A Wet Sheet And A Flowing Sea
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
A wet sheet and a flowing sea -
A wind that follows fast
And fills the white and rustling sail -
And bends the gallant mast
And bends the gallant mast my boys -
While like an eagle free
Away the good ship flies -
And leaves Columbia on our lee
CHORUS after each verse
Oh! Give me a wet sheet a flowing sea
And a wind that follows fast
And fills the white and rustling sail -
And bends the gallant mast
Oh for a soft and gentle wind I heard a fair one cry
But give to me the roaring breeze -
And the white waves heaving high
And white waves heaving high my boys
The good ship tight and free
The world of waters is our home -
And merry men are we
There's a tempest in yon horned moon -
And lightning in yon cloud
And hard the music mariners -
The wind is piping loud
The wind is piping loud my boys -
The lightning flashes free
While the hollow oak our palace is -
Our heritage the sea
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.
