Song | The Annie B. |
Artist | Paddy Goes to Holyhead |
Album | Ready for Paddy? |
Come all you jolly sailor lads that ne′er went out to sea | |
Of a ship that called the Annie B. I will sing in praise to thee | |
She was a famous one-mast-ship, the pride of Sydney-Quay | |
She carried a crew of a 102 a dog named Billy and me | |
[chorus:] | |
Hey hey ho and the winds do blow | |
did I tell you girl I love you so? | |
Hey hey ho I want you to know | |
when I hear the whistle blow I have to go | |
The skipper was an Irishman he hailed from West-Belfast | |
And a dutchman was the sailor called the man behind the mast | |
The navigator was a bum, his nose was red as tart | |
Out mate was a small Russian guy, knew every pub on the chart | |
[chorus] | |
A prisoner was our cook before we sailed away | |
He always served the whiskey pure 3 times and more a day | |
The morning we left Sydney-Town our ship ran short of wind | |
We had to get right out of the wet and eve′ryone shove behind | |
[chorus] | |
When going around the Silver-Reef a terrible storm now blew | |
We tightened her sails with a horses reign and steered for Timbuktoo | |
But out cargo shifted, "We′re done!" cried Captain Lee | |
And a 102 sailors Billy and me jumped into the deep blue sea | |
[chorus] |
Come all you jolly sailor lads that ne er went out to sea | |
Of a ship that called the Annie B. I will sing in praise to thee | |
She was a famous onemastship, the pride of SydneyQuay | |
She carried a crew of a 102 a dog named Billy and me | |
chorus: | |
Hey hey ho and the winds do blow | |
did I tell you girl I love you so? | |
Hey hey ho I want you to know | |
when I hear the whistle blow I have to go | |
The skipper was an Irishman he hailed from WestBelfast | |
And a dutchman was the sailor called the man behind the mast | |
The navigator was a bum, his nose was red as tart | |
Out mate was a small Russian guy, knew every pub on the chart | |
chorus | |
A prisoner was our cook before we sailed away | |
He always served the whiskey pure 3 times and more a day | |
The morning we left SydneyTown our ship ran short of wind | |
We had to get right out of the wet and eve ryone shove behind | |
chorus | |
When going around the SilverReef a terrible storm now blew | |
We tightened her sails with a horses reign and steered for Timbuktoo | |
But out cargo shifted, " We re done!" cried Captain Lee | |
And a 102 sailors Billy and me jumped into the deep blue sea | |
chorus |