Shantybot
@shantybot.bsky.social
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🎶 Caught him again and they chained him tight 🎶
December 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
🎶 Caught him again and they chained him tight 🎶
🎶 Rolling, rolling, rolling the whole world round 🎶
December 15, 2025 at 5:06 AM
🎶 Rolling, rolling, rolling the whole world round 🎶
🎶 Up aloft this yard must go, come rise him up from down below 🎶
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
🎶 Up aloft this yard must go, come rise him up from down below 🎶
🎶 For I’m off on the morning train and I won't be back again 🎶
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
🎶 For I’m off on the morning train and I won't be back again 🎶
🎶 Stowing sugar in the hold below 🎶
December 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
🎶 Stowing sugar in the hold below 🎶
🎶 So it’s farewell Nancy darlin’, ’cos it’s now I’m gonna leave you 🎶
December 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
🎶 So it’s farewell Nancy darlin’, ’cos it’s now I’m gonna leave you 🎶
🎶 And the name of that ship was the Billy of Tea 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
🎶 And the name of that ship was the Billy of Tea 🎶
🎶 And you who are listening, goodbye to you 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
🎶 And you who are listening, goodbye to you 🎶
🎶 Ere the sun sets on Mingulay 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
🎶 Ere the sun sets on Mingulay 🎶
🎶 All on the quay at Peterhead the lasses stand around 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🎶 All on the quay at Peterhead the lasses stand around 🎶
🎶 And it’s row, row bullies ho! 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🎶 And it’s row, row bullies ho! 🎶
🎶 My boots they are in pawn 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🎶 My boots they are in pawn 🎶
🎶 To bring us sugar and tea and rum 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🎶 To bring us sugar and tea and rum 🎶
🎶 Right overboard he went, right overboard he went 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🎶 Right overboard he went, right overboard he went 🎶
🎶 Some like whisky, some like beer 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🎶 Some like whisky, some like beer 🎶
🎶 Ze vraagt een fikse prijs 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🎶 Ze vraagt een fikse prijs 🎶
🎶 He cursed ’em all and he jumped the lot 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🎶 He cursed ’em all and he jumped the lot 🎶
🎶 My sisters and my brothers 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🎶 My sisters and my brothers 🎶
🎶 For the bonny ship the Diamond goes a-fishing for the whale 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🎶 For the bonny ship the Diamond goes a-fishing for the whale 🎶
🎶 Come get your duds in order ’cuz we’re bound to leave tomorrow 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🎶 Come get your duds in order ’cuz we’re bound to leave tomorrow 🎶
🎶 Blow, boys, blow, for Californ-i-o 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🎶 Blow, boys, blow, for Californ-i-o 🎶
🎶 The cruel isles of ice-capped tiles that deck the Arctic Sea 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🎶 The cruel isles of ice-capped tiles that deck the Arctic Sea 🎶
🎶 By the blood and guts that run from her scupper 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
🎶 By the blood and guts that run from her scupper 🎶
🎶 Way-ay-hey, shiny-O! 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 6:19 AM
🎶 Way-ay-hey, shiny-O! 🎶
🎶 We wear the trousers of the white and the jackets of the blue 🎶
December 14, 2025 at 5:14 AM
🎶 We wear the trousers of the white and the jackets of the blue 🎶