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Thread #121112 Message #2640559
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
25-May-09 - 01:25 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Sebastopol
Subject: Lyr Add: SEBASTOPOL
SEBASTOPOL
(Capstan Chantey)
1. The Crimea War is over now
Ch: Sebastopol is taken!
The Crimea War is over now
Ch: Sebastopol is taken!
Full Chorus:
So sing cheer, boys, cheer
Sebastopol is taken!
And sing cheer, boys, cheer
Old England gained the day!
2. The Russians they've bin put to flight [*they was put to flight]
The Russians they've bin put to flight
3. Our soldiers they are homeward bound
Our soldiers they are homeward bound
4. We'll drink a health to all our men
We'll drink a health to all our men
from Stan Hugill, SHANTIES FROM THE SEVEN SEAS (1961, 1994 abridged)
*Variant lyric from Masefield, A SAILOR'S GARLAND (1906)