The Worst Old Ship (sea shanty)

Canadian folksinger Jesse Ferguson performs traditional sea shanty "The Worst Old Ship" (Roud 1855). Lyrics below.
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The Worst Old Ship
(traditional [Roud 1855], arrang. J. Ferguson, 2021)
V1.
The worst old ship that ever did weigh,
sailed out of Harwich on a windy day.
Chorus:
Waiting for the day, waiting for the day,
waiting for the day when we get our pay.
V2.
She was built in Roman times,
held together with bits of twine.
V3.
Nothing in the galley-nothing in the hold,
but the skipper's turned in with a bag of gold.
V4.
Off Orford Ness she sprang a leak;
hear her poor old timbers creak.
V5.
The skipper's half drunk, and the mate is too;
the crew is fourteen men too few.
V6.
Through the Cockle to Cromer cliff,
steering like a wagon with a wheel adrift.
V7.
At the top of the tide the barge did fleet,
when the mate sees a ghost on the tops'l sheet.
V8.
So away we go and the ghost did steer;
the cook drank the dregs of the Old man's beer.
V9.
Into the Humber and up the town.
Pump, you blighters-pump or drown!
V10.
Her coal was shot by a Keadby* crew; (Kid-bee)
her bottom was rotten, and it went right through.
V11.
After all our fears and false alarms,
we all ended up in The Druid's Arms.

[@annasek2196]

I like the simple and beautiful melody of this song, sung brilliantly by the Jesse and Jesse duo. Thanks for sharing.

[@BardofCornwall]

Glad you enjoyed it, Anna!

[@j.wilhelm4984]

This deserves WAY more than 350 views. I'm gonna spend the next few hours listening to your other vids.

[@BardofCornwall]

Thanks, J!

[@Liftr_tk]

So I see it’s you on my Spotify playlist

[@BardofCornwall]

Thanks for the support, Joseph!

[@vincschuster1744]

Great 🤩 Greetings from Germany Bavaria 🙋‍♂️

[@FlatlandMando]

Beautifully done with vocals only! If chord progressions were known, what would they be?

[@jamesgy67]

Nice - it’s Cromer Cliff not Cromer’s btw

[@brianrunyon266]

(in a Comic Book Guy voice.) Worst. Ship. Ever.