White Horses Lyrics Reviews | Song Information and Liner Notes   Cape Cod Girls Davy Lowston Jack the Jolly Tar Twiddles Bring 'em Down One More Day Johnny Todd Pique la Baleine White Horses (are calling me) Across the Western Ocean Leave Her Johnny The Sea Cape Cod Girls Cape Cod girls don't use no combs;, Haul away, boys, haul away. They comb their hair with cod fish bones. Bound away for Australia! So heave her up my bully boys. Haul away, boys, haul away. Heave her up, don't you make a noise Bound away for Australia! Cape Cod kids they've got no sleds, They slide down hills on cod fish heads. Cape Cod ladies don't need no frills, They're pretty and light as codfish gills. I Made my way all around the world Just to raise my glass to the Cape Cod girls top of page Davy Lowston Me name was Davy Lowston, I did seal, I did seal Me name was Davy Lowston, I did seal Though me men and I were lost, though our very lives it cost, We did seal, Our captain John McGraw, he did seal, he did seal Oh, yes, for old Port Stanley, he set sail "I'll return, men, without fail", but he foundered in the gale, And went down. We were set down in open bay we were set down, were set down Set down in open bay, we were set down We were lost, my gallant men, nevermore to sail again, Nevermore. So come all you lads who venture far from home far from home So come all you lads who venture far from home Where the icebergs tower high, That's a pitiful place to die, Never seal. Me name was Davy Lowston, I did seal, I did seal Me name was Davy Lowston, I did seal Though me men and I were lost, We did seal. top of page Jack the Jolly Tar I am Jack and a Jolly Tar-oh I've lately come from the sea so far-oh Oh I am Jack and a Jolly Tar Lately come from the sea so far Fa la-la do, fal la-la der-oh Right fa la-la do As I came out of London city I found myself all in great pity For I heard em say as I pass by This night poor Jack in the streets must lie Fa la-la do, fal la-la der-oh Right fa la-la do A squire courted for his fancy A merchant's daughter whose name was Nancy And I heard em again as I pass by This night they together for to lie Fa la-la do, fal la-la der-oh Right fa la-la do (now he says) "You tie a bit of string all around your finger And let it dangle out of the window And I'll come by and I'll pull that string And you'll come down and you'll let me in" Fa la-la do, fal la-la der-oh Right fa la-la do "Damn me" says Jack "if I don't venture To pull that string hanging from her window" So Jack come by and he pulled that string And she's come down and she let him in Fa la-la do, fal la-la der-oh Right fa la-la do Next morning when this maid awakened She seemed like one who was much forsaken For there was Jack in his old shirt Covered all over in with tar and dirt Fa la-la do, fal la-la der-oh Right fa la-la do Says she "Now Jack how came you here oh? You've robbed me of my squire I fear-oh." "Oh no, says Jack, I just pulled the string and you came down and you let me in." Fa la-la do, fal la-la der-oh Right fa la-la do Then the squire came by all in a passion Saying "Curse all women throughout this nation. For there is not one that will prove true And if there is well there's very few." Fa la-la do, fal la-la der-oh Right fa la-la do (She says) "Well if this be so then it makes no matter For Jack is the lad I will follow after For I do love Jack as I love me life And I do intend to become Jack's wife." Fa la-la do, fal la-la der-oh Right fa la-la do top of page Twiddles Janie Meneely When the boats all get to sailing and the men are off and gone What about the women who are up and left alone? Do you think they sit and twiddle thumbs until their men come home? Oh there's other things to twiddle when a girl's left on her own. Oh, it's twiddley ai dee ai dee o, twiddley ai dee ay Well it's lots of times a man will leave you broken with dismay Oh, it's twiddley ai dee ai dee o, twiddley ai dee ay There's others willin' to twiddle when your man is gone away I remember Nelly, she was young and she was gay. She won the heart of Captain Dan but then he sailed away. He left her high and dry with just a kiss upon the chin But as his ship went sailing out another ship sailed in. And then there was Lucinda Brown as fair as any maid. Her true love he went a voyaging, a sailor man by trade. "Keep the fire burning, love," those were the words he spoke. So she found herself another man to keep the fire stoked. When Lucinda.s man came back and knocked upon her door She was as glad to see him as she'd ever been before. He left her sleeping in her bed but Lucy didn't care 'Course the poor guy in the closet sure could use a little air. Oh you hear a lot of stories 'bout the sailors and their sport. About how every sailor has a girl in every port. But if you'd added two and two you'd figure out right quick That it's just because the lassies have a lad on every ship. Oh, it's twiddley ai dee ai dee o, twiddley ai dee ay Well it's lots of times a man will leave you broken with dismay Oh, it's twiddley ai dee ai dee o, twiddley ai dee ay There's others willin' to twiddle when your man is gone away Oh, it's twiddley ai dee ai dee o, twiddley ai dee ay Well it's lots of times a man will leave you broken with dismay Oh, it's twiddley ai dee ai dee o, twiddley ai dee ay There's other Willie's willin' to twiddle when your Willie's gone away. top of page Bring ’Em Down traditional In Liverpool I was born London is my home from home Learned my trade on the Blackball Line They’re never a day behind their time It’s around Cape Stiff we go Fightin’ on through the ice and snow Along the coast to Valipo’ Northward to Callio Bring ’em Down Callio girls I do adore They’ll take it all and ask for more Callio girls with their long black hair They’ll rob you blind and strip you bare When I was young and in my prime I’d take them flash girls two at a time Now I’m old and turning grey And rum’s my sweetheart every day Bring ’em Down We’re in Desolation Bay Hangin’ around from day to day Blow you winds long may you blow Rise up y’ bugger and let us go All the way to Liverpool Spend my money like a bloody fool Spend my money in a week on shore Then go to sea and grab for more Bring ’em Down I’m Liverpool born and bred Thick in the arm, boys and thick in the head Rock and roll me over boys Let’s get this damn job over boys Bring ’em Down top of page One More Day One more day, Johnny, one more day (one more day - Johnny one more day) One more day - Johnny one more day (one more day - Johnny one more day) Can't you hear the wind a-howlin' Johnny? One more day Can't you hear the mate a growlin' Johnny? One more day Can't you hear the pilot bawlin' Johnny? There's an end to all your haulin'. Can't you hear the capstan pawlin' Johnny? One more day Don't you hear the girls a- callin' Johnny? One more day Only one more day - Johnny one more day oh rock 'n' roll me over - one more day So put on your long tail blues Johnny One more day Oh your pay day's nearly due Johnny One more day Only one more day - Johnny one more day oh rock 'n' roll me over - one more day We're homeward bound today Johnny One more day Make your port and take your pay Johnny One more day Only one more day - Johnny one more day oh rock 'n' roll me over - one more day Only one more day - Johnny one more day oh rock 'n' roll me over - one more day One more day my Johnny, one more day top of page Johnny Todd Johnny Todd he took a notion For to sail the ocean wide And he left his love behind him Walking by the Liverpool tide Seven weeks she wept in sorrow Tore her hair and wrung her hands Until she met a kindly sailor Walking by the Liverpool strand "Pretty maid, why are you weeping For your Johnny gone to sea? If you wed with me tomorrow I will kind and constant be". "I will buy you sheets and blankets I'll buy you a wedding ring You shall have a golden cradle For to rock your baby in". All you lads who go a sailing For to fight the foreign foe Do not leave your love like Johnny Marry her before you go. Johnny Todd came home from sailing Sailing on the ocean wide And the love he left behind him Was another sailor's bride top of page  Pique la Baleine Pour retrouver ma douce amie, Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la, la! Pour retrouver ma douce amie, Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la, la! Pour retrouver ma douce amie, Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la, la! Pour retrouver ma douce amie, Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la la! Pique la baleine, joli baleinier, Pique la baleine, je veux naviguer 2x Aux mille mers j.ai navigue, Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la la! Aux mille mers j.ai navigue, Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la la! Aux mers du Nord et mers du Sud... Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la la! Aux mers du Nord et mers du Sud... Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la la! Pique la baleine, joli baleinier, Pique la baleine, je veux naviguer. Je l.ai retrouvee quand j.m.ai noye... Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la la! Je l.ai retrouvee quand j.m.ai noye... Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la la! Dans les grands fonds elle m.esperait... Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la la! Dans les grands fonds elle m.esperait... Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la la! Pique la baleine, joli baleinier, Pique la baleine, je veux naviguer. Tout deux ensemble on a pleure Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la la! Tout deux ensemble on a pleure Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la la! Tout deux ensemble on a couche Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la la! Tout deux ensemble on a couche Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la la! Pique la baleine, joli baleinier, Pique la baleine, je veux naviguer. Aux mille mers j.ai navigue, Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la la! Aux mille mers j.ai navigue, Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la la! Pour retrouver ma douce amie, Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la, la! Pour retrouver ma douce amie, Oh, mes boues, ooh la, ooh la la! Pique la baleine, joli baleinier, Pique la baleine, je veux naviguer. Pique la baleine, joli baleinier, Pique la baleine, je veux naviguer. top of page White Horses Are Calling Me Brian Bedford White horses are calling me To ride on the tide to the wide open sea Spurred by the wind and tamed by the moon I will ride the white horses Ride the white horses I'll ride the white horses soon. No sailor am I for the city's my place But still I would feel the salt wind on my face Watching stallions that silently race to the sands Pounding moonlight and starlight lit shimmering lands White horses are calling me to ride on the tide to the wide open sea spurred by the wind and tamed by the moon I will ride the white horses ride the white horses I'll ride the white horses soon. Every path seems to lead to the quay that's inside And there take the ebb tide to where I would ride Seeking dreams of adventure contented and free Scanning endless horizons; the stars and the sea Where white horses are calling me- To ride on the tide to the wide open sea Spurred by the wind and tamed by the moon - I will ride the white horses Ride the white horses - I'll ride the white horses soon. This sea has no danger, this ocean no threat For safe on my pillow brave dreams I'll forget Still in moonlight closed eye light they run for the shore And I'll ride the white horses once more White horses are calling me To ride on the tide to the wide open sea Spurred by the wind and tamed by the moon I will ride the white horses Ride the white horses I'll ride the white horses soon. Yes white horses are calling me To ride on the tide to the wide open sea Spurred by the wind and tamed by the moon I will ride the white horses Ride the white horses I'll ride the white horses soon. I will ride the white horses Ride the white horses I'll ride the white horses soon. I'll ride the white horses soon. top of page Across the Western Ocean Oh the times were hard and the wages low Amelia, where you bound to? The Rocky Mountains will be my new home Across the Western Ocean A land of promise it will be Amelia, where you bound to? I'm bound away across the sea Across the Western Ocean I'm bound away from friends and home Amelia, where you bound to? I'm bound away to search for the gold Across the Western Ocean Beware those packet ships I say Amelia, where you bound to? They'll take your goods and they'll sail away Across the Western Ocean Wives and sweethearts don't you cry Amelia, where you bound to? Sons and daughters wave goodbye Across the Western Ocean Oh the times were hard and the wages low Amelia, where you bound to? The Rocky Mountains will be my new home Across the Western Ocean top of page Leave her, Johnny I thought I heard the old man say Leave her, Johnny, leave her You can go ashore and collect your pay And it's time for us to leave her You can go ashore and collect your gear Leave her, Johnny, leave her And leave her docked at the west street pier And it's time for us to leave her Leave her, Johnny, leave her Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her For the voyage is done and the winds don't blow And it's time for us to leave her Oh the winds were foul and the seas ran high She shipped it green and none went by Oh the winds were foul and the work was hard From the Liverpool docks to the Brooklyn yard Leave her, Johnny, leave her Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her For the voyage is done and the winds don't blow And it's time for us to leave her There was rotten meat and weevilly bread You can pump or die the old man said Oh the winds were foul and the trip was long But before we go we will sing this song Leave her, Johnny, leave her Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her For the voyage is done and the winds don't blow And it's time for us to leave her Oh the times were hard and the wages low But Now once more ashore we'll go Leave her, Johnny, leave her Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her For the voyage is done and the winds don't blow And it's time for us to leave her top of page The Sea Brian Leo On a cold October day in the merry month of May I was squinting through the sunlight just to watch the raindrops play 'twas the day I left me home that dear place I'd never known As with thirty friends I started off alone Well me schoolin' all was done, so as silent as a gun I slipped out and headed westward into the rising summer sun I was running off to sea, there a farmer for to be While my dad and widowed mother sang a tune They sang: The Sea, (The Sea) The Sea, (The Sea) The adventuring life for me (Yo - ho) Where never you find a day of tears and sorrow (Tell me boys!) The Sea, (The Sea) The Sea, (The Sea) No better place to be (Yo - ho) And I'll never return to shore until tomorrow (Yao!!) As an able-bodied man I signed on with captain Dan Who was hunting for the whale fish in the mountains of Japan Well our ship had no harpoons so we used our wooden spoons And our bait dropped from an ironclad balloon Now one day I got me wish and I hooked that giant fish And I flipped him over my shoulder onto the captain's supper dish Well the captain tapped a keg and he tore me off a leg And we sang beneath the blistering April moon we sang: The Sea, (The Sea) The Sea, (The Sea) The adventuring life for me (Yo - ho) Where never you find a day of tears and sorrow (Tell me boys!) The Sea, (The Sea) The Sea, (The Sea) No better place to be (Yo - ho) And I'll never return to shore until tomorrow (Yao!!) In a pub in Tokyo where the river Shannon flows I bid captain Dan "Aloha" it was time for me to go Well he smiled and said "Me boy, here's a gift you should enjoy." His own broadsword made of finest corduroy Then we parted without tears after fifty seven beers And I rowed my way to Ireland in an hour and a year Where me mom and me sisters three, each an only child like me Danced a jig while father strummed his old bassoon we sang: The Sea, (The Sea) The Sea, (The Sea) The adventuring life for me (Yo - ho) Where never you find a day of tears and sorrow (Tell me boys!) The Sea, (The Sea) The Sea, (The Sea) No better place to be (Yo - ho) And I'll never return to shore until tomorrow (Yao!!) top of page