A group of ISMA Shanty singers meet on occasion to sing shanties for pub fun, and once per year this modest little group performs in February at the Annual Mariner's Service and Blessing of the Great Lakes Fleet.

If you like to have fun, like sailor songs, and are interested in becoming a member, please contact Shanty Man "Pinky", at marketboy@bmts.com

SEA SHANTY PRACTICE

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 1000 -1200, AT ST. GEORGE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH

SEA SHANTY CONCERT

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2020 10:00 HRS, AT THE

ANNUAL MARINER'S SERVICE, ST. GEORGE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH

RANDY DANDY O'

Now we are ready to head for the Horn

Weigh hey, roll an' go!

Our boots an' our clothes boys are all in the pawn

To be rollickin' randy dandy O!

CHORUS:

Heave a pawl, O heave away!

Weigh, hey, roll and go!

The anchor's on board an' the cable's all stored

To be rollickin' randy dandy O!

Oh, man the stout caps'n and heave with a will

Weigh, hey, roll an' go!

Soon we'll be drivin' her 'way up the hill

To be rollickin' randy dandy O!

Heave a pawl, oh, heave away

Weigh, hey, roll and go!

The anchor's on board an' the cable's all stored

To be rollickin' randy dandy O!

Sing goodbye to Sally an goodbye to Sue,

Weigh, hey, roll and go!

For we are the boy-os who can kick ‘er through

To be rollickin' randy dandy O!

Heave a pawl, oh, heave away

Weigh, hey, roll and go!

The anchor's on board an' the cable's all stored

To be rollickin' randy dandy O!

Roust’ er up bullies, the wind’s drawin’ free

Weigh, hey, roll and go!

Let’s get the glad-rags on an’ drive’ er to sea

To be rollickin’ randy dandy O!

Heave a pawl, oh, heave away

Weigh, hey, roll and go!

The anchor's on board an' the cable's all stored

To be rollickin' randy dandy O!

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HAUL AWAY JOE

Naow whin oi wuz little lad an’ so me mother told me

Way haul away, we’ll haul away Joe!

That if oi did’t kiss the the girls my lips would go all moldy

Way haul away, we’ll haul away Joe!

Way haul away we’ll haul away together

Way haul away, we’ll haul away Joe!

Oh King Louis wuz the King o’ France afore the revolution

Way haul away, we’ll haul away Joe!

But he got his head cut off, and spoiled his constitution

Way haul away, we’ll haul away Joe!

Way haul away we’ll haul for better weather!

Way haul away, we’ll haul away Joe!

We loaded for the homeward run, and hands so free an’ ‘aisy

Way haul away, we’ll haul away Joe!

And in his galley sat the doc,a makin’ plum duff-graisy

Way haul away, we’ll haul away Joe!

Way haul away we’ll haul away together

Way haul away, we’ll haul away Joe!

Way haul away we’ll haul for better weather!

Hey don’t yer see that black cloud a’risen

Way haul away, we’ll haul away Joe!

Hey don’t yer see storm cloud a’gatherin

Way haul away we’ll haul away together

Way haul away, we’ll haul away Joe!

Way haul away we’ll haul for better weather

Way haul away, we’ll haul away Joe!

Before the Day is Done

One night as I went walking

To the harbour I was bound

I happened on a band of men wandering through the town

CHORUS:

And it’s haul on the bowline

Keep her six points off the wind

We’ve got to make one hundred leagues before the day is done

We’ve got to make one hundred leagues before the day is done

They seemed to me a cheerful lot

To the harbour I was bound

They offered me a drink of port I was next to stand the round

CHORUS:

And it’s haul on the bowline

Keep her six points off the wind

We’ve got to make one hundred leagues before the day is done

We’ve got to make one hundred leagues before the day is done

Soon my head was spinning

To the harbour I was bound

I woke up on the fo’c’sle floor near twenty miles from town

CHORUS:

And it’s haul on the bowline

Keep her six points off the wind

We’ve got to make one hundred leagues before the day is done

We’ve got to make one hundred leagues before the day is done

The cook he is a scurvy knave

To the harbour I was bound

Every dish he sends this way tastes like coffee grounds

CHORUS:

And it’s haul on the bowline

Keep her six points off the wind

We’ve got to make one hundred leagues before the day is done

We’ve got to make one hundred leagues before the day is done

Two months have passed since I roved out

To the harbour I was bound

Though we’ve got twelve more before we’re through I’ve yet to see a crown

CHORUS:

And it’s haul on the bowline

Keep her six points off the wind

We’ve got to make one hundred leagues before the day is done

We’ve got to make one hundred leagues before the day is done

And when my time is over

To the harbour I was bound

No more I’ll go out walking the dark streets of the town

CHORUS:

And it’s haul on the bowline

Keep her six points off the wind

We’ve got to make one hundred leagues before the day is done

We’ve got to make one hundred leagues before the day is done

LONDON JULIE

Up a loft, up a loft this yard I must go.

Ah, ha! Me London Julie

Up a loft, up a loft, from down below.

Ah, ha! Me London Julie

CHORUS: Oh, Julianna, Julianna, Where do you go?

Ah, ha! Me London Julie.

Julianna, Julianna, Where do you go?

Ah, ha! Me London Julie.

Oh, when I gets home from across that sea.

Ah, ha! Me London Julie

I'd ask Julianna to marry me.

Ah, ha! Me London Julie

CHORUS: Oh, Julianna, Julianna, Where do you go?

Ah, ha! Me London Julie.

Oh, Julianna, Julianna, Where do you go?

Ah, ha! Me London Julie.

She promised she’d be true to me.

Ah, ha! Me London Julie

She spent my money fast and free.

Ah, ha! Me London Julie

CHORUS: Oh, Julianna, Julianna, Where do you go?

Ah, ha! Me London Julie.

Oh, Julianna, Julianna, Where do you go?

Ah, ha! Me London Julie.

Well around Cape horn, we all must go.

Ah, ha! Me London Julie

Well around Cape Horn through the Ice and Snow.

Ah, ha! Me London Julie

CHORUS: Oh, Julianna, Julianna, Where do you go?

Ah, ha! Me London Julie.

Oh, Julianna, Julianna, Where do you go?

Ah, ha! Me London Julie.