This version of the chantey takes a look back home at the girl left behind (which reminds me of this alternate reading of a verse from the chantey South Australia: “Well, there’s just but one thing grieves my mind, to leave Miss Nancy Blair’s behind.”)\u00a0 Tim sings a variation from mine below.\u00a0 It’s surely\u00a0a song with the sensibilities of an earlier age…<\/p>\n
Jos. Morneault<\/p>\n
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We’re running away around the Cape,
\nSome to get drunk and some to get laid.
\nJohnny come down to Hilo, poor old man.<\/p>\n
Chorus:<\/p>\n
Oh, wake ‘er (Wake her!) oh, shake ‘er,(Shake her!)<\/i><\/strong> Oh the doors swing in, the doors swing out I once had a gal, her hair was red, This gal she did look good to me Her eyes was blue, her dress the same, Poor ole man he’s sick in bed Now, a dollar goes from hand to hand; I tied my gal in a gunny sack, She’s a Downeast gal with a Downeast style, Them Hilo gals all dress so fine, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This version of the chantey takes a look back home at the girl left behind (which reminds me of this alternate reading of a verse from the chantey South Australia: “Well, there’s just but one thing grieves my mind, to leave Miss Nancy Blair’s behind.”)\u00a0 Tim sings a variation from mine below.\u00a0 It’s surely\u00a0a song […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-397","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4872,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397\/revisions\/4872"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Shake that gal with the blue dress on.<\/i><\/strong>
\n Johnny come down to Hilo, poor old man.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAnd some pass in, while others pass out
\nJohnny come down to Hilo, poor old man.<\/p>\n
\n‘Twas curly all over except on her head.
\nJohnny come down to Hilo, poor old man.<\/p>\n
\n\u2018Cus I just been ten months out at sea.
\nJohnny come down to Hilo, poor old man.<\/p>\n
\nBut she always fell asleep before I came.
\nJohnny come down to Hilo, poor old man.<\/p>\n
\nHe want somebody for rub his head
\nJohnny come down to Hilo, poor old man.<\/p>\n
\nMy gal goes from man to man.
\nJohnny come down to Hilo, poor old man.<\/p>\n
\nShe’ll be true to me ’til I get back.
\nJohnny come down to Hilo, poor old man.<\/p>\n
\nFor a dollar a time it’s all worthwhile.
\nJohnny come down to Hilo, poor old man.<\/p>\n
\nThey ain’t got Jesus on their mind.
\nJohnny come down to Hilo, poor old man.<\/p>\n