Roll The Old Chariot Along
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
Oh a drop of Nelson's blood wouldn't do us any harm
Oh a drop of Nelson's blood wouldn't do us any harm
Oh, a drop of Nelson's blood wouldn't do us any harm
And we'll all hang on behind
CHORUS after each verse
So we'll roll the old chariot along and we'll roll the golden chariot along
So we'll roll the old chariot along and we'll all hang on behind
Oh a plate of Irish stew wouldn't do us any harm
Oh a plate of Irish stew wouldn't do us any harm
Oh a plate of Irish stew wouldn't do us any harm
And we'll all hang on behind
Oh a nice fat cook wouldn't do us any harm
Oh a nice fat cook wouldn't do us any harm
Oh a nice fat cook wouldn't do us any harm
And we'll all hang on behind
Oh a roll in the clover wouldn't do us any harm
Oh a roll in the clover wouldn't do us any harm
Oh a roll in the clover wouldn't do us any harm
And we'll all hang on behind
Oh a long spell in jail wouldn't do us any harm
Oh a long spell in jail wouldn't do us any harm
Oh a long spell in jail wouldn't do us any harm
And we'll all hang on behind
Oh a nice watch below wouldn't do us any harm
Oh a nice watch below wouldn't do us any harm
Oh a nice watch below wouldn't do us any harm
And we'll all hang on behind
Oh a night with the gals wouldn't do us any harm
Oh a night with the gals wouldn't do us any harm
Oh a night with the gals wouldn't do us any harm
And we'll all hang on behind
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.
