Lyrics
Songs Currently in Our Repertoire
| SONG NAME | SOURCE | LYRICS | CD |
|---|---|---|---|
| All For Me Grog | Traditional | LYRICS |  |
| A Rovin' (Amsterdam Maid) | Traditional | LYRICS |  |
| Away Rio | Traditional | LYRICS |  |
| Barbershop Shanty | Jon Krivitzky | LYRICS |  |
| Bimini | W. Olafson, M. McIntyre | LYRICS | |
| Blow, Boys, Blow | Traditional | LYRICS |  |
| Blow, Liza, Blow | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Blow the Man Down | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Blow the Wind Southerly | John Stobbs | LYRICS | |
| Bristol Girls | Adapted from Traditional, Dean Calin | LYRICS | |
| Bully in the Alley | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Cadgewith Anthem | Adapted from Traditional, Christie Dalby & Gina Dalby | LYRICS | |
| Call of the Sea | Dean Calin | LYRICS | |
| Cape Cod Girls | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| A Capital Ship | Charles Edward Carryl | LYRICS | |
| Day of the Clipper | Steve Romanoff | LYRICS | |
| Derelict | Young E. Alison; music by Mark Stahl | LYRICS | |
| Dogger Bank | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| The Dreadnought | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Drunken Sailor | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Erie Canal | Thomas S. Allen | LYRICS | |
| A Fantasia on "Fareweel Tae Tarwathie" | Adapted from Traditional, Jon Krivitzky | LYRICS | |
| Fiddler's Green | John Connolly | LYRICS | |
| Fire Marengo | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Golden Vanity | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Green Eyed Girl | David Yondorf | LYRICS | |
| Haul Away Joe | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Health to the Company | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Heave Away Cheerily-O | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Herzogin Cecile | Ken Stephens | LYRICS | |
| Hieland Laddie | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| High Barbaree | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| The Irish Rover | J. M. Crofts | LYRICS | |
| Johnny Come Down to Hilo | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Leave Her, Johnny | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Leaving of Liverpool | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Le Capitaine de San Malo | French Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Little Boy Billy | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| (Sam's Gone Away) Man o' War | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Marching Inland | Tom Lewis | LYRICS | |
| The Mermaid | Traditional, with new lyrics by Bounding Main | LYRICS | |
| Mingulay Boat Song | Hugh S. Roberton | LYRICS | |
| Morning Glory | Doug Flett and Guy Fletcher | LYRICS | |
| My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Night Watchman's Lament | Maggie Hannington | LYRICS | |
| Northwest Passage | Stan Rogers | LYRICS | |
| The Old Dun Cow | Alfred J. Walden | LYRICS | |
| Ocean Liner | Barry Skipsey | LYRICS | |
| Old Maui (Rollin' Down to,) | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| One More Pull | Ken Stephens & Ian Woods | LYRICS | |
| Paddy Lay Back | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Pass the Mug | Christie Dalby & Gina Dalby | LYRICS | |
| Pay Me You Owe Me | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Pull Down Below | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Pump Shanty | Tony Goodenough | LYRICS | |
| Randy Dandy O | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Roll Call | Gina Dalby | LYRICS | |
| Rolling Up, Rolling Down | Jack Forbes | LYRICS | |
| A Sailor's Prayer | Rod MacDonald | LYRICS | |
| Sailor's Prayer | Tom Lewis | LYRICS | |
| Saltpeter Shanty | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Santiano | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| The Ship that Never Returned | Henry Clay Work | LYRICS | |
| Sloop John B | Traditional, addt'l by Gina Dalby | LYRICS | |
| South Australia | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Spanish Ladies | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Strike the Bell | Traditional | LYRICS | |
| Sugar in the Hold | Traditional, addt'l by Gina Dalby | LYRICS | |
| To Ireland We'll Go | Maggie Hannington | LYRICS | |
| Toss & Roll | David Yondorf | LYRICS | |
| Tow Rope Girls | C. Fox Smith, arranged by William Pint | LYRICS | |
| When He is Away | Robert Warwick | LYRICS | |
| When the Ship Hit the Sand | Larry Kingston, Bounding Main | LYRICS | |
Other Songs of Interest
| SONG NAME | SOURCE | LYRICS |
|---|---|---|
| Auld Lang Syne | Scottish Traditional | LYRICS |
| Banks of Newfoundland | Francis Forbes | LYRICS |
| Barley Mow | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Barrett's Privateers | Stan Rogers | LYRICS |
| Bold Riley | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Bonnie Ship the Diamond | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Clear the Track, Let the Bulgine Run | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Don't Forget My Old Shipmates | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Essequibo River | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Farewell Shanty | Collected by Alan Molyneux and/or Mervyn Vincent | LYRICS |
| Fathom the Bowl | Traditional | LYRICS |
| The Female Smuggler | Traditional | LYRICS |
| The Gals of Dublin Town | Traditional | LYRICS |
| General Taylor (Stormy) | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Get up Jack, John Sit Down | Ed Harrigan and David Braham | LYRICS |
| Goodbye, Fare You Well | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Handsome Cabin Boy | Traditional (Credited to Jeannie Robertson) | LYRICS |
| Hanging Johnny | Adapted from Traditional, Dean Calin | LYRICS |
| Haul, Boys, Haul | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Holy Ground | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor | Traditional | LYRICS |
| John Barleycorn | Traditional | LYRICS |
| John Kanaka | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Johnnie Jump Up | Tadhg Jordan | LYRICS |
| The Keeper of the Eddystone Light | Charles Wingate | LYRICS |
| Lord Franklin | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Mister Stormalong | Traditional | LYRICS |
| New York Girls | Traditional | LYRICS |
| One More Day | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Parting Glass | Irish Traditional | LYRICS |
| Pique la Baleine | French Traditional | LYRICS |
| Reuben Ranzo | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Ring the Bell, Watchman | Henry Clay Work | LYRICS |
| Rise Me Up From Down Below | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Roll Down | Peter Bellamy | LYRICS |
| Roll the Old Chariot | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Roll the Woodpile Down | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Rosebud in June | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Round the Corner, Sally | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Run, Come, See | Blind Blake (Blake Alphonso Higgs) | LYRICS |
| Sailing, Sailing (Over the Bounding Main) | Godfrey Marks | LYRICS |
| Shenandoah | Traditional | LYRICS |
| Three Jolly | Traditional | LYRICS |
| We be | Thomas Ravenscroft | LYRICS |
| Whiskey Johnny | Traditional | LYRICS |
| The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald | Gordon Lightfoot | LYRICS |
| The Wreck of the Nancy Lee | Arthur LeClerc | LYRICS |
| Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) | Atencio & Bruns | LYRICS |
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