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The Banks of The Sacramento

Traditional:

courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com

Sing and heave and heave and sing To me hoodah,  To my hoodah



Heave and make the handspikes spring

To me hoodah hoodah day

And it's blow boys blow for Califor - ni - o

For there's plenty of gold , so I've been told


On the banks of the Sacremento

 
From Limehouse Docks to Sydney Heads

To me hoodah,  To my hoodah

Was never more than seventy days

To me hoodah hoodah day

 
We cracked it on a big skiute

To me hoodah,  To my hoodah

And the old man felt like a swell galoot

To me hoodah hoodah day

And it's blow boys blow for Califor - ni - o

 For there's plenty of gold , so I've been told


On the banks of the Sacremento   



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.