Sea Shanty Lyrics

I had a first cousin called Arthur McBride He and I took a stroll down by the sea side A seeking good fortune and what might betide 'Twas just as the day was a dawning After re...Read Full Lyrics

Once I was a waiting man who lived at home at ease Now I am a mariner that ploughs the stormy seas I always loved seafaring life I bid my love adieu I shipped as steward and cook m...Read Full Lyrics

As I roved out on a bright May morning To view the meadows and flowers gay Whom should I spy but my own true lover As she sat under yon willow tree I took off my hat and I di...Read Full Lyrics

Ce/ he/ siu/d thi/os ata/ ag leagadh na gclathacha?(3) 'Mise me/ fe/in,' a deir Cu/nla Curfa: Chu/nla chaoin na/ tara ni/os giorra dhom(3) 'Maise mur' dtaga,' a deir Cu/nla ...Read Full Lyrics

It bein' on a monday morning, it bein' our pay day We met Sergeant Jenkins at our goin' away He says to Pat Reilly "You are a handsome young man Will you come to John Kelly's where...Read Full Lyrics

I met my girl at Woolwich Pier Beneath the big cranes standing And oh, the love I felt for her It passed all understanding Took her sailing on the river Flow sweet river, flow Lon...Read Full Lyrics

You brave Irish heroes where'er you may be I pray, stand a moment and listen to me Your sons and fair daughters are all going away And thousands are sailing to Americay So good lu...Read Full Lyrics

T'was on one bright March morning I bid New Orleans adieu And I took the rode to Jackson town, me fortune to renew I cursed all foreign money, no credit could I gain Which fi...Read Full Lyrics

A gentleman was passing by He asked for a drink as he got dry At the well below below the valley o Green grows the lily o Right among the bushes o Me cup is full up to the brim If...Read Full Lyrics

Lonely, the life that I once led. Strange the paths on which we tread Led me to you, unlikely but true. Sabra girl, clouding my view. Rainy, the day the first time we met. Deep...Read Full Lyrics