The Sailor's Life.

Seq - Dr. J.Pitt-Payne. Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. Apr 2001.

[Geoffrey] A sailor's life's the life I trow,
he works now late now early;

Now up, now down, now to, and fro:
What then? he takes it cheerly.

When perils gather round,
all sense of danger's drowned,
we despise it to a man;

We sing a little,
and laugh a little,

and work a little,
and play a little,

and fiddle a little,
and foot it a little,
as bravely as we can.

[Chorus] We sing a little,
and laugh a little,

and work a little,
and play a little,

and fiddle a little,
and foot it a little,
as bravely as we can.

[Geoffrey] If howling winds and roaring seas
give proof of coming danger,

we view the storm, but rest with ease,
for fear's to Jack a stranger.

When perils gather round,
all sense of danger's drowned,
we despise it to a man;

We sing a little,
and laugh a little,

and work a little,
and play a little,

and fiddle a little,
and foot it a little,
as bravely as we can.

[Chorus] We sing a little,
and laugh a little,

and work a little,
and play a little,

and fiddle a little,
and foot it a little,
as bravely as we can.

[Geoffrey] But think not that our life is hard,
though storms at sea ill~treat us;

for coming home's a sweet reward,
when wives and sweethearts greet us.

When perils gather round,
all sense of danger's drowned,
we despise it to a man;

We sing a little,
and laugh a little,

and work a little,
and play a little,

and fiddle a little,
and foot it a little,
as bravely as we can.

[Chorus] We sing a little,
and laugh a little,

and work a little,
and play a little,

and fiddle a little,
and foot it a little,
as bravely as we can.

[Geoffrey] as bravely as we can,
as bravely as we can.

[Chorus] We sing a little,
and laugh a little,

and work a little,
and play a little,

and fiddle a little,
and foot it a little,

as bravely as we can.
As bravely as we can!

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The Sailors Life 1902 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 18 Apr 2001

The Sailors Life 1902 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 18 Apr 2001
The Sailors Life 1902 A Country Girl (No.6)
Music by Lionel Monckton
arr. H. Lane Wilson
Words by Adrian Ross
sequenced by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 18 Apr 2001
in association with Doug Grierson
Karaoke By Bunty Pritchard Jones