049 - Oh, Aye, Rio

This song was first printed in a book by Stan Hugill, and he stated that he learned it from an old sailor at Port Adelaide, South Australia. It's a dragging song, totally dirty, so Stan Hugill had to camouflage it a bit, keeping the original theme as much as possible. According to too Stan Hugill, this song is a forebitter.
I try to recreate this song from hearted Stan Hugill's version from the album "Shanties From The Seven Seas" (1962), with The York & Albany Crew.
Intriguingly, in this song, Stan Hugill only sings himself, without the crew in the chorus.
"Shanties from the Seven Seas" by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 96).



OH, AYE, RIO

Oh, lady have you a daughter fine?
   - Oh, aye, Rio!
Oh, lady have you a daughter fine,
Fit for a sailor that's crossed the line.
   - To me way, hay, ho, high, a long, long time ago!
   - To me way, hay, ho, high, a long, long time ago!

*2*
Oh, yes I have a daughter fine,
Oh, yes I have a daughter fine,
Fit for a sailor that's crossed the line.

*3*
But madam, dear madam, she is too young,
But madam, dear madam, she is too young,
She's never been courted by anyone.

*4*
Oh, sailor, oh, sailor, I'm not too young,
Oh, sailor, oh, sailor, I'm not too young,
I've just been kissed by the butcher's son,