Sailing Sailing
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
Ya heave ho my lads
The wind blows free
A pleasant gale
Is on our lee
And soon across
The ocean clear
Our gallant barque
Shall bravely steer
But ere we part from
Freedom's shore tonight
A song we'll sing from
Home and beauty bright
Then here's to the sailor
And here's to the soldier too
Hearts will beat for him
Upon the waters blue
Sailing, sailing,
Over the bounding Main
For many a stormy wind shall blow
Ere Jack comes home again
Sailing sailing
Over the bounding Main
For many a stormy wind shall blow
Ere Jack comes home again
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.
