Interesting Facts about Paddy Doyles Boots B
In Stan Hugill’s book “Paddy Doyles Boots B”, it is the song that opening family of the songs is with the word “Paddy”. This song is dedicated to one and only one job, namely: that of getting the mass of sodden, bellying canvas rolled up to the yard, also called “Tossing the bunt”. When singing this chant the haul usually came on the word “BOOTS!” Usually, there was no need for more than two or three verses at most. Probably this is only one type of shanty that is sung whole by all-hands (no shantymen or crew part only).
Stan Hugill tells us that are three patterns in this song this is the second one: The solos are varied with the same chorus throughout, the pull coming on “BOOTS!”.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 333).
The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 333).
The Record of the Paddy Doyles Boots B
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The musical notation
The full lyrics
Paddy Doyles Boots B
Yeo aye – an’ we’ll haul aye,
To pay Paddy Doyle for his BOOTS!
* 2 *
Yeo aye – an’ we’ll sing aye,
To pay Paddy Doyle for his BOOTS!
* 3 *
We’ll bunt up the sail with a fling aye!
To pay Paddy Doyle for his BOOTS!
* 4 *
We’ll tauten the bunt an’ we’ll furl aye,
To pay Paddy Doyle for his BOOTS!
* 5 *
We’ll skin the ol’ rabbit an’ haul eye,
To pay Paddy Doyle for his BOOTS!