Nancy Lee
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
Of all the wives as e'er you know
Yeo-ho lads ho Yeo-ho Yeo-ho
There's none like Nancy Lee I trow
Yeo-ho Yeo-ho Yeo-ho
See there she stands and waves her hands
Upon the quay and every day
When I'm away she'll watch for me
And whisper low when tempests blow
For Jack at sea Yeo-ho lads ho! Yeo-ho
CHORUS after each verse
The sailor's wife the sailor's star shall be
Yeo-ho we go across the sea
The sailor's wife the sailor's star shall be
The sailor's wife his star shall be
The harbor's past the breezes blow
Yeo-ho lads ho Yeo-ho! Yeo-ho
'Tis long ere we come back I know
Yeo-ho Yeo-ho Yeo-ho
But true and bright from morn till night
My home will be and all so neat
And snug and sweet for Jack at sea
And Nancy's face to bless the place
And welcome me Yeo-ho lads ho Yeo-ho
The bosun pipes the watch below
Yeo-ho! lads ho Yeo-ho Yeo-ho
Then here's a health afore we go
Yeo-ho Yeo-ho Yeo-ho
A long, long life to my sweet wife
And mates at sea and keep our bones
From Davy Jones where-e'er we be
And may you meet a mate as sweet
As Nancy Lee Yeo-ho lads ho Yeo-ho
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.
