Houseboat Katie
Traditional:
This song was recorded by Roger Chartier - hear a sample or download it - see it on the Sea Shanty Page on this site
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
G
House Boat Katie is quite the gal
House boat Katie is a real pal
House boat Katie’s got a pick up truck
D G
House Boat Katie lives at the dock
C7 G
She wears funny clothes and has real big hair
C G
Great big smile quite the flair
A7 D7 A7 D7
Heart of gold I better stop right there
SOLO ON CHORUS CHORDS
C7 G
Some people do what they want to do
C G
You gotta do what pleases you
A7 D7 A7 D7
And to your own self be true.......
CHORUS.......
SOLO .......
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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.
