Serafina
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
In Callao there lives a gal whose name is -
Serafina Serafina Serafina
She sleeps all day and works all night on the old Callao Marina -
Serafina Oh, Serafina
She's the queen, me boys, of all the gals that live in the ole' Casino -
Serafina! Serafina!
She used to kiss for monkey nuts but now she works for vino -
Serafina Oh, Serafina
At robbing silly sailors, boys, No gal was ever keener -
Serafina Serafina
She'll make you pay right through the nose, that lovely -
Serafina Serafina Oh, Serafina
She'll guzzle pisco, beer and gin, on rum her mum did wean her -
Serafina Serafina
She smokes just like a chimney stack on a P.S.N.C steamer -
Serafina Oh, Serafina
Serafina's got no shoes I been ashore and seen her
Serafina! Serafina!
She's got no time to put them on that hard-worked -
Serafina. Serafina Oh, Serafina
When I was young and in me prime, I first met -
Serafina Serafina Serafina
In Callao we saw the sights and then went up to Lima -
Serafina Oh, Serafina
But the finest sight I ever saw was little -
Serafina, Serafina Serafina
But the very next day as we sailed away, I wished I'd never been there -
Serafina Oh, Serafina
For I was skint, me clothes was gone, and so was
Serafina - Serafina! Serafina!
She'd done me brown, she'd sunk me down, that dirty she-hyena -
Serafina Oh, Serafina
I used to love a little girl whose name was -
Serafina Serafina Serafina
ut she's gone off with a Dago man who plays a concertina. -
Serafina Oh, Serafina
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.
