Lyr Add: Georgie, Me Neck A-Broke

Subject: Lyr Add: Georgie, Me Neck A-Broke
From: radriano
Date: 10 Nov 20 - 01:27 PM

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

Finn & Haddie recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj8dTcI45_0

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Georgie, Me Neck A-Broke
From: Joe Offer
Date: 10 Nov 20 - 01:50 PM

Hi, Richard - your rendition of this song was my favorite of the singaround yesterday. Well done!
-Joe-

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Georgie, Me Neck A-Broke
From: Joe Offer
Date: 11 Nov 20 - 12:56 AM

Here's an interesting recording of "Shub Her Down" and "Georgy, Me Neck A-Broke."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW3uzUvfYlA