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19 Feb 05 - 10:18 AM (#1414937) Subject: Lyr Add: Kiss the gunner's daughter From: GUEST,Tony Kiss the gunner's daughter (Inspired by a visit to a Hertford folk club, this sea-shanty may be sung to the tune of Oh Susannah) To be a sailor big and bold that was the life for me To go aloft and reef the sails above a stormy sea But up there in the rigging in a Force 9 gale The wind can play havoc with a trendy ponytail. Chorus Heave and haul away! Let the main sheet fly! Kiss the gunner's daughter and we'll pump the bilges dry. We beat the French and Spanish by spiking up our guns With bully beef and biscuit - it gave them all the runs. Twenty days to round the Horn soaked in sweat and spray But we were never seasick - more than twenty times a day Heave and haul away etc We were into body art with tattoos on our skin Some had naked ladies or names of next of kin. The bosun had a hunting scene stuck on his backside. There's no prize for guessing where the fox was going to hide. Heave and haul away etc Night times at the wheel - how my heart would sing with joy Alone with just the stars and a simple cabin boy. So heave away me hearties for England we shall steer Then come and dance the hornpipe but don't get too damn near Heave and haul away etc But I've never been a sailor, it was not the life for me. A humble civil servant is all I'll ever be. Instead I'll grow a beard cup one hand around my ear. And sing a load of nonsense just like we're doing here. Yes I'll strut around in jeans with a gold ring in my ear and sing a load of nonsense just like we're doing her Heave and haul away etc *********************************************** |
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19 Feb 05 - 11:02 AM (#1414975) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Kiss the gunner's daughter From: Keith A of Hertford Good song. Reminds me of somebody. |