Last Huzzah Music

1st verse:
Twas Friday morn when we set sail 
And we were not far from the land 
When the captain, he spied a lovely mermaid 
With a comb and a glass in her hand 

Chorus:
O the ocean's waves will roll
And the stormy winds will blow
While we poor sailors go skipping to the top 
And the landlubbers lie down below (below, below) 
And the landlubbers lie down below 

And up spoke the captain of our gallant ship 
And a well-spoken man was he 
I have me a wife in somewhere by the sea 
And tonight she a widow will be 

Our verses go somewhere in here

And up spoke the cook of our gallant ship 
and a crazy old buger was he 
Saying I care much more for my pots and my pans 
Than I do for the bottom of the sea 

Last Verse:
Then three times around went our gallant ship 
And three times around went she 
Three times around went our gallant ship 
And she sank to the bottom of the sea 

Bedlam Boys

For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam, ten thousand miles I've traveled.
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes for to save her shoes from gravel.

Chorus:
Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys, bedlam boys are bonny.
For they all go bare and they live by the air, and they want no drink or money.

I went down to Satan's Kitchen for to get me food one morning,
And there I got souls piping hot all on the spit a-turning.
(Chorus)

My staff has murdered giants, my bag a long knife caries
For to cut mince pies from children's thighs and feed them to the fairies.
(Chorus)

The spirits white as lightning would on me travels guide me.
The stars would shake and the moon would quake whenever they espied me.
(Chorus)

And when that I'll be murdering the man in the moon to a powder,
His staff I'll break, his dog I'll shake, and there'll howl no demon louder.
(Chorus)

For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam, ten thousand miles I've traveled.
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes for to save her shoes from gravel.
(Chorus twice)

Landlord, fill the flowing bowl until it doth run over.
Landlord, fill the flowing bowl until it doth run over.
For tonight we'll merry be,
For tonight we'll merry be,
For tonight we'll merry be,
Tomorrow we'll be sober!

Here's to the man who drinks dark ale and goes to bed quite mellow.
Here's to the man who drinks dark ale and goes to bed quite mellow.
He lives as he ought to live,
Lives as he ought to live,
Lives as he ought to live,
And dies a jolly good fellow!

Here's to the man drinks water pure and goes to bed quite sober.
Here's to the man drinks water pure and goes to bed quite sober.
He falls as the leaves do fall,
Falls as the leaves do fall,
Falls as the leaves do fall,
He'll die before October.

Here's to the maid who steals a kiss and runs to tell her mother.
Here's to the maid who steals a kiss and runs to tell her mother.
She's a foolish, foolish thing,
She's a foolish, foolish thing,
She's a foolish, foolish thing,
For she'll not get another.

Here's to the maid who steals a kiss and stays to steal another.
Here's to the maid who steals a kiss and stays to steal another.
She's a boon to all mankind,
She's a boon to all mankind,
She's a boon to all mankind,
For she'll soon be a mother!

(repeat first verse)

Chorus:
Oh row the Rattlin' bog,
The bog down in the valley-o.
Oh row the Rattlin' bog,
The bog down in the valley-o.

Now in that bog there was a tree,
A rare tree, a rattlin' tree,
A tree in the bog
And the bog down in the valley-o. (Chorus)

Now on that tree there was a limb.
Now on that limb there was a branch.
Now on that branch there was a twig.
Now on that twig there was a leaf.
Now on that leaf there was a nest.
Now in that nest there was an egg.
Now in that egg there was a bird.
Now on that bird there was a wing.
Now on that wing there was a feather.
Now on that feather there was a flea,

The flea on the feather and the feather on the wing,
and the wing on the bird,
and the bird in the egg,
and the egg in the nest,
and the nest on the leaf,
and the leaf on the branch,
and the branch on the limb,
and the limb on the tree,
and the tree in the bog,
and the bog down in the valley-o.
(Chorus)

SPANISH LADIES

1. Farewell and adieu to you Spanish ladies,
Farewell and adieu to you daughters of Spain,
For we've received orders to sail for old England,
But we hope in a short time we'll see you again.

Chorus:
We'll rant and we'll roar, like true English sailors.
We'll rant and we'll roar, (all) along the salt sea,
Until we strike soundings in the channel of old England,
From Ushent to Skilley be thirty-five leagues.

2. We hove our ships to with the winds from the sou'west,
We hove our ships to deep soundings to take.
'Twas forty-five fathoms to the white sandy bottoms,
So we squared up the main yard and up-channel did make.

Chorus

3. Now let every man drink of his full bumper,
Now let every man drink of his full glass.
We'll drink and be jolly and drown melancholy,
And here's to the health of each true-hearted lass.

Chorus twice (last time acapella, last line legato)

I've been a wild rover for many a year,
And I've spent all my money on whiskey and beer.
But now I'm returning with gold in great store,
And I never will play the wild rover no more.

Chorus:
And it's No, Nay, Never (4 claps)
No, nay, never, no more
Will I play the wild over,
No never, no more.

I went back to an alehouse I used to frequent,
And I told the landlady my money was spent.
I asked for bottle, she answered me, "Nay,
Such a custom as yours I could have any day." (Chorus)

I pulled from my pocket gold sovereigns bright,
And the landlady's eyes opened wide with delight.
She said, "I've got whiskey and wine of the best,
And I'll take you upstairs and I'll show you the rest." (Chorus)

I'll go back to my parents, confess what I've done,
And ask them to pardon their prodigal son.
And if they forgive me, as of't times before,
I never will play the wild rover no more. (Chorus twice)

(alternate last line): Then I'll turn right around and play rover once more.

Farewell, my friends, I'm bound for Canaan.
I'm traveling through the wilderness.
Your company has been delightful,
You do not leave my mind distressed.

I go away this time to leave you,
Perhaps never to meet again.
But if we never have the pleasure,
I hope we'll meet on Canaan's land.

I go away this time to leave you,
Perhaps never to meet again.
But if we never have the pleasure,
I hope we'll meet on Canaan's land.
(repeat entire song)

The whistling gypsy came over the hill,
Down through the valley so shady,
He whistled and he sang 'til the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.

Chorus:
La dee doo, la dee doo dah day,
La dee doo, la dee day dee,
He whistled and he sang 'til the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.

She left her father's castle gate,
She left her own fond lover,
She left her servants and her estate
To follow the gypsy rover.
(chorus)

Her father saddled his fastest steed
And rode these valleys all over,
He sought his daughter at great speed
And the whistling gypsy rover.
(chorus)

At last he came to a castle fine
Along the river Claidy,
And there was music, and there was wine,
For the gypsy and his lady.
(chorus)

"He is no gypsy, my father," she said;
"He's lord of these lands all over,
And I will stay 'til my dying day
With my whistling gypsy rover!"
(chorus twice)

Kind friends and companions, come join me in rhyme
Come lift up your voices in chorus with mine
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may and might never all meet here again

Chorus:
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass
Let us drink and be merry all out of one glass
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may and might never all meet here again

Here's a health to the dear lass that I love so well
Her style and her beauty, sure none can excel
There's a smile upon her countenance as she sits on my knee
Sure there's no one in Heaven as happy as we

Our ship lies at harbor, she's ready to dock
I hope she's safe landed without any shock
If ever we should meet again by land or by sea
I will always remember your kindness to me

From Wendy of Minstrosity:
(We're actually planning in advance - ain't it scary?)  For Scottish weekend, last huzzah song is "Wild Mountain Thyme".  Going to do only the 3 most common verses, so it'll go like this...
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Oh the summertime is comin
and the trees are sweetly bloomin
and the wild mountain thyme
grows around the bloomin heather
Will you go, lassie, go?

CHORUS
And we'll all go together
to pluck wild mountain thyme
all around the bloomin heather 
Will you go, lassie, go?

I will build my love a bower 
by yon pure crystal fountain
and around it I will pile
all the flowers of the mountain
Will you go, lassie, go?

CHORUS

If my true love he were gone
I would surely find another
where the wild mountain thyme
grows around the bloomin heather
Will you go, lassie, go?

CHORUS
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