Paddy Layback - Nils Brown/Sean Dagher.mp3

[00:00.5]"Twas a cold an' dreary mornin' in December,(December)
[00:04.81]An' all of me money it was spent (it was spent),
[00:08.16]Where it went to Lord I can't remember(remember),
[00:12.65]So down to the shippin' office went,(went,went),
[00:15.39]Paddy,lay back (Paddy,lay back)!
[00:18.17]Take in yer slack(take in yer slack)
[00:19.58]Take a turn around the capstan-heave a pawl-heave a pawl!
[00:23.63]Bout ship,stations,boys,be handy (be handy)!
[00:27.29]For we're bound for Valaparaiser 'round the Horn!
[00:30.97]That day there wuz a great demand for sailors(for sailors),
[00:34.88]For the Colonies and for Frisco and for France(an' for France),
[00:38.9]So I shipped aboard a Limey barque the Hotspur(the Hotspur),
[00:42.68]An' got paralytic drunk on my advance(vance,'vance),
[00:46.5]Paddy,lay back (Paddy,lay back)!
[00:47.73]Take in yer slack(take in yer slack)!
[00:49.72]Take a turn around the capstan-heave a pawl-heave a paw!
[00:54.5]Bout ship,stations,boys,be handy (be handy)!
[00:57.84]For we're bound for Valaparaiser 'round the Horn!
[01:01.47]Now l joined her on a cold December mornin',
[01:04.57]A-frappin'o' me flippers to keep me warm
[01:08.75]With the south cone a-hoisted as a warnin',
[01:12.89]To stand by the comin' O a storm
[01:16.67]Paddy,lay back(Paddy,lay back)!
[01:18.70]Take in yer slack(take in yer slack)!
[01:22.21]Take a turn around the capstan-heave a pawl-heave a pawl!
[01:24.54]Bout ship,stations,boys,be handy (be handy)!
[01:28.54]For we're bound for Valaparaiser 'round the Horn!
[01:32.0]I woke up in the mornin' sick an' sore,
[01:36.7]An' knew I was outward bound again;
[01:39.49]When I heard a voice a-bawlin' at the door,
[01:43.72]"Lay aft,men,an' answer to yer names!
[01:47.5]Paddy,lay back (Paddy,lay back)!
[01:48.72]Take in yer slack(take in yer slack)!
[01:50.64]Take a turn around the capstan-heave a pawl-heave a pawl!
[01:55.2]Bout ship,stations,boys,be handy (be handy)!
[01:58.54]For we're bound for Valaparaiser 'round the Horn!
[02:02.16]Twas on the quarterdeck where first I saw 'em,
[02:05.88]Such an ugly bunch I'd niver seen before
[02:09.40]For there wuz a bum an' stiff from every quarter,
[02:13.64]An' it made me poor ol heart feel sick an' sore
[02:17.18]Paddy,lay back (Paddy,lay back)!
[02:18.87]Take in yer slack(take in yer slack)!
[02:20.94]Take a turn around the capstan-heave a pawl-heave a pawl!
[02:24.93]"Bout ship,stations,boys,be handy (be handy)!
[02:28.82]For we're bound for Valaparaiser 'round the Horn!