  Flanders_field Member Username: Flanders_field Post Number: 1591 Registered: 01-2008 |
Blackwater to Battle Pirates First time I have read the entire lyrics to this song (Derelict) by Young E. Allison, for the play Treasure Island in 1901..wow, we used to sing the first line to this, but I never knew how the "rest" of it went...Yikes!! 1. Fifteen men on a dead man's chest Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum Drink and the devil had done for the rest Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. The mate was fixed by the bosun's pike The bosun brained with a marlinspike And cookey's throat was marked belike It had been gripped by fingers ten; And there they lay, all good dead men Like break o'day in a boozing ken Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. 2. Fifteen men of the whole ship's list Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Dead and be damned and the rest gone whist! Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! The skipper lay with his nob in gore Where the scullion's axe his cheek had shore And the scullion he was stabbed times four And there they lay, and the soggy skies Dripped down in up-staring eyes In murk sunset and foul sunrise Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. 3. Fifteen men of 'em stiff and stark Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Ten of the crew had the murder mark! Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead Or a yawing hole in a battered head And the scuppers' glut with a rotting red And there they lay, aye, damn my eyes Looking up at paradise All souls bound just contrawise Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. 4. Fifteen men of 'em good and true Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Ev'ry man jack could ha' sailed with Old Pew, Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! There was chest on chest of Spanish gold With a ton of plate in the middle hold And the cabins riot of stuff untold, And they lay there that took the plum With sightless glare and their lips struck dumb While we shared all by the rule of thumb, Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! 5. More was seen through a sternlight screen Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum Chartings undoubt where a woman had been Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. 'Twas a flimsy shift on a bunker cot With a dirk slit sheer through the bosom spot And the lace stiff dry in a purplish blot Oh was she wench or some shudderin' maid That dared the knife and took the blade By God! she had stuff for a plucky jade Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. 6. Fifteen men on a dead man's chest Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum Drink and the devil had done for the rest Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. We wrapped 'em all in a mains'l tight With twice ten turns of a hawser's bight And we heaved 'em over and out of sight, With a Yo-Heave-Ho! and a fare-you-well And a sudden plunge in the sullen swell Ten fathoms deep on the road to hell, Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 3602 Registered: 11-2007 |
The English and Aussie Navies had rum rations in the 70's, the American Navy had none. Anzpac 1977. Damn. | ||
Oladub Member Username: Oladub Post Number: 1134 Registered: 08-2006 |
"Drunken sailors" have been removed from the lyrics of a nursery rhyme in a government-funded books project" in the UK. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/edu cation/7860869.stm New version- _____________________________ PIRATES AHOY! What shall we do with the grumpy pirate? What shall we do with the grumpy pirate? What shall we do with the grumpy pirate? Early in the morning Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises Early in the morning Do a little jig and make him smile Do a little jig and make him smile Do a little jig and make him smile Early in the morning ______________________________ ___ Avast! Methinks "she" rises naked and does her "little jig". It be no wonder she makes "him smile early in the morning". If the grumpy pirate be one of Jean LaFitte's southern lads, we might surmise "she" be Polly" AARGH!!! Be advised; Blackwater privateers committed loath deeds under Captain Bush. Vile Blackwater privateers be naught but bilgewater. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 9282 Registered: 10-2003 |
Aye, give 'em the black spot. | ||
Flanders_field Member Username: Flanders_field Post Number: 1593 Registered: 01-2008 |
Privateers is a better word to describe Blackwater than buccaneers, and I am pretty sure that they are also paying close attention to the increasing tensions between North and South Korea of late. North Korea tears up agreements Maybe the ever-shaky 1953 "truce" will end, and could turn into what VP Biden was referring to when he warned Americans to "gird their loins." The US is hardly prepared to become fully involved in an all-out war between the two Koreas right now. | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 3605 Registered: 11-2007 |
quote: Okay, help me with this. There used to be an Acapella group that sang Sea Shanty's, that was featured on WDET "Folks like us" years ago.(The Boarding Party). I've been through the dregs of Google for an hour, trying to find them, with no luck. Anyways - Well it's all for me grog, me jolly jolly grog It's all for me beer and tobacco For I spent all me tin with the lassies drinking gin Far across the western ocean I must wander Where are me boots, me noggin', noggin' boots? They're all gone for beer and tobacco For the heels they are worn out and the toes are kicked about And the soles are looking out for better weather Where is me shirt, my noggin', noggin' shirt? It's all gone for beer and tobacco For the collar is all worn, and the sleeves they are all torn And the tail is looking out for better weather I'm sick in the head and I haven't been to bed Since first I came ashore with me slumber For I spent all me dough on the lassies movin' slow Far across the Western Ocean I must wander Where is me bed, me noggin' noggin bed It's all gone for beer and tobacco Well I lent it to a whore and now the sheets are all tore And the springs are looking out for better whether. Where is me wench, me noggin' noggin' whence She's all gone for beer and tobacco Well her (clap) is all worn out and her (clap) is knocked about And her (clap) is looking out for better whether. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5619 Registered: 04-2005 |
BigB, are you by any chance talking about 'The Balduck Mountain Ramblers'? | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 18421 Registered: 11-2006 |
My only qualm with private military services is that they should not be involved, or authorized to be involved in any direct fighting/shooting. or etc. | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 3607 Registered: 11-2007 |
No. they are local, whereas The Boarding Party are from Britain. I looked for years trying to find them on a recording. The shanty helped the men hoist a sail in unison. Much like the black "Gandy Dancers" had a chant for spike driving on the railroads. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5621 Registered: 04-2005 |
The Ramblers do a number of chanties, actually they have an album of them. Did you ever see them live? | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 3611 Registered: 11-2007 |
Enjoy -- http://memory.loc.gov/afc/afcc c/audio/a423/a4230b1.mp3 http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ query | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5622 Registered: 04-2005 |
I downloaded the first one, but the quality isn't too great, and the second link says "Failed to open configuration file /prd/cfg/.cfg" Are they by The Boarding Party? | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 3614 Registered: 11-2007 |
No, probably the last of the "Whalers" recorded. Always shorten a web address to get what you want. Links don't always work. | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 3619 Registered: 11-2007 |
Damn, I have to jump all these porn links to post this ? Use the search function, this place is amazing. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/in dex.html | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 3621 Registered: 11-2007 |
http://memory.loc.gov/afc/afco maha/audio/0400/0452.mp3 | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 3622 Registered: 11-2007 |
http://memory.loc.gov/afc/afco maha/audio/0600/0610.mp3 | ||
Pam Member Username: Pam Post Number: 4933 Registered: 11-2005 |
Here's an entry on The Boarding Party Bigb: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg .dll?p=amg&sql=10:h9foxqesldke | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 3625 Registered: 11-2007 |
Free mp3 ? | ||
Sumas Member Username: Sumas Post Number: 658 Registered: 01-2008 |
Oladub, I know that song but our words were: What do you do with a drunken sailor, Yohoho and a bottle of rum. Shave his belly with a rusty razor. YOhoho with a bottle of rum. The chanty goes on, but too lazy to type. Once, back in college we sat in an old victorian home near campus. Passed the bottle and added new verses. My brother in law passed out like a stone. |
