The Crew’s Chorus Sheet.
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1. Blow yer’ winds in the morning
5. Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor
8. Leave Her Johnny, Leave Her
11. Stowin’ Sugar in the Hold Below
12. TITANIC! (It was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down)
13. Roll The Old Chariot Along
15. Whiskey in a Jar / Wild Rover Claps
17. Row Bullies Row! (Liverpool Judies)
20. Roll the Old Chariot Along
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!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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.
3. A Long Time Ago
Tell me -
way hey
Oh-Hi-Oh
(Lead singer line here, then you)
A long time ago
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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.
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
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.
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
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
15. Whiskey in the jar / Wild Rover (activity)
4 CLAPS
2 CLAPS
1 CLAP
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
17. Row Bullies Row!
ROW!!
Row bullies row,
These Liverpool Judies
Have got us in tow!
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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)
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.