Sea Shanties

BLOW THE MAN DOWN

As I was a-rolling down Paradise Street
  Whey-hey, blow the man down!
A flash looking packet I chance for to meet.
  O, give me some time to blow the man down.

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And it's blow the man down bullies, Blow the man down
  Whey-hey, blow the man down!
Blow him right back into Liverpool Town
  O, give me some time to blow the man down.

She was round in the counter and bluff in the bow,
  Whey-hey, blow the man down!
So I say to her "Maggie, way enough now"!
  O, give me some time to blow the man down.

She was bowling along with the wind blowing free,
  Whey-hey, blow the man down!
She clew'd up her courses and waited for me
  O, give me some time to blow the man down.

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Of the port that she hailed from, I cannot say much,
  Whey-hey, blow the man down!
But from her appearance, I took her for Dutch.
  O, give me some time to blow the man down.

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I hailed her in English, she answered me clear,
  Whey-hey, blow the man down!
"I'm from the Black Arrow, bound for the Shakespear".
  O, give me some time to blow the man down.

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Well, I tipped her me flipper and took her in tow,
  Whey-hey, blow the man down!
And yardarm to yardarm away we did go.
  O, give me some time to blow the man down.

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O' I packed up my sea-chest and sailed the next day,
  Whey-hey, blow the man down!
For on that flash packet I'd spent all my pay.
  O, give me some time to blow the man down.

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She was round in the counter and bluff in the bow,
  Whey-hey, blow the man down!
So I say to her "Maggie, way enough now"!
  O, give me some time to blow the man down.

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