ers with a hose-pipe on
him. (_thrice_)
5. [1/16]Heave [1/16]him by the leg in a running bowlin'. (_thrice_)
6. [1/16]Tie [1/16]him to the [1/16 1/16]taffrail when she's yard-arm
under. (_thrice_)
15. Blow my bully boys.
(HALLIARD SHANTY.)
[Music illustration:
1. A Yankee ship came down the river,
Blow, boys blow.
Her masts and yards they shine like silver.
Blow my bully boys blow.]
2. And how d'ye know [1/8]she's [1/8]a Yankee packet?
The Stars and Stripes they fly above her.
3. And who d'ye think was skipper of her. (_twice_)
4. 'Twas Dandy Jim, the one-eyed nigger;
'Twas Dandy Jim, [1/8]with [1/8]his bully figure.
5. And what d'ye think they had for dinner?
Why bullock's lights and donkey's liver.
6. And what d'ye think they had for supper?
Why weevilled bread and Yankee leather.
7. Then blow my boys, and blow together.
And blow my boys for better weather.
8. A Yankee ship came down the river.
Her masts and yards they shine like silver.
16. Blow the man down.
(HALLIARDS.)
[Music illustration:
1. Oh blow the man down, bullies, blow the man down.
To me Way-ay, blow the man down.
Oh blow the man down, bullies, blow him away.
Oh gimme some time to blow the man down.
2. We went over the Bar on the thirteenth of May.
To me Way-ay, blow the man down.
The Galloper jumped, and the gale came away.
Oh gimme some time to blow the man down.]
3. Oh the rags they was gone, and the chains they was jammed,
[1/16]And [1/16]the skipper sez he, "Let the weather be hanged."
4. Aes I was a-walking down Winchester Street,
A saucy young damsel I happened to meet.
5. I sez to her, "Polly, and how d'you do?"
Sez she, "None the better for seein' of you."
6. Oh, it's sailors is tinkers, and tailors is men.
[1/16]And [1/16]we're all of us coming to see you again.
7. So we'll blow the man up, and we'll blow the man down.
[1/16]And [1/16]we'll blow him away into Liverpool Town.
17. Cheer'ly men.[5]
(HALLIARDS.)
[Footnote 5: Pronounced "Chee-lee men."]
[Music illustration:
1. Oh, Nancy Dawson, I-Oh.
Chee-lee men.
She robb'd the Bo'sun, I-Oh.
Chee-lee men.
That was a caution, I-Oh.
Chee-lee men.
Oh Hauly, I-Oh,
Chee-lee men.
If sung without accompaniment the portion within brackets may be
omitted. If sung with accompaniment the note D (to the word "men") may
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