Stormy Weather Boys
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
We're laying in Surrey Dock one day
When the mate told us to get under way
CHORUS after each verse:
Stormy weather boys stormy weather boys
When the wind blows our barge will go
He's homeward bound but he's out of luck
Cause the skipper's half drunk in the Dog and Duck
Then the skipper came aboard with a girl on his arm
He's going to give up barging and take a farm
So the mate ran forward and the cook fell in the dock
And the skipper caught his knickers in the mainsheet block
We shored her off and away did go
But the skipper's got a bottle of beer below
She fills away and she sails like heck
But there ain't no bargemen up on deck
Then up comes a mermaid covered in mud
So we took her down in the fo'csle and had a good time
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.
