The Fish of The Sea
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
Come all you young sailormen, listen to me
I'll sing you a song of the fish in the sea, and it's...
CHORUS
Windy weather boys, stormy weather, boys
When the wind blows we're all together, boys
Blow ye winds westerly, blow ye winds, blow
Jolly sou'wester, boys, steady she goes.
Up jumps the eel with his slippery tail,
Climbs up aloft and reefs the topsail, and it's...
CHORUS
Then up jumps the shark with his nine rows of teeth
Saying, 'You eat the dough boys, and I'll eat the beef!' and it's...
CHORUS
Up jumps the lobster with his heavy claws,
Bites the main boom right off by the jaws! and it's..
CHORUS
Up jumps the halibut, lies flat on the deck
He says, 'Mister Captain, don't step on my neck' and it's...
CHORUS
Up jumps the herring, the king of the sea,
Saying, 'All other fishes, now you follow me!' and it's...
CHORUS
Up jumps the codfish with his chuckle-head,
He runs out up forward and throws out the lead! and it's...
CHORUS
Up jumps the whale... the largest of all,
'If you want any wind, well, I'll blow ye a squall!' and it's...
CHORUS TWICE TO END IT
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.
