Blow The Man Down
Traditional:
You can buy a download or cd's in the Sea Shanty Store on this website played and sung by Roger Chartier on his "Sailing Away" CD
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
CHORUS
Now Come on you young sailors and listen to me
Way hey Blow the man down
Come on you young sailors and listen to me
Give me some time to blow the man down
Now I’ll tell you a story about the high seas Way hey blow the man down
Most of the way home he was weak in the knees Gimme some time to blow the man down
Oh it’s not very short and it’s not very long
way hey.....
It’s about a young sailor bound home from Hong Kong
gimme some......
Now I was a strolling down Union Street way hey...
A flash looking packet I chanced to see gimme some...
She was bowling a long with her waind blowing free Way hey
She clewed up her courses and waited for me gimme some...
She was round in the counter and bluff in the bow Way Hey...
Oh where she did hail from I could not tell
Gimme some ...
So I tailed her my flipper and took her in tow Way hey...
And yardarm to yardarm , away we did go gimme some ...
I bought her a two bit dinner in town Way hey...
And trinkets and laces a bonnet and gown
gimme some ...
We walked and we talked her name it was Jen way hey
I kissed her a couple and kissed her again gimme some ...
I said, "Will you marry a seafaring man?" Way hey...
She said, "I’ll ask mother and see if I can".gimme some...
Along comes a sailor they call him "Half Ton"
Way hey...
He calls her mother and she calls him son
gimme some...
She says to him "Son here’s your new daddy" Way hey...
I said, " I’m bound for the rolling sea" gimme some...
The author of this website has put a lot of time and effort into gathering the greatest collection of sea shanties for the world to enjoy - There are songs that have been to sung to a job of work at sea for many, many years and collecting them has been a great endeavour. - Roger Chartier has made the effort out of his own interest and the requests that he has gotten to do this work from fellow musicians who wanted a good source of sea shanties to draw on and learn from. He has been told that for this effort he is a remarkable man.
