CHEERLY, MEN
From the album Songs of the Sea
by Alan Mills and the Four Shipmates

Oh, Nancy Dawson-i-o, cheerly men
She robbed the bosun-i-o, cheerly men
That was a caution-i-o, cheerly men-o, hi-li-hi-o, cheerly men

...Fanny Mailer... loved a poor sailor... married a tailor...

...Betsy Baker... lived in Longacre... married a Quaker...

...Kitty Carson... jilted the parson... then married a mason...

...Polly Riddle... broke her new fiddle... right through the middle