Description
A tack and sheet shanty. That’s right, a tack and sheet shanty. Say that fast a few times (Bounding Main is not responsible for the filth that may pour from your lips while saying “a tack and sheet shanty”).
Lyrics
Oh, when I was a little lad me mother often told me; Resp: Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe! That if I did not kiss the girls me lips would grow all moldy. Resp: Way haul away, we'll haul away, Joe!
Chorus: Way haul away, we're bound for better weather. Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe.
I sailed the seas for seven years not knowin' what I was missin'; Resp: Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe! Then I trimmed my sails before the gales and started in a-kissin'. Resp: Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe! (Chorus)
[SKIP] Well, first I had an Irish gal, her name was Kitty Brannigan; Resp: Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe! She stole me boots, she stole me clothes, she pinched me plate and pannikin. Resp: Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe! (Chorus)
And then I got a German girl, but she was fat and lazy, Resp: Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe! And then I got an Irish girl, she damn near drove me crazy! Resp: Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe! (Chorus)
King Louis was the king of France before the revolution. Resp: Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe! And then he got his head chopped off — it spoiled his constitution. Resp: Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe! (Chorus)
[SKIP] You call yerself a second mate, an' cannot tie a bowline; Resp: Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe! You cannot even stand up straight when the packet she's a rollin'. Resp: Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
Chorus: Way haul away, we're bound for better weather. Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe. Way haul away, we'll haul away together. Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe.