THE HELL O! O! CHAUNTY

Chaunty Man..Man the capstan, bullies!
Men....................Ha!-o-o! Ha!-o-o!
Chaunty Man..Capstan-bars, you tarry souls!
Men....................Ha!-o-o! Ha!-o-o!
Chaunty Man..Take a turn!
Men....................Ha!-o-o!
Chaunty Man..Stand by to fleet!
Men....................Ha!-o-o!
Chaunty Man..Stand by to surge!
Men....................Ha!-o-o!
Chaunty Man..Ha!--o-o-o-o!
Men....................TRAMP! And away we go!
Chaunty Man..Hark to the tramp of the bearded shellbacks!
Men....................Hush! O hear 'em tramp!
Chaunty Man..Tramping, stamping -- treading, vamping, While the cable comes in ramping.
Men....................Hark! O hear 'em stamp!
Chaunty Man..Surge when it rides! Surge when it rides! Round-o-o-o handsome as it slacks!
Men....................Ha!-o-o-o-o! hear 'em ramp! Ha!-o-o-o-o! hear 'em stamp! Ha!-o-o-o-o-o-o! Ha!-o-o-o-o-o-o!
Chorus..They're shouting now; oh! hear 'em A-bellow as they stamp:-- Ha!-o-o-o! Ha!-o-o-o! Ha!-o-o-o! A-shouting as they tramp!
Chaunty Man..O hark to the haunting chorus of the capstan and the bars! Chaunty-o-o-o and rattle crash-- Bash against the stars!
Men....................Ha-a!-o-o-o! Tramp and go! Ha-a!-o-o-o! Ha-a!-o-o-o!
Chaunty Man..Hear the pawls a-ranting: with the bearded men a-chaunting; While the brazen dome above 'em Bellows back the 'bars.'
Men....................Hear and hark! O hear 'em! Ha-a!-o-o! Ha-a!-o-o!
Chaunty Man..Hurling songs towards the heavens--!
Men....................Ha-a!-o-o! Ha-a!-o-o!
Chaunty Man..Hush! O hear 'em! Hark! O hear 'em! Hurling oaths among their spars!
Men....................Hark! O hear 'em! Hush! O hear 'em!
Chaunty Man..Tramping round between the bars!
Chorus..They're shouting now; oh! hear 'em A-bellow as they stamp:-- Ha-a!-o-o-o! Ha-a!-o-o-o! Ha-a!-o-o-o! A-shouting as they tramp!
Chaunty Man..O do you hear the capstan-chaunty! Thunder round the pawls!
Men....................Click a-clack, a-clatter Surge! And scatter bawls!
Chaunty Man..Click-a-clack, my bonny boys, while it comes in handsome!
Men....................Ha-a!-o-o! Hear 'em clack!
Chaunty Man..Ha-a!-o-o! Click-a-clack!
Men....................Hush! O hear 'em pant! Hark! O hear 'em rant!
Chaunty Man..Click, a-clitter, clicker-clack.
Men....................Ha-a!-o-o! Tramp and go!
Chaunty Man..Surge! And keep away the slack!
Men....................Ha-a!-o-o! Away the slack: Ha-a!-o-o! Click-a-clack
Chaunty Man..Bustle now each jolly Jack. Surging easy! Surging e-a-s-y!!
Men....................Ha-a!-o-o! Surging easy
Chaunty Man..Click-a-clatter -- Surge; and steady! Man the stopper there! All ready?
Men....................Ha-a!-o-o! Ha-a!-o-o!
Chaunty Man..Click-a-clack, my bouncing boys:
Men....................Ha-a!-o-o! Tramp and go!
Chaunty Man..Lift the pawls, and come back easy.
Men....................Ha-a!-o-o! Steady-o-o-o-o!
Chaunty Man..Vast the chaunty! Vast the capstan! Drop the pawls! Be-l-a-y!
Chorus..Ha-a!-o-o! Unship the bars! Ha-a!-o-o! Tramp and go! Ha-a!-o-o! Shoulder bars! Ha-a!-o-o! And away we blow! Ha-a!-o-o-o! Ha-a!-o-o-o-o! Ha-a!-o-o-o-o-o!

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