Lustily
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com - Year 1576
All things we have ready and nothing we want
To furnish our ship that rideth hereby
Victuals and weapons they be nothing scant
Like worthy mariners ourselves we will try
Her flags be new trimmed, set slanting aloft
Our ship for swift swimming, oh she doth excel
We fear no enemies, we have escaped them oft
Of all things that swimmeth she beareth the bell
And here is a master excelleth in skill
And our master's mate he is not to seek
And here is a boatswain will do his good will
And here is a ship boy we never had his like
If fortune then fail not, and our next voyage prove
We will return merrily and make good cheer
And hold all together as friends linked in love
The cans shall be filled with wine, ale and beer
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.
