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Blow Ye Winds in the Morning (II)
Blow Ye Winds in the Morning (II)
Blow Ye Winds in the Morning (II)
It's advertised in Boston, New York and Buffalo
A hundred brave Americans, a-sailing for to go.
cho:
And blow ye winds in the morning
Blow ye winds hi oh
It's clear away the running gear
and blow boys blow.
A hundred brave Americans? My God! That is a laugh,
For all of you in the NMU could never sail a raft.
cho:
You call yourselves seamen but I say that is a lie
'Cause greedy little men like you could never qualify,
cho:
In Lunenberg in Canada they build great wooden ships,
And boatswains play guitars instead of cat o' nine tail whips,
cho:
Instead of diesel engines we've got sails and running gear;
The work is hard, but then we don't pollute the atmosphere.
cho:
Now here we are on deck again, now what do you think of that?
And all of you in the NMU can go s*** in your hat!
cho:
(This version was sung on the HMS Rose in Lunenberg, Nova Scotia,
in the spring of 1971. It was a response to an organizing drive
by the NMU)
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