Chris Gard - "DONT FORGET YOUR OLD SHIPMATE"
Details
| Title | Chris Gard - "DONT FORGET YOUR OLD SHIPMATE" |
| Author | Chris Gard |
| Duration | 3:00 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=-4bWf5iGWak |
Description
Another classic sea shanty. Unknown composer/unknown year. Sung by the navy in times long passed. A somewhat personalised adaptation of Fisherman's Friends version, but with a lot more jig
Safe and sound at home again
Let the waters roar, Jack
Safe and sound at home again
Let the waters roar, Jack
Long we've tossed on the rolling main
Now we're safe ashore, Jack
Don't forget your old shipmate
All the way from cal-ay-oh
When we sailed from Plymouth Sound
Four years gone, or nigh, Jack
Were there ever chummies, now
Such as you and I, Jack?
Long we've tossed on the rolling main
Now we're safe ashore, Jack
Don't forget your old shipmate
All the way from cal-ay-oh
We have worked the self-same gun:
Quarterdeck division
Sponger you and loader I
Through the whole commission
Long we've tossed on the rolling main
Now we're safe ashore, Jack
Don't forget your old shipmate
All the way from cal-ay-oh
Oftentimes have we laid out
toil nor danger fearing,
Tugging out the flapping sail
to the weather bearing
Long we've tossed on the rolling main
Now we're safe ashore, Jack
Don't forget your old shipmate
All the way from cal-ay-oh
When the middle watch was on
And the time went slow, boy
Who could choose a rousing stave
Who like Jack or Joe, boy?
Long we've tossed on the rolling main
Now we're safe ashore, Jack
Don't forget your old shipmate
All the way from cal-ay-oh
There she swings, an empty hulk
Not a soul below now
Number seven starboard mess
Misses Jack and Joe now
Long we've tossed on the rolling main
Now we're safe ashore, Jack
Don't forget your old shipmate
All the way from cal-ay-oh
But the best of friends must part
Fair or foul the weather
Hand yer flipper for a shake
Now a drink together
Long we've tossed on the rolling main
Now we're safe ashore, Jack
Don't forget your old shipmate
All the way from cal-ay-oh
Long we've tossed on the rolling main
Now we're safe ashore, Jack
Don't forget your old shipmate
All the way from cal-ay-oh
