Around Cape Horn
Traditional: Long Drag Shanty
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
Around Cape Horn we've got to go
To me way, hay, o-hio!
Around Cape Horn to Calle-a-o
A long time ago!
Round Cape Horn where the stiff winds blow,
To me way, hay, o-hio!
Round Cape Horn where there's sleet and snow
A long time ago!
I wish to God I'd never been born
To me way, hay, o-hio!
To drag my carcass around Cape Horn
A long time ago!
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.
