The Holy Ground
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com - You can buy a download and hear it in full in just a few moments. This song is by Roger Chartier on the Sailor Songs CD - at the Sea Shanty Store
Adieu my fair young maidens, A thousand times adieu
We must bid good-bye To the holy ground,
The place that we love true
We will sail the salt seas over, And return again for sure
To seek the girls that wait for us, In the holy ground once more
"FINE GIRL YOU ARE"
You’re the girl the girl that I do a - do - re, and
Still I live in hope to see
The holy ground once more
(Shout) "FINE GIRL YOU ARE"
We’re on the salt sea sailing, And you are safe behind
Fond letters I will write to you, The secrets of my mind
Fond letters I will write to you The girl I do a – do – re
And still I live in hope to see
The holy ground once more
(Shout)…. "FINE GIRL YOU ARE - ".…CHORUS
I see a storm a rising, I can see it coming soon
For the night is dark and dreary, You can scarcely see the moon
And the good ship she is tossing about , And her rigging is all to - re
But still I live in hope to see
The holy ground once more
(Shout)……"FINE GIRL YOU ARE - "……CHORUS
And now the storm is over, and we are safe on shore
And we’ll drink to health and the holy ground and the girls we do adore
We will drink strong ale and porter, and make the taprooms ro – ar
And when our money is all spent we’ll go to sea for more
(Shout) FINE GIRL YOU ARE………..CHORUS
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.
