The Last Shanty - Nathan Evans

[00:00.000] 作词 : Tom Lewis
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Tom Lewis
[00:02.714]Well, me father often told me when I was just a lad
[00:05.728]A sailor’s life is very hard, the food is always bad
[00:08.979]But now I’ve joined the navy, I’m aboard a man-o-war
[00:12.244]And now I’ve found a sailor ain’t a sailor any more
[00:15.254]Don’t haul on the rope, and don’t climb up the mast
[00:18.519]And if you see a sailing ship it might be your last
[00:21.783]Just get your civvies ready for another run ashore
[00:24.788]A sailor ain’t a sailor, ain’t a sailor any more
[00:28.054]Well, the killick of our mess, he says we had it soft
[00:31.320]It wasn’t like that in his day when he were up aloft
[00:34.326]We like our bunks and sleeping-bags, but what’s a hammock for?
[00:37.842]Swinging from the deckhead or lying on the floor?
[00:40.849]Don’t haul on the rope, and don’t climb up the mast
[00:44.360]And if you see a sailing ship it might be your last
[00:47.118]Just get your civvies ready for another run ashore
[00:50.628]A sailor ain’t a sailor, ain’t a sailor any more
[00:53.891]They gave us an engine that first went up and down
[00:56.902]And then with more technology the engine went around
[01:00.163]We know our steam and diesels, but what’s a mainyard for?
[01:03.427]A stoker ain’t a stoker with a shovel any more
[01:06.434]Don’t haul on the rope, and don’t climb up the mast
[01:09.699]And if you see a sailing ship it might be your last
[01:12.705]Just get your civvies ready for another run ashore
[01:16.210]A sailor ain’t a sailor, ain’t a sailor any more
[01:19.474]And two cans of beer a day, and that’s your bleeding lot
[01:22.483]And now I’ve got an extra one because they stopped the tot
[01:25.746]So we’ll put on our civvy clothes and find a pub ashore
[01:29.009]A sailor’s just a sailor, just like he was before
[01:32.017]Don’t haul on the rope, and don’t climb up the mast
[01:35.282]And if you see a sailing ship it might be your last
[01:38.286]Just get your civvies ready for another run ashore
[01:41.796]A sailor ain’t a sailor, ain’t a sailor any more
[01:44.814]Don’t haul on the rope, and don’t climb up the mast
[01:48.324]And if you see a sailing ship it might be your last
[01:51.088]Just get your civvies ready for another run ashore
[01:54.595]A sailor ain’t a sailor, ain’t a sailor any more