Svineper

Interesting Facts about the Svineper

The Dirty Old Pig or Svineper was the most popular pumping shanty of all Scandinavian. The original was the Norvegian, but also we can find the German and Swedish versions. A couple of facts about this song, first Stan Hugill first time heard this song from shantyman Paddy Griffiths, who get this song from Norwegian barque. The second version that you can see here is Stan Hugill from “Opsang Fra Seilskibstiden”, but the tune Stan Hugill learned from a Norwegian sailor is called”Big Skan”. A third and most intriguing fact is that choruses are in five different languages.
In the Norwegian version, a play on words is very noticeable. There is mention of a “real” pig, but usually, more often the reference is to the skipper – a dirty old hog, i. e. Svineper.

The source of this sea shanty

The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 232, 233).

The lyrics:  “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 232, 233).

The Record of the Svineper

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Svineper - Pump Shanty

The musical notation

Svineper - notation

The full lyrics

Svineper

Udi Parmerent i Holand, der laa en gammal Brigg,
Forsilten vardens skorg, og forsliten var dens rigg,
– Oberland, zum pao wand, Oberland zum par wand,
– Til Drøbak med han Svineper vi tidsnok Komme Kan.

* 2 *

Det fandtes ikke kompas eller mathaus ved dens ratt,
Vi styrte efter pullen i Per Svine’s gamle hatt;
– Ober land zum par wand, ober land zum par wand,
– Til Drøbak med han Svineper vi tindsnok komme kan.

* 3 *

Kahytten den var umalt, men ruffen der var god,
Og Køierne var malte med vaeggelusblod;
– Overland som tibrands, overlands som paa vand,
– Til Drøbak med den Griseper vi aldrig komme kan.

* 4 *

Skutesiden den ratten og daekket hak i hul,
Og ratten bare et gammelt kjaerrehjul;
– Overland som paa vand, overland som paa vand,
– Til Drøbak med den Grisper vi aldrig komme kan.

* 5 *

Vi matte pumpe laens imellem hvert et glas,
Og naar vi gik fra haven, skar vi katten ind til bras;
– Gi mig ranson paa vand, gi mig ranson paa vand
– Og fire mand i giggen satte Svineper iland.

* 6 *

Vi hadde ikke bramsel, vi heiste op et skjort,
Og jamen holdt det godt saalaenge veiret det var tort;
– Gi mig ranson paa vand, gi mig ranson paa vand,
– Og fire mand giggen satte Svineper iland.

* 7 *

Og baasmanden spytta, han sver og bandte paa,
At grastaug til taljerip fik’n aldrig til at staa;
– Hive langsomt fra land, hive langsomt fra land,
– Der Bergenske møer snart møte nok vi kan.

* 8 *

Og naar vi først var kommet et stykke ut fra land,
Drak Svineper mer braendevin end alle mand drakvand;
– Hive langsomt fra land, hive langsomt fra land,
– De Bergenske møer snart møte nok vi kan.

* 9 *

Det var Søndagsmorra, vi blev purret ut til baut,
Men naar vi saa i luka, laa kjølsvinet og flaut;
– Kors i Herrans namn, hur det går langsomt från land,
– Vi hurra for den resan, när vi kom til Köpenhamn.

* 10 *

Og engang i vekka vi melkevelling fik,
Da fik vi suge purka som om paa daekket gik;
– Kors i Herrans namn, hur det går langsomt från land,
– Vi hurra för den resan, när vi kom til Köpenhamn.

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Blow Boys Blow (Norwegian)

Interesting Facts about Blow Boys Blow (Norwegian)

Blow Boys Blow (Norwegian) is another shanty with the word “Blow” is fine old tops’l halyard shanty “Blow, Boys, Blow”.
This was a shanty in which the singer often repeated the solo lines, to string out on a long haul.

This is the Norwegian language version. Explanation below text says: After G. W. Larsen, National Old Sailors Home – Fredriksvern.

The song will be reconstructed by myself as the halyard shanty.

The source of this sea shanty

The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 230).

The lyrics:  “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 230, 231).

The Record of the Blow Boys Blow (Norwegian)

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Blow, Boys, Blow (Norwegian) - Halyard Shanty

The full lyrics

Blow, Boys, Blow (Norwegian)

Paa vaade veie vil vi vandre,
– BLOW, boys, BLOW!
Vi tager avsked med hverandre,
– BLOW, me bully boys, BLOW!

* 2 *

Jeg ser min flamme staar paa pynten,
Hun graeter visst, ti slut er mynten.

* 3 *

Til mersefaldet styrmand kalder,
Og heis nu klyver, til hun falder.

* 4 *

Hun driver rundt–en maned til roret,
Og hiv nu ankret op i sporet!

* 5 *

Hal op i styrbords agterbraser!
Vor styrmand flyr nu rundt og maser,

* 6 *

Fra kysten nu saa fint hun langer,
Der ser vi Okso fyrtaarn pranger.

* 7 *

Snart har vi Lindesnaes isigte–
Nu styrmand maa de peile rigtig!

* 8 *

Det frisker op med bris nordostlig–
Hun slinger praegtig–det er kos’lig.

* 9 *

Kaptein roper: Hei du stuert!
Slipp nu laerken ut av buret!

* 10 *

Skjaenk i en og la os smake,
Et skjont farvel for dem tilbake.

* 11 *

Heis nu seilet hoit paa stangen!
Nu er det oppe–slutt med sangen.

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Oh Blow Ye Winds I Like To Hear You

Interesting Facts about the Oh Blow Ye Winds I Like To Hear You

Stan Hugill on page 230 of the “Shanties From The Seven Seas”, mentioned he discovered this version by searching foreign sources. The mentioned book by Stan Hugill is the “Sang Under Segel” of the Sigurd Sternvall. The mentioned song we can find on page 370 of the mentioned source (fortunately this book is a part of my collection of the shanty books). The comments from Sternvall’s book say:
…”The text by sailmaker Gustaf Wiman, Boston, 1909.
“Bully “s have the same as mischievous. In English college slang, it also has this meaning. “Belaying pin’s soup” is in Swedish translation nothing more than a good cooking beat.”…

The source of this sea shanty

The music: “Sang Under Segel” by Sigurd Sternvall (1935).

The lyrics:  “Sang Under Segel” by Sigurd Sternvall (1935). This reconstruction will contain full text and music notation from Sigurd Sternvall’s book, and also the title is changed from the original.

Mentioned in: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 230).

The Record of the Oh Blow Ye Winds I Like To Hear You

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Oh Blow Ye Winds I Like To Hear You - Halyard Shanty

The musical notation

Oh Blow Ye Winds I Like To Hear You - music notation

The full lyrics

Oh Blow Ye Winds I Like To Hear You

Oh, blow ye winds, I like to hear you,
– BL0W boys BL0W!
Blow today and blow tomorrow!
– BL0W boys! Bully, bully, BLOW, boys, blow!

* 2 *

A Yankee ship came down the river.
Her mast and spars they shine like silver.

* 3 *

How do you know she is a Yankee clipper?
By the stars and stripes she flies behind her.

* 4 *

And who do you think is the master of her?
One-eyed Kelly, the Bowery runner.

* 5 *

And what do you think they will have for dinner?
Belaying pin’s soup and monkeys liver.

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Blow Boys Blow (odd verses)

Interesting Facts about Blow Boys Blow (odd verses)

I collected from page 229 of Stan Hugill’s book printed odd verses (Blow Boys Blow (odd verses)), they have been used, been sung by shantymen on various decks of sailing ships, so I do not see any reason to forget those verses and leave them unused. This is the reason why I cannot omit them, and I will be over the moon to sing them as a halyard shanty way as previous full versions of this shanty from the book.
This was a shanty in which the singer often repeated the solo lines, to string out on a long haul.

The song will be reconstructed by myself as the halyard shanty.

The source of this sea shanty

The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 226).

The lyrics:  “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 228, 229).

The Record of the Blow Boys Blow (odd verses)

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Blow Boys Blow (odd verses) - Halyard Shanty

The full lyrics

Blow Boys Blow (odd verses)

Blow,me boys, an’ blow tergether,
– BLOW, boys, BLOW!
Blow,me boys for better waether.
– BLOW, me bully boys, BLOW!

* 2 *

Blow, boys, blow, the cook’s drawin’ water,
A bob for the cook an’ a cheer for his daughter.

* 3 *

She files aloft the stripes an’ stars,
She has cotton canvas an’ pitchpine spars.

* 4 *

A yankee ship came down the river,
There’s the style to make ye shiver.

* 5 *

Blow, me boys, we’ve come to cheer yer.
Blow, me boys, we’ve come to cheer yer.

* 6 *

Another pull, ho, rock an’ shake ‘er.
For go she must an’ go we’ll make ‘er.

* 7 *

I though I heard the Old Man say
Another pull an’ then belay.

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Blow Boys Blow (C)

Interesting Facts about the Blow Boys Blow (C)

Blow Boys Blow (C) was a shanty in which the singer often repeated the solo lines, to string out on a long haul.
This shanty has three patterns:
(a) The Guinea Slaver;
(b) The Buck Ship (A Yankee China Clipper);
(c) The Harry Tate Ship (English skit on Yankee Packets);
This version is the The Harry Tate Ship.

The source of this sea shanty

The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 226).

The lyrics:  “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 228, 229).

The Record of the Blow Boys Blow (C)

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Blow, Boys, Blow (C) - Halyard Shanty

The full lyrics

Blow, Boys, Blow (C)

Blow,me boys, I long ter hear yer,
– BLOW, boys, BLOW!
Blow,me boys, I can’t git near yer,
– BLOW, me bully boys, BLOW!

* 2 *

Oh, a yankie ship came down the river,
Her masts all bent, her sails a-shiver.

* 3 *

How d’yer know she’s a Yankee clipper?
By the Stars an’ Bars that fly above her.

* 4 *

How d’yer think wuz skipper of her?
Why, Slimey Joe wuz the skipper of her?

* 5 *

An’ who d’yer think wuz chief mate of her?
Why, Boss-eyed Bill the Bowery Bastard.

* 6 *

Who d’yer thinks the second greaser?
Why, Santander Jim the ‘Frisco bludger.

* 7 *

The third wuz Sam the Slippery Dodger,
He’ll ride yiz down like yiz ride a spanker.

* 8 *

The bosun wuz a big buck [nigger] bugger,
His handle wuz Joe the ‘Frisco Digger.

* 9 *

The sails wuz just a jobbin’ tailor,
The chips wuz not a Blackwall sailor.

* 10 *

The cook wuz Jack the Boston Booty,
The steward had to learn his dooty.

* 11 *

Her sides wuz old an’ her sails wuz rotten,
His charts the Old Man had forgotten.

* 12 *

Scotchmen hangin’ in her riggin’.
Oh, can’t yiz her them banjoes pingin’?

* 13 *

The crew wuz anything but frisky,
They’d never crossed the Bay o’ Biscay.

* 14 *

What d’yer think they had for dinner?
Nanny goat’s horns an’ a Chinaman’s liver.

* 15 *

She sailed away for Kingston City,
Never got ther, the more’s the pity.

* 16 *

Blow today an’ blow termorrer,
Blow for that ol’ ship in sorrer.

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Blow Boys Blow (B)

Interesting Facts about the Blow Boys Blow (B)

Blow Boys Blow (B) was a shanty in which the singer often repeated the solo lines, to string out on a long haul.
This shanty has three patterns:
(a) The Guinea Slaver;
(b) The Buck Ship (A Yankee China Clipper);
(c) The Harry Tate Ship (English skit on Yankee Packets);
This version is the A Yankee China Clipper.

The song will be reconstructed by myself as the halyard shanty.

The source of this sea shanty

The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 226).

The lyrics:  “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 227, 228).

The Record of the Blow Boys Blow (B)

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Blow, Boys, Blow (B) - Halyard Shanty

The full lyrics

Blow, Boys, Blow (B)

Blow,me boys, I long ter hear yer,
– BLOW, boys, BLOW!
Ooooh, blow, me boys, an’ I long ter hear yer,
– BLOW, me bully boys, BLOW!

* 2 *

A yankie ship came down the river,
Her masts and yards they shine like silver.

* 3 *

How d’yer know she’s a Yankee clipper?
By the blood an’ guts that flow from her scuppers.

* 4 *

How d’yer know she’s Yankee liner?
By the stars an’ bars streamin’ out behind her.

* 5 *

How d’yer know she’s a Yankee packet?
She fired her guns an’ we heard the racket.

* 6 *

She’s a Yankee ship an’ she’s bound to China,
And a bunch o’ bastards they have signed her.

* 7 *

How d’yer know she’s bound for China?
By the flyin’-fish sailors what ‘ave gone an’ joined her.

* 8 *

Who d’yer thinks the skipper of her?
Why, Ol’ Bully Forbes is the skipper of her.

* 9 *

Who d’yer thinks the chief mate of her?
Some ugly case what ‘ates poor sailors.

* 10 *

Who d’yer think wuz second mate of her?
Saccrappa Jim was the second mate of her.

* 11 *

What d’yer think they had for breakfast?
Why, the starboard side o’ an ol’ sou’wester.

* 12 *

What d’yer think they had for breakfast?
Why, the starboard side o’ an ol’ sou’wester.

* 13 *

What d’yer think they had for dinner?
Belayin’-pin soup an’ a squeeze through the wringer.

* 14 *

What d’yer think they had for supper?
Oh, handspike hash an’ a roll in the scuppers.

* 15 *

What d’yer think they had for carger?
Five hundred whores from Yokohammer.

* 16 *

Ye’ll wish ye all wuz dead an’ buried,
An’ cross the river lets all git ferried.

* 17 *

Six days work as ye are able,
On the seventh day, bullies, ye will chip the cable.

* 18 *

On this bloodboat there ain’t no laybacks,
Get haulin’, all ye lazy shellbacks.

* 19 *

Blow today an’ blow termorrer,
Blow for this hell-ship all in sorrer.

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Blow Boys Blow (A)

Interesting Facts about the Blow Boys Blow (A)

Another shanty with the word “Blow” is a fine old tops’l halyard shanty “Blow, Boys, Blow”.

This shanty has three patterns:
(a) The Guinea Slaver;
(b) The Buck Ship (A Yankee China Clipper);
(c) The Harry Tate Ship (English skit on Yankee Packets);
This version (The Guinea Slaver), Stan Hugill obtained from Australian seamen, ex-“Manuerwa” and “Silver Pine”.

The song will be reconstructed by myself as the halyard shanty.

The source of this sea shanty

The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 226).

The lyrics:  “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 226, 227).

The Record of the Blow Boys Blow (A)

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Blow, Boys, Blow (A) - Halyard Shanty

The musical notation

Blow Boys Blow (A) - music notation

The full lyrics

Blow, Boys, Blow (A)

Say, wuz ye niver down the Congo River?
– BLOW, boys, BLOW!
Ohh! yes I’ve bin down the Congo River,
– BLOW, me bully boys, BLOW!

* 2 *

Congo she’s a mighty river,
Where the fever makes the white man shiver,

* 3 *

A yankee ship came down the river,
As she rolls down her tops’ls shiver.

* 4 *

Yonder comes the “Arrow” packet,
She fired her guns an’ I heard the racket.

* 5 *

Yonder comes a Creole lady,
I guess she’s got a – creol – [nigger] baby.

* 6 *

Who d’yer thinks the skipper of her?
Who, ol’ Bully Pete, the – creol – [nigger] lover.

* 7 *

Who d’yer thinks the skipper of her?
Why, Saccrappa Joe wuz the chief mate of her.

* 8 *

Who d’yer think wuz second mate of her?
Saccrappa Jim was the second mate of her.

* 9 *

Sacrappa Jim he’s a rocket from hell, boys,
He’ll ride yiz down like yiz ride a spanker.

* 10 *

What d’yer think they had for breakfast?
Why, the starboard side o’ an ol’ sou’wester.

* 11 *

What d’yer think they had for dinner?
Belayin’-pin soup an’ a squeeze through the wringer.

* 12 *

What d’yer think they had for supper?
Oh, handspike hash an’ a roll in the scuppers.

* 13 *

What d’yer think they had for carger?
Why, black sheep that have run the Embarger.

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Blow Ye Winds (C)

Interesting Facts about the Blow Ye Winds (C)

Blow Ye Winds (C) is Joanna C. Colcord’s from the “Songs of American Sailormen” (1938), it is the whaling version, and the last line has been camouflaged. It was a common line in shanties, forebitters, and whaling songs:
Where the Old Man bought a whore-house out for half a barrel o’ flour.
Joanna C. Colcord obtained this song from an old logbook in the New Bedford Public Library.
Because music notation has a lot of differences, instead of Stan Hugill’s version “A”, I took the melody straight from Miss Colcord’s book.

This song will be reconstructed as a forebitter.

The source of this sea shanty

The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 219).

The lyrics:  “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 223, 224).

The Record of the Blow Ye Winds (C)

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Blow, Ye Winds (C) - Forebitter

The musical notation

Blow Ye Winds (C) - musical notation

The full lyrics

Blow Ye Winds (C)

‘Tis advertised in Boston, New York, and Buffalo,
Five hundred brave Americans a-whaling for to go.

– Singing blow, ye winds, in the morning,
– And blow, ye winds, high-O!
– Clear away yer running gear,
– And blow, ye winds, high-O!

* 2 *

They send you to New Bedford, that famous whaling port,
And give you to some land-sharks to board and fit you out.

* 3 *

They send you to a boarding house,there for a time to dwell;
The thieves they there are thicker than the other side of hell!

* 4 *

They tell you of the clipper ships a-going in and out,
And say you’ll take five hundred sperm, before you’re six months out.

* 5 *

It’s now we’re out to sea, my boys, the wind comes on to blow;
One half the watch is sick on deck, the other half below.

* 6 *

But as for the provisions, we don’t get half enough;
A little piece of stinking beef, and a blamed small bag of duff.

* 7 *

Now comes that damned old compass, it will grieve your heart full sore.
For theirs is two and thirty points, and we have forty four.

* 8 *

Next comes the running rigging, which you’re all supposed to know;
‘Tis “Lay aloft, you son of a gun, or overboard you go!”

* 9 *

The coopers’s at the vise bench, a-making iron poles,
And the mate’s upon the main hatch, a-cursing all our souls.

* 10 *

The Skipper’s on the quarterdeck, a-squinting at the sails,
When up aloft the lookout sights a school of whales.

* 11 *

“Now clear away the boats, my boys, And after him we’ll travel,
But if you get too near his fluke, he’ll kick you to the devil!”

* 12 *

Now we have got him turned up, we tow him alongside;
We over with our blubber hooks, and rob him of his hide.

* 13 *

Now the boat-steerer overside the tackle overhauls,
The Skipper’s in the main-chains, so loudly he does bawl!

* 14 *

Next comes the stowing down, my boys, ’twill take both night and day,
And you’ll all have fifty cents apiece on the hundred and ninetieth lay.

* 15 *

Now we are bound into Tonbas, that blasted whaling port,
And if you run away, my boys, you surely will get caught.

* 16 *

Now we are bound into Tuckoona, full more in their power,
Where the skippers can buy the Consul up for half a barrel of flour!

* 17 *

But now that our old ship is full and we don’t give a damn,
We’ll bend on all our stu’nsails and sail for Yankee land.

* 18 *

When we get home, our ship made fast, and we get through our sailing,
A winding glass around we’ll pass and damn this blubber whaling!

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Blow Ye Winds (B)

Interesting Facts about the Blow Ye Winds (B)

Blow Ye Winds (B), according to stan Hugill was even more popular than version “A” from his book. Joanna Colcord gives us this song as a Forebitter, but another American collector, sailor, and author Frederick Pease Harlow give us as a shanty. This version has been preserved by Stan Hugill from his shipmate — “Taff” Davies of Anglesey — is closely allied to both. It was sung at the capstan and pumps to the same tune as version “A”. Worth noting that Harlow gives us additional two stanzas which are worth singing, so you can find at the end of my reconstruction these additional two stanzas.
The song will be reconstructed by myself as the capstan shanty.

The source of this sea shanty

The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 219).

The lyrics:  “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 222).

The Record of the Blow Ye Winds (B)

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Blow, Ye Winds (B) - Capstan Shanty

The full lyrics

Blow Ye Winds (B)

Twas on a Sunday mornin’, down ‘cross the Southern Sea,
Our ship she lay at anchor, while awaitin’ for a breeze,

– Singin’ blow, ye winds, in the mornin’,
– Blow, ye winds, high-ho!
– Clear away yer runnin’ gear,
– An’ blow, me bully-boys, blow!

* 2 *

The cap’n he wuz down below, the men at their work about,
When under our bow we heard a splash, an’ then a lusty shout.

* 3 *

‘Man overboard!’ the lookout cried, an’ for’ard we all ran,
A’ hangin’ to our larboard chains wuz a bluff, ol’ green merman.

* 4 *

His hair wuz blue, his eyes wuz green, his mouth wuz big as three,
An’ the long green tail that he sat on wuz wigglin’ in the sea.

* 5 *

‘Hello!’ cried the Mate as bold as brass, ‘What-ho! shipmates,’ cried he.
‘Oh, I want ter speak ter yer Ol’ Man, I’ve a favour to ask, ye see.

* 6 *

‘I,ve bin out all night on a ruddy sea-fight at the bottom of the deep blue sea,
I’ve just come home and find that ye have caused a hell o’ a spree.

* 7 *

‘Oh, ye’ve dropped yer anchor afore me house, an’ blocked me only door,
An’ me wife’s blocked in an’ she can’t git out, nor me babes who number four.’

* 8 *

‘The anchor shall be hove at once, an’ yer wife an’ yer babes set free,
But I never saw a scale from a sprat to a whale till now that could speak to me.

* 9 *

‘Yer figgerhead is a sailor’s bold, an’ ye speak like a human man,
But where did yer git such a ruddy big tail, answer me that if yer can.’

* 10 *

‘A long time ago from ship ‘Hero’ I fell overboard in a gale,
An’ away down below where the seaweeds grow, I meet a gal with a tail.

* 11 *

‘She saved me life, an’ I made her me wife, an’ me legs changed instantly,
An’ I’m married to a sweet merimaid at the bottom of the deep blue sea.

* 12 *

‘So I’ll stay here for the rest o’ me life, with never a worry nor care.
Goodbye to the trade of a sailor bold — my lotwith the fishes I’ll share.

* 13 *

Additional Harlow Verses

* 14 *

And now we’re all loaded and I don’t give a damn,
With anchor weighted and hawser made, we’ll sail for Yankee Land,

* 15 *

We’re bound for New York City, in the good old ship Akbar,
The old man bought the consul out with a barrel of Stockholm tar.

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Blow Ye Winds (extra verses)

Interesting Facts about the Blow Ye Winds (extra verses)

I want to introduce Blow Ye Winds (extra verses). Stan Hugill in his “Shanties From the Seven Seas” gives us three versions of this song, after the description of version A he mention that:
… Many of the verses sung to these refrains were also used by seamen — often in the unprintable form! …
These are those five verses mentioned by Stan Hugill, I think it will be a big loss to not sing these verses, and as far as I am aware, nobody sang these verses but Stan Hugill, or people who he heard them from. To make my theory even stronger I mention fact that verses don’t have a title or an author or any musical notation, so I will reconstruct them using notation from version A of Stan Hugill’s book.
The song will be reconstructed by myself as the capstan shanty.

The source of this sea shanty

The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 219).

The lyrics:  “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 219, 220).

The Record of the Blow Ye Winds (extra verses)

You also can find this record on my YouTube channel here or directly listen below. Additionally, if you want to share your opinion about the record or share your opinion you can do it in my Facebook forum here, or leave a comment at the bottom of this blog article.

Blow Ye Winds (extra verses) - Capstan Shanty

The full lyrics

Blow Ye Winds (extra verses)

We have a cock in our barton, will cluck like any hen,
And often to myself I think, why ye are just the sen!

– Singin’ blow, ye winds, in the mornin’,
– Blow, ye winds, high-ho!
– See all clear yer runnun’ gear,
– An’ blow, me bully boys, blow!

* 2 *

We have a flower in our garden which we call Marigold,
And if you will not when you can, you shall not when you will.

* 3 *

As I went out one May morning to view the medows gay,
I met a pretty dairy-maid all in the new mown hay.

* 4 *

As I was ridding out one day I saw some pooks of hay;
Is this not a very pretty place for boys and maids to play?

* 5 *

There was a jolly farmer’s son who kept sheep on a hill,
He sallied forth one summer’s morn to see what he could kill.

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