The Banks of The Sacramento
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
Sing and heave and heave and sing To me hoodah, To my hoodah
Heave and make the handspikes spring
To me hoodah hoodah day
And it's blow boys blow for Califor - ni - o
For there's plenty of gold , so I've been told
On the banks of the Sacremento
From Limehouse Docks to Sydney Heads
To me hoodah, To my hoodah
Was never more than seventy days
To me hoodah hoodah day
We cracked it on a big skiute
To me hoodah, To my hoodah
And the old man felt like a swell galoot
To me hoodah hoodah day
And it's blow boys blow for Califor - ni - o
For there's plenty of gold , so I've been told
On the banks of the Sacremento
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.
