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Thread #168871 Message #4079073
Posted By: radriano
10-Nov-20 - 01:27 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Georgie, Me Neck A-Broke
Subject: Lyr Add: Georgie, Me Neck A-Broke
Hey there, Joe!
Here are the lyrics for the shanty Georgie, Me Neck A-Broke. I learned the song from the late Barry Finn, from his album Fathom This, and from his singing of it. This is a BWI shanty used more for lifting or shoving either a boat or a house. Neil Downey got it from Roger D. Abraham's collection "Deep the Water, Shallow the Shore."
GEORGIE, ME NECK A-BROKE
Solo: Georgie, me neck a-broke Ch: Hold ‘em Georgie, think he break me neck
Georgie, me neck a-broke Hold ‘em Georgie, think he break me neck
Solo: Pull on the oar now - Chorus: Think he break me neck
Cut through the water - Think he break me neck
Black fish rising - Think he break me neck
Pull on the oar now - Think he break me neck
Georgie, me neck a-broke Hold ‘em Georgie, think he break me neck
Georgie, me neck a-broke Hold ‘em Georgie, think he break me neck
Put in the stick now - Think he break me neck
Put it on the loggerhead - Think he break me neck
Pull on the oar now - Think he break me neck
Don’t you lose him - Think he break me neck
Don’t let him take you - Think he break me neck
Georgie, me neck a-broke Hold ‘em Georgie, think he break me neck
Georgie, me neck a-broke Hold ‘em Georgie, think he break me neck