: We set to sail on a packet full of spice, rum and tea-leaves. We've emptied out all the bars and the bowery hotels. Tell your daughters do not walk
: Repair the hull, replace the sails. The monkey wrestles with the ghost And a thousand pleasures form a thin veneer Over lack of hope. The captain was
: Dear dirty London in the pouring rain I wish to God I was back on the sea again Though that belongs to the world of never will be There was never
Dolphin, faced for the crime The birthday of time
A shanty man's life is a wearisome one Though some say it's free from care It's the swinging of an axe from morning 'til night In the forest wild and
wail A Shanty Town Dem rudeboys get a probation A Shanty Town And rudeboy bomb up the town A Shanty Town Police get taller A Shanty Town Soldier get longer A Shanty
Dear dirty London in the pouring rain I wish to God I was back in the sea again Though that belongs to the world of never will be There was never a wilder
Up, up, up your premium Up, up, up your premium Up, up, up your premium Up, up, up your premium Up, up, up your premium Up, up, up your premium It's
It's fun to charter an accountant, And sail the wide accountan-cy. To find, explore the funds offshore, And skirt the shoals of bankruptcy. It can be
We set to sail on a packet full of spice, rum and tea leaves We've emptied out all the bars and the bowery hotels Tell your daughters do not walk the
Will Santy come to Shanty town to a poor little boy like me Will he bring me some toys like the other girls and boys Will Santy come to Shanty town if
We set to sail on a packet full of spice, rum and tea-leaves. We've emptied out all the bars and the bowery hotels. Tell your daughters do not walk the
Oh Sally Brown she's a creole lady, Way, hay, roll an' go. Sally Brown's a gay old lady, Spend my money on Sally Brown. Sally Brown she has a daughter
Repair the hull, replace the sails. The monkey wrestles with the ghost And a thousand pleasures form a thin veneer Over lack of hope. The captain was
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Harrison Paulus *note:it has been said that the version of this song done by Dave Van Ronk is the one that inspired Lanegan to record it. A shanty
a wail A shanty town And rudeboy get a probation A shanty town And rudeboy bomb up the town A shanty town Police get taller A shanty town Soldier get longer A shanty
Übersetzung: Eddy Arnold. Will Santy Um Shanty Town Come.
