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Thread #128220 Message #3197065
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
28-Jul-11 - 01:05 AM
Thread Name: The Advent and Development of Chanties
Subject: RE: The Advent and Development of Chanties
John O'Brien, Sailors' Snug Harbor, contributed the solo on 3 chanties for Doerflinger. They are all rather short.
[WHISKEY JOHNNY] // Whiskey, Johnny (I)
Whiskey here and whiskey there, Whiskey, Johnny! Oh, whiskey her and whiskey there, Whiskey for me Johnny!
'Twas whiskey made me wear old clothes. //
[ROLL THE COTTON DOWN] // Roll the Cotton Down (I)
Oh, roll the cotton, roll me, boys, [Roll the cotton down;] Oh, roll the cotton, roll me, boys, [Oh, roll the cotton down.]
2.When I was young and in my prime,
3. I thought I'd jine the Black Ball Line. //
[GOODBYE FARE YOU WELL] // Homeward Bound (II)
"We're homeward bound," I hear them say: Good-bye, fare you well, good-bye, fare you well! "We're homeward bound," I hear them say: Hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound!
[etc., nine months' pay, New York town, near broke my heart] //