Shanty a Day #385

Welcome to Shanty-a-Day #385! 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!

The Bosun’s Alphabet

A’s for the anchor that swings at our bow,
B for the bowsprit through the wild seas do plough.
C for the capstan we merrily around,
D are the davits we lower our boats down.

Sing merrily, cheerily, so merry sail we,
No mortal on earth like a sailor at sea.
Heave away, haul away, the ship rolls along,
Give a sailor his grog and there's nothing goes wrong.

Now E for the ensign that flies at our peak,
F is for the fo'c'sle where the good sailors sleep.
G for the galley where the cooks hop around,
H are the halyards we haul up and down.

Now I is the iron the ship is made of,
J for the jib which moves her along.
K is the keel at the boom of the ship,
L is the lanyards that never do slip.

M for the mainmast so stout and so strong,
N for the needle that never points wrong,
O for the oars in our jolly-boat,
P for the pumps that keeps us afloat.

Q for the quarter, the capstan we box,
R for the rudder keeps us from the rocks,
S for the stuns'ls to make up some time,
T for the tops'l where the topmen they climb.

U is for uniform, only wore aft,
V for the vangs running from the main gaff,
W for the wheel at which we spend time,
The last three letters they won't fit in rhyme.


Here's a great recording from Johnny Collins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByA0uO8uS9w

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

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Register for the Duck Pond Sailors’ event:
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