Cheerly Man
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
Oh Sally Racket hi-ho cheerly man,
pawned me best jacket hiho cheerly man
and sold me ticket hi-ho,
cheerly man oh haulee hi-ho cheerly man
Oh Nancy Dawson hi-ho cheerly man
she’s got a notion hi-hi cheerly man
for our old bosun hi-ho
cheerly man oh haulee hi-ho cheerly man.
Oh Betsy Baker hi-ho cheerly man
lived in long acre hi-ho cheerly man
married a quaker hi-ho
cheerly man oh haulee hi-ho cheerly man
Oh Kitty Carson hi-ho cheerly man
jilted the parson hi-hi cheerly man
married a mason hi-ho
cheerly man oh haulee hi-ho cheerly man.
Avast there avast hi-ho cheerly man
make the fall fast hi-hi cheerly man
make it well fast hi-ho
cheerly man oh haulee hi-ho cheerly man
Oh Nancy Riddle hi-ho cheerly man
she broke her fiddle hi-hi cheerly man
just in the middle hi-ho
cheerly man oh haulee hi-ho cheerly man
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.
