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!