A Long Time Ago
Traditional:
A long, long time and a long time ago
To me way, hey, O- hio
A long, long time and a long time ago
A long time ago
A smart Yankee packet lay out in the bay
To me way, hey, O- hio
A waitin for a fair wind to get under way
A long time ago
With all her poor sailors all sick and all sad
To me way, hey, O- hio
Oh they'd drunk all their whiskey no more could be had
A long time ago
She was waiting for a fair wind to get underway
To me way, hey, O- hio
If she hasn't a fair wind she's laying there still
A long time ago
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.
