Music Of The Waters - online book
Sailors' Chanties, Songs Of The Sea, Boatmen's, Fishermen's,
Rowing Songs,
& Water Legends with lyrics & sheet music
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One of the best and jolliest quick-time songs, and certainly one of the most well-known, is " Blow the Man Down." It is very tuneful, and though, perhaps, the words are scarcely to be admired, still it is a genuine chanty, and has a verve and vigour about it that speak of its value as an incentive to the labour of hoisting the topsail-yards or any other hauling work :— |
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Solo.—As I was a-walking down Winchester Street— Heigh-ho, blow the man down ; A pretty young girl I happened to meet, Oh, give me some time to blow the man down. Chorus—So we'll blow the man up, and we'll blow the man down, Heigh-ho, blow the man down. |
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