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The Crew’s Chorus Sheet.

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1. Blow ye winds in the morning 

Blow ye winds in the morning

Blow ye winds, High-Ho!

Clear away your running gear,

and blow, boys blow!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

BlowYeWinds

2. Paddy Lay Back

Paddy Layback

Take in yer slack,

Take a turn around the capstan and heave a pawl,

About ship’s stations boys be handy, and

We’re bound for Valparaiso 'round the Horn.

PaddyLayBack

3. A Long Time Ago

Tell me -

way hey

Oh-Hi-Oh

(Lead singer line here, then you) 

A long time ago

LongTimeAgo

4. Heave away, Santy Anno

Heave her up and away we'll go

Heave away, Santy Anno

Heave her up, and away we'll go

Along the plains of Mexico

SantyAnno

5. Jack was every inch a sailor

He was five and twenty years a whaler

Jack was every inch a sailor

He was born on the bright blue sea

JackEveryInch

6. Wellerman

Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguing is done
We'll take our leave and go

Wellerman

7. Maggie May

And it's Maggie, Maggie May,

they've taken you away,

To sail upon Van Diemen's cruel shore,

You've robbed many a whaler,

and many a drunken sailor

But you'll never cruise down Liverpool anymore

MaggieMay

8. Leave her Johnny

Leave her Johnny, leave her

Oh leave her Johnny, leave her

For the voyage is done and the winds don't blow

And it's time for us to leave her

LeaveHerJohnny

9. Billy Bones

Bones, Bones, Bones, Billy Bones,

Send him off to Davy Jones,

Of rum and gold and wenches bold,

you've had your last fill Billy Bones!

BillyBones

10. The Mermaid

And the ocean waves do roll

And the stormy winds do blow.

We poor sailors are skipping up aloft

While the landlubbers lie down below, below, below. 

Landlubbers lie down below.

Mermaid

11. Stowin' sugar in the hold below

Way ho, below below

Stowin' sugar in the hold below

HUH!

Way ho, below below

Stowin' sugar in the hold below

SugarInHold

12. Titanic Song (It was sad)

It was sad, it was sad

It was sad when that great ship went down

to the bottom of the (sea)

Husbands and wives,

little children lost their lives

It was sad when that great ship went down.

Titanic

13. Roll the Old Chariot Along

And we'll roll the old chariot along

We'll roll the old chariot along

And we'll roll the old chariot along

And we'll all hang on behind

RollOldChariot

14. Land Down Under

Do you come from a land down under
Where women glow and men plunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder
You better run, you better take cover

DownUnder

15. Whiskey in the jar / Wild Rover (activity)

4 CLAPS

2 CLAPS

1 CLAP

WhiskeyJar

16. High Barbary

Blow High

Blow Low

SO SAIL WE!

- (lead verse sings one more, then you)

CRUISIN’ DOWN THE COAST OF THE HIGH BARBARY

HighBarbary

17. Row Bullies Row!

ROW!!

Row bullies row,

These Liverpool Judies
Have got us in tow!

RowBulliesRow

18. Billy Bones

Bones, Bones, Bones, Billy Bones,

Send him off to Davy Jones,

Of rum and gold and wenches bold,

you've had your last fill Billy Bones!

BIllyBones

19. Roll the ol’ Chariot along

And we'll roll the old chariot along

We'll roll the old chariot along

And we'll roll the old chariot along

And we'll all hang on behind

RollChariot

20. Whiskey O, Johnny O

Rise her up from down below

Whiskey, whiskey, whiskey O

Up aloft this yard must go

Rise her up from down below

WhiskeyO

21. The Destroyer Song

Oh, it's roll and toss and pound and pitch
and creak and groan you son of a bitch
Boy, it's a hell of a life on a destroyer

Destroyer

22. Blow the man Down

Blow the man down, bullies, blow the man down
Wey hey, blow the man down
Blow him right back into Liverpool town
Gimme some time to blow the man down

BlowtheMan

23. Jolly Rovin’ Tar / Handy me’ boys

Come along, come along, me jolly brave boys

There's lots of grog in the jar.

We'll plow the briny ocean

With the jolly roving tar.

(segue song, Handy me boys)

Get along boys, get along do,

Handy me boys so handy

JollyTar

24. South Australia

Haul away your rolling king, heave away, haul away
Haul away, you'll hear me sing, we're bound for South Australia

SouthAustrailia

25. Spanish Ladies

We'll rant and we'll roar like true Yankee Whalermen
We'll rant and we'll roar on deck and below
Until we sight Gayhead off old Martha's Vineyard
And straight up the channel to New Bedford we'll go.

SpanishLadies

26. Leaving of Liverpool

So fare thee well, my own true love, when I return united we will be, it's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me, but my darling when I think of thee. 

LeavingLiverpool

27. Black Velvet Band

Her eyes they shone like the diamonds
You'd think she was queen of the land
And her hair hung over her shoulders
Tied up with a black velvet band

Black Velvet Band

28. Mary Ellen Carter

(Chorus 1 & 2)

Rise again, rise again!
Let her name not be lost to the knowledge of men
All those who loved her best

and were with her 'til the end
Will make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again!

(Chorus 3 & 4)

Rise again, rise again!
Though your heart, it be broken, your life about to end
No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend
Then like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again!

MaryEllen

29. Old Maui

Rolling down to Old Maui, me boys,

rolling down to Old Maui.

We're homeward bound from the arctic ground

rolling down to old Maui.

OldMaui
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