Cape Cod Girls

Cape Cod girls don't use no combs;,
Haul away, boys, haul away.
They comb their hair with cod fish bones.
Bound away for Australia!

So heave her up my bully boys.
Haul away, boys, haul away.
Heave her up, don't you make a noise
Bound away for Australia!

Cape Cod kids they've got no sleds,
They slide down hills on cod fish heads.

Cape Cod ladies don't need no frills,
They're pretty and light as codfish gills.

I Made my way all around the world
Just to raise my glass to the Cape Cod girls

Davy Lowston

Me name was Davy Lowston,
I did seal, I did seal
Me name was Davy Lowston, I did seal
Though me men and I were lost,
though our very lives it cost,
We did seal,

Our captain John McGraw,
he did seal, he did seal
Oh, yes, for old Port Stanley, he set sail
"I'll return, men, without fail",
but he foundered in the gale,
And went down.

We were set down in open bay
we were set down, were set down
Set down in open bay,
we were set down
We were lost, my gallant men,
nevermore to sail again,
Nevermore.

So come all you lads who venture far from home
far from home
So come all you lads who venture far from home
Where the icebergs tower high,
That's a pitiful place to die,
Never seal.

Me name was Davy Lowston, I did seal, I did seal
Me name was Davy Lowston, I did seal
Though me men and I were lost,
We did seal.

Jack the Jolly Tar

I am Jack and a Jolly Tar-oh
I've lately come from the sea so far-oh
Oh I am Jack and a Jolly Tar
Lately come from the sea so far
Fa la-la do, fal la-la der-oh
Right fa la-la do

As I came out of London city
I found myself all in great pity
For I heard em say as I pass by
This night poor Jack in the streets must lie
Fa la-la do, fal la-la der-oh
Right fa la-la do

A squire courted for his fancy
A merchant's daughter whose name was Nancy
And I heard em again as I pass by
This night they together for to lie
Fa la-la do, fal la-la der-oh
Right fa la-la do

(now he says)
"You tie a bit of string all around your finger
And let it dangle out of the window
And I'll come by and I'll pull that string
And you'll come down and you'll let me in"
Fa la-la do, fal la-la der-oh
Right fa la-la do

"Damn me" says Jack "if I don't venture
To pull that string hanging from her window"
So Jack come by and he pulled that string
And she's come down and she let him in
Fa la-la do, fal la-la der-oh
Right fa la-la do

Next morning when this maid awakened
She seemed like one who was much forsaken
For there was Jack in his old shirt
Covered all over in with tar and dirt
Fa la-la do, fal la-la der-oh
Right fa la-la do

Says she "Now Jack how came you here oh?
You've robbed me of my squire I fear-oh."
"Oh no, says Jack, I just pulled the string
and you came down and you let me in."
Fa la-la do, fal la-la der-oh
Right fa la-la do

Then the squire came by all in a passion
Saying "Curse all women throughout this nation.
For there is not one that will prove true
And if there is well there's very few."
Fa la-la do, fal la-la der-oh
Right fa la-la do

(She says)
"Well if this be so then it makes no matter
For Jack is the lad I will follow after
For I do love Jack as I love me life
And I do intend to become Jack's wife."
Fa la-la do, fal la-la der-oh
Right fa la-la do

Twiddles
Janie Meneely

When the boats all get to sailing
and the men are off and gone
What about the women
who are up and left alone?
Do you think they sit and twiddle thumbs
until their men come home?
Oh there's other things to twiddle
when a girl's left on her own.

Oh, it's twiddley ai dee ai dee o,
twiddley ai dee ay
Well it's lots of times a man will leave you
broken with dismay
Oh, it's twiddley ai dee ai dee o,
twiddley ai dee ay
There's others willin' to twiddle
when your man is gone away

I remember Nelly,
she was young and she was gay.
She won the heart of Captain Dan
but then he sailed away.
He left her high and dry
with just a kiss upon the chin
But as his ship went sailing out
another ship sailed in.

And then there was Lucinda Brown
as fair as any maid.
Her true love he went a voyaging,
a sailor man by trade.
"Keep the fire burning, love,"
those were the words he spoke.
So she found herself another man
to keep the fire stoked.

When Lucinda.s man came back
and knocked upon her door
She was as glad to see him
as she'd ever been before.
He left her sleeping in her bed
but Lucy didn't care
'Course the poor guy in the closet
sure could use a little air.

Oh you hear a lot of stories
'bout the sailors and their sport.
About how every sailor
has a girl in every port.
But if you'd added two and two
you'd figure out right quick
That it's just because the lassies
have a lad on every ship.

Oh, it's twiddley ai dee ai dee o,
twiddley ai dee ay
Well it's lots of times a man will leave you
broken with dismay
Oh, it's twiddley ai dee ai dee o,
twiddley ai dee ay
There's others willin' to twiddle
when your man is gone away

Oh, it's twiddley ai dee ai dee o,
twiddley ai dee ay
Well it's lots of times a man will leave you
broken with dismay
Oh, it's twiddley ai dee ai dee o,
twiddley ai dee ay
There's other Willie's willin' to twiddle
when your Willie's gone away.

Bring ’Em Down
traditional

In Liverpool I was born
London is my home from home
Learned my trade on the Blackball Line
They’re never a day behind their time
It’s around Cape Stiff we go
Fightin’ on through the ice and snow
Along the coast to Valipo’
Northward to Callio
Bring ’em Down

Callio girls I do adore
They’ll take it all and ask for more
Callio girls with their long black hair
They’ll rob you blind and strip you bare
When I was young and in my prime
I’d take them flash girls two at a time
Now I’m old and turning grey
And rum’s my sweetheart every day
Bring ’em Down

We’re in Desolation Bay
Hangin’ around from day to day
Blow you winds long may you blow
Rise up y’ bugger and let us go
All the way to Liverpool
Spend my money like a bloody fool
Spend my money in a week on shore
Then go to sea and grab for more
Bring ’em Down

I’m Liverpool born and bred
Thick in the arm, boys and thick in the head
Rock and roll me over boys
Let’s get this damn job over boys
Bring ’em Down

One More Day

One more day, Johnny, one more day
(one more day - Johnny one more day)
One more day - Johnny one more day
(one more day - Johnny one more day)

Can't you hear the wind a-howlin' Johnny?
One more day
Can't you hear the mate a growlin' Johnny?
One more day

Can't you hear the pilot bawlin' Johnny?
There's an end to all your haulin'.

Can't you hear the capstan pawlin' Johnny?
One more day
Don't you hear the girls a- callin' Johnny?
One more day

Only one more day - Johnny one more day
oh rock 'n' roll me over - one more day

So put on your long tail blues Johnny
One more day
Oh your pay day's nearly due Johnny
One more day

Only one more day - Johnny one more day
oh rock 'n' roll me over - one more day

We're homeward bound today Johnny
One more day
Make your port and take your pay Johnny
One more day

Only one more day - Johnny one more day
oh rock 'n' roll me over - one more day
Only one more day - Johnny one more day
oh rock 'n' roll me over - one more day

One more day my Johnny, one more day

Johnny Todd

Johnny Todd he took a notion
For to sail the ocean wide
And he left his love behind him
Walking by the Liverpool tide

Seven weeks she wept in sorrow
Tore her hair and wrung her hands
Until she met a kindly sailor
Walking by the Liverpool strand

"Pretty maid, why are you weeping
For your Johnny gone to sea?
If you wed with me tomorrow
I will kind and constant be".

"I will buy you sheets and blankets
I'll buy you a wedding ring
You shall have a golden cradle
For to rock your baby in".

All you lads who go a sailing
For to fight the foreign foe
Do not leave your love like Johnny
Marry her before you go.

Johnny Todd came home from sailing
Sailing on the ocean wide
And the love he left behind him
Was another sailor's bride