Shanty a Day #381

Welcome to Shanty-a-Day #381! We're the Harris Siblings and we love sea shanties - sing along from home with us and learn a new shanty every day while we're all stuck at home!

Donkey Riding

Was you ever in Quebec
Launching timber on the deck
Where ye break yer bleedin' neck
Riding on a donkey

Way hey and away we go
Donkey riding, donkey riding
Way hey and away we go
Riding on a donkey

Was you ever in Timbuktu
Where the girls wear black and blue?
Where they waggle their bustles, too
Riding on a donkey

Was you ever in Vallipo
Where them girls put on a show
Waggle and wiggle with a roll and go
Riding on a donkey

Was you ever down Mobile Bay
Screwin' cotton all the day?,
A dollar a day is a rich man's pay
Riding on a donkey

Was you ever in London Town
Where them girls, they do come down
To see a king in a golden crown
Riding on a donkey

Was you ever in Mirramashee
Where you’s tied up to a tree,
Where the ‘skeeters do bite me
Riding on a donkey

Wuz ye ever on the Broomielaw
Where them Yanks is all the go,
Where the girls dance heel an' toe
Ridin' on a donkey

Was you ever down ‘Frisco Bay
Where the folks all shout, "Hooray!"?
"Here comes Johnny with his three years’ pay
Riding on a donkey!"

Was you ever off Cape Horn
Where your backside’s never warm
And you wish to Hell you’d never been born
Riding on a donkey


Here's a great recording from Assassin's Creed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrP0_XlY104&fbclid=IwAR2kX0aR6jKWwO_UFAnD9bFKNm44-qVSVlsUN_6UqyeZEFkuC9AumMpgXWE

Find out about Black Artists' contributions to the sea shanty art form: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYk_RGCeOa1y53aXNPExqMoBOFdxA5t8H

Find out ways you can educate yourself and help the AAIP community: https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/?fbclid=IwAR3-IfZxPgYoWmvAZREPPGeEHa0L08Pw1_bMu3W9MNkfpreglesOJn-NzBk

https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-to-help-asian-communities-2021.html?fbclid=IwAR39_UxS_eI-5oTLQUPGY2fGwnextPmys58VXxeqS8wCEQETzgzW3y-6Ois

Register for the Duck Pond Sailors’ event:
https://www.chichester.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/remembering-the-sad-execution-of-sussexs-oap-highwayman-3179501?fbclid=IwAR2XE8QlI9CWK9pQeyTiyxRqA-Q6A7_K8xEc0vUn1xnjOzq0aGfagipBLwk

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