146 - Rolling Home By The Silver Moon - Capstan Shanty

Here is another shore song that has been adapted to use as a shanty, this song is of Negro origin and has been altered for the needs of the sailors. This capstan shanty was sung by Stan Hugill on board the American ship William T. Lewis.
"Shanties from the Seven Seas" by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 180, 181).


Rolling Home By The Silver Moon


Here's to the good ol' whisky, mop it down,
   - mop it down!
Here's to the good ol' whisky, mop it down,
   - mop it down!
Here's to the good ol' whisky, that makes ye feel so frisky,
   - Here's to the good ol' whisky, mop it down!

   - Rollin' home, rollin' home!
   - Rollin' home, rollin' home!
   - By the light of the silver moon.
   - Happy is the sailor who has shipped aboard a whaler,
   - When she's rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin' home!

*2*
Here's to the good ol' beer...

*3*
Here's to the good ol' rum...

*4*
Here's to the good ol' claret...

*5*
Here's to the good ol' cider...