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Old 04-14-2004, 05:21 AM
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Default Interesting old sea shantys..(songs)

Occasionally I hear a few lines of an interesting old sea shanty in the odd old movie etc..

This one caught my ear today!

If the sea was full of whiskey,
And i was a duck,
I'd dive down to the very bottom,
And drink my way back up!

Anyone heard any others?

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Old 04-14-2004, 07:38 AM
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The version I heard was

If the ocean were whiskey
And I was a duck
I would dive to the bottom
And never come up

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Fair well and adieu to you ladies of Spain.
For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston.
And never again shall we see you again...
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I once new a girl from nantucket.....
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I know a million of 'em. Can't post most though, baaaad words.

Oh the bosun's mate was Andy
By gosh he was a dandy...
He used to cool his favorite tool
in a glass of the captains' brandy.

I ruffled her scuppers, I battered her stern
to me way, hey, blow the man down,
and down in her galley I was done to a turn
way, hey blow the man down....etc etc
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