Let The Bulgine Run
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
NOTE: A "bulgine is a train engine"
Oh The smartest packet ye can find
Ah Hey Ah Ho! Are you most done
Is the Old Wildcat of the Swallowtail Line
So clear away the track and let the bulgine run
CHORUS sung after each verse
To m-jig, in a jaunting car
Ah Hey Ah Ho Are you most done e-Rig-a
With Eliza Lee all on my knee
So clear away the track and let the bulgine run
O the Old Wildcat of the Swallowtail Line -
Ah Hey Ah Ho Are you most done
She's never a day behind her time -
So clear away the track and let the bulgine run
O we're outward bound for New York Town -
Ah Hey Ah Ho Are you most done
Them bowery gals we'll waltz around -
So clear away the track and let the bulgine run
When we've stowed our freight at the West Street Pier -
Ah Hey Ah Ho Are you most done
It's home to Liverpool then we'll steer -
So clear away the track and let the bulgine run
O them bowery gals will give us fun -
Ah Hey Ah Ho Are you most done
Chatham Street dives is home from home -
So clear away the track and let the bulgine run
When we all gets back to Liverpool town
Ah Hey Ah Ho Are you most done
I'll stand ye whiskies all around -
So clear away the track and let the bulgine run
O heave a pawl- O bear a hand -
Ah Hey Ah Ho Are you most done
Just one more pull and make her stand -
So clear away the track and let the bulgine run
O when I gets home across the sea -
Ah Hey Ah Ho re you most done
Eliza will you marry me -
So clear away the track and let the bulgine run
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.
