Sea Shanty (1941)
I know and old sailor with rings on on his hand,Heave-ho swing your ship round!
See the ship heave in the way that he stands
Fill the mainsail and swing your ship round ! HIS trousers are hitched round his waist with a cord
Heave-ho swing your ship round !
Step sweet me hearties when once you're aboard.
Fill the main-sail and swing your ship round ! A PLUG of dark baccy will make a fine chaw,
Heave-ho , swing your ship round !
Be fast on your watch is the sailor-man's law,
Fill the main sail and swing your ship round ! HIGH in the gallants along the cross-tree.
Heave-ho, swing your ship round !
'Twixt heaven and water a fine place to be,
Fill the main-sail and swing your ship round ! WER'E bound for Callao good fortune to beg,
Heave-ho , swing your ship round !
From Ushant to Scilly is just a good leg.
Fill the main-sail and swing your ship round. I KNOW and old sailor, the last of his crew,
Heave-ho , wing your ship round !
Who dreams of salt-water and pals that he knew,
Fill the main-sail and swing your ship round. Notes From the Queensland newspaper The Telegraph 1 Mar 1941 p. 10.