My clothes are all in pawn
Go down you blood red roses, go down
And it's mighty draughty around Cape Horn
Go down you blood red roses, go down
Oh, you pinks and posies
Go down you blood red roses, go down
It's round Cape Horn we've got to go
Chasing whales through ice and snow
Oh my old mother she wrote to me
My darling son come home from sea
Oh it's one more pull and that will do
For we're the bullies to kick her through
This song appears on the following CDs: Click on them to find on-line samples.
Sailor's Songs & Sea Shanties -- various artists. Wow! What a great collection, by some of the most famed UK folk-singers. Features Ewan MacColl and includes tracks from the Watersons and Peter Bellamy.
Shanties and Songs of the Sea by Johnny Collins. No trade-offs between authentic sound and musical and production quality on this one. You get the best of everything!
Sea Shanties Volume I. Various artists.
Sailing and Whaling Songs - Paul Clayton.
