Blood Red Roses
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
Our boots and clothes are all in pawn
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
It’s flamin’ drafty ’round Cape Horn
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
Oh, you pinks and posies
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
My dear old mother said to me,
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
My dearest son, come home from sea
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
Oh, you pinks and posies
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
It’s ’round Cape Horn we all must go
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
‘Round Cape Horn in the frost and snow
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
Oh, you pinks and posies
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
You’ve got your advance, and to sea you’ll go
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
To chase them whales through the frost and snow
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
Oh, you pinks and posies
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It’s ’round Cape Horn you’ve got to go,
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
For that is where them whalefish blow
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
Oh, you pinks and posies
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
It’s growl you may, but go you must,
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
If you growl too much your head they’ll bust
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
Oh, you pinks and posies
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
Just one more pull and that will do
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
For we’re the boys to kick her through
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
Oh, you pinks and posies
Go down, you blood red roses, Go down
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.
