To me way-ay ...
A saucy young damsel I happened to meet.
Oh gimmie ...
5.
I sez to her, "Polly, and how d'you do?"
To me Way-ay ...
Sez she, "None the better for seein' of you."
Oh gimmie ...
6.
Oh it's sailors is tinkers, and tailors is men.
To me way-ay ...
And we're all of us coming to see you again.
Oh gimmie ...
7.
So we'll blow the man up and we'll blow the man down.
To me Way-ay ...
And we'll blow him away into Liverpool Town.
Oh gimme some time ...

No. 16, Blow the Man Down, (Halliards).
Richard Runciman Terry, 1921, "The Shanty Book I, Sailors' Shanties, J. Curwin, London.
In the introduction by old sailor Walter Runciman, he remarks: "...several shanty collections are in the market, but as a sailor I am bound to say that only one-- Capt. W. B. Whall's 'Sea Songs, Ships, and Shanties' -- can be regarded as authoritative."
"Dr. Terry's qualifications as editor are exceptional, since he was reared in an environment of nineteenth-century seamen, and is the only landsman I have met who is able to render shanties as the old seamen did."
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