COLLECTED FROM GEORGE PATTISON
BLOW THE MAN DOWNHauling I'm a flying-fish sailor, to Hong Kong I'm bound, Blow the old man,bullies, We sailed away on a fine summer's day, Soon we will be in the Roaring Forty. For we are bound for Botany Bay. There'll be plenty of girls, we'll have a, good pay. No more on the sea, but on shore will I stay. If you give me some whiskey I'll give you a song. Blow the "old man" bullies, blow the "old man". We sailed away on a fine summer's day. For we are bound for Botany Bay. And I will be walking down Paradise Street. And a tight little packet I'll chance for to meet. There'll be plenty of girls so we'll have a good day. No more onthe sea, but on shore will I stay. This version of what Hugill describes as ‘the classic tops’l-halyard shanty of the Western Packet Rats’ is very different from the text in ‘Shanties & Sailors’ Songs’ and includes a local reference to Botany Bay. |
MARITIME
THE CLIVE CAREY SHANTY COLLECTION
FROM GEORGE PATTINSON
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