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Thread #132335   Message #2994624
Posted By: GUEST,Seonaid
27-Sep-10 - 02:03 PM
Thread Name: Funny boat songs
Subject: RE: Funny boat songs
Yes, "Good Ship Calibar" (et var.) is terrific.

"Paddy and the Whale" is a fun spoof on the Jonah story.
(So is the Newfie favorite, "Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor".)
Not about the boats specifically, but they take place aboard.
In "Paddy West" a house substitutes for a boat.

There's another sea-fun song that begins,

"Gather round my dears, pull the wool out of your ears,
And the wonders of the sea I will expound,
You can see I am a sailor 'cause I wear a sailor hat;
Six times I have been shipwrecked and found drowned."

I remember the chorus claimed that "we reefed the cable chain"...!
This was published in a 60s paperback called "Songs for Picking and Singing" (or maybe Pickin' and Singin').

Good hunting!