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Thread #138012 Message #4138881
Posted By: radriano
12-Apr-22 - 01:44 PM
Thread Name: ADD Shanty: Haul on the Halyard Stamp and Go
Subject: RE: Lyr Req-Shanty: Haul on the Halyard Stamp and Go
The lyrics Mrs Duck posted are good, exept for one line:
"Anchors weighed and sails unfurled" should read "Anchor weighed and her sails unfurled." Here are the lyrics I use:
STAMP & GO
Written by Graham Moore
Don’t you weep, you Sidney girls
Chorus: Heave away, boys, let her go
Anchor weighed and her sails unfurled
Chorus: Heave away, boys, haul away boys
Chorus: Haul on the halyard, stamp and go
Full chorus:
I never thought I’d see the day
We’d sail away from Botany Bay
Heave away, boys, haul away, boys
Haul on the halyard, stamp and go
Shake her out and let her sail
Blow, ye winds, a pleasant gale
All blow today, all blow tomorrow
All blow away our sins and sorrow
Drive her on through the Old Bass Strait
On the open sea we’ll meet our fate
Greener fields we soon will find
And leave these hellish lands behind
Transport out and timber home
Across the wide and raging foam
With a fist full of tin, we’ll leave the dock
You Plymouth girls we soon will rock
One more haul and that’ll do
For we’re the bullies for to kick her through