Stormalong
Traditional Capstain or Windlass Sea Shanty
Storm along and around we'll go
Oh, storm along
Storm along and around we'll go
Storm along lads, stormy
If ever you go to Liverpool
Oh, stormalong
If ever you go to Liverpool
Storm along lads, stormy
In Liverpool that packet school
Oh, stormalong
Liverpool that packet school
Storm along lads, stormy
Yankee sailors you'll see there
Oh, Stormalong
Yankee sailors you'll see there
Storm along lads, stormy
With red top boots and short cut hair
Oh, storm along
Red top boots and short cut hair
Storm along lads, stormy
Wake up, wake up and you let us in
Oh, storm along
Get up, get up and serve us gin
Storm along lads, stormy
Verse 6:
I wish I was in that Liverpool town
Oh, storm along
Them Liverpool Judies will dance around
Storm along lads, stormy
Roud 216 (Stormalong family)
- Stan Hugill, Shanties from the Seven Seas (1961), pp. 75-76 (as part of the Stormalong family)
- Paul Clayton on Whaling and Sailing Songs From the Days of Moby Dick (Tradition, 1956)
- Ewan MacColl and A.L. Lloyd on The Black Ball Line (Topic, 1957)
- Bob Roberts (Peter Kennedy recording, 1950s; on Saydisc anthology, 1994)
- Hughie Jones on Seascape (Fellside, 1999)
- Short Sharp Shanties Vol. 1 and Vol. 3