From Barry Finn's Fathom This! CD:



10. One More Day

I got this great capstan shanty from Susanne Friend formely of San Francisco. Her version would be much more suited to the capstan than some other versions I've heard as this makes use of the full chorus & it's tempo matching the required work. I'm still grateful for her gift of this song and her patience in teaching it to me. My gift of a bottle of wine I'm sure, didn't get as much mileage as I've received singing this song.

ONE MORE DAY

Oh row me 'cross the river
I heard a maiden say
Oh row me to me lover
One more day

    Chorus:
    Only one more day, my Johnnys
    One more day
    Oh rock and roll me over, one more day

I'm nearly broken hearted
I can no longer stay
Once more must we be parted
One more day

I see the sea birds flyin'
Ashore from o'er the bay
I felt they were all cryin'
One more day

The sea birds take the warnin'
Which one and all obey
The tempest now is stormin'
One more day

Oh do not fear my beauty
I can no longer stay
For love makes way for duty
One more day

It's many seas I've roamed love
Er'e I return to say
To say with you my beauty
One more day