Seán Dagher's Shanty of the Week 4 Bully in the Alley

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Here's another Shanty of the Week. Bully in the Alley is pretty well-know; I sang it on Assassin's Creed and there are many other well-known versions out there. I just like the songs so much that I decided to include it here anyway. One of my favourite parts about the song is the improvising that the shantyman can do in the verses.

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Bully in the alley

Chorus :
Oh help me Bob, I'm bully in the alley
Wey hey, bully in the alley!
Help me Bob, I'm bully in the alley
Bully down in Shinbone Al!

I walked up to the Anchor Inn,
Wey hey, bully in the alley!
I barged the door, and walked right in.
Bully down in Shinbone Al!

And there was Sally that I love so dearly,
Sally got well nigh, almost, nearly.

Sally could dance and Sally could spin,
I bought her rum and I bought her gin.

For seven long years I courted Sally,
But all she did was dilly and dally.

And now I've spent a total folly,
I'll go to sea and heave and haul-y.

I'll leave Sally and I'll become a sailor,
Heave on board of a Bedford whaler

If I even get back I'll marry little Sally,
Have six kids and live in Shinbone Alley.


There he goes, the old man saying, One more song and then we’re belaying.