This is not a traditional shanty. The original lyrics are a poem of Cicely Fox Smith from SHIPS AND FOLKS, 1920. I do not know the origin of the lyrics my friends of Kimber's Men sing. The melody is of the traditional song first published in 1869, Queen Bungle Rye.
This is not a traditional shanty. The original lyrics are a poem of Cicely Fox Smith from SHIPS AND FOLKS, 1920. I do not know the origin of the lyrics my friends of Kimber's Men sing. The melody is of the traditional song first published in 1869, Queen Bungle Rye.