The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #126347   Message #2812904
Posted By: Lighter
15-Jan-10 - 02:38 PM
Thread Name: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Subject: RE: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
A nautical adaptation of the original:

Were you ever in Quebec,
Chorus—Bonnie laddie, highland laddie,
Stowing timber on the deck,
Chorus—My bonnie highland laddie, oh.

Were you ever in Dundee,
Chorus—Bonnie laddie, highland laddie,
There some pretty ships you'll see,
Chorus—My bonnie highland laddie, oh.

Were you ever in Merrimashee,
Chorus—Bonnie laddie, highland laddie,
Where you make fast to a tree,
Chorus—My bonnie highland laddie, oh.

Were you ever in Mobile Bay,
Chorus—Bonnie laddie, highland laddie,
Screwing cotton by the day,
Chorus—My bonnie highland laddie, oh.

"Donkey Riding" extends these comments.