A PORTUGUESE CHANTY.
Here : 3 the good ship, Catherine! ft, With her topmast all of pine oh. Yeo, ho, ho, hay. Sailormen, walk her away . . . Before you can break out your top sails, You must heave your anchor short oh. Yeo, ho, ho, hay, Show that you can earn your pay. Until you can open up your dock-gate. Your ship can't get out of port oh. Yeo. ho, ho. hay, Who's a pagan he can't pray. When the barky gathers headway, Haul tho braces, get the jib set. Yeo, ho, ho, hay, Keep her full in the tide-tray. And -when she breaks out her anchor, You must heave it up and fish it. Yeo, ho, ho, hay. Out to sea and San Joso. —Translated by George Young-
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11948, 6 March 1917, Page 4
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127A PORTUGUESE CHANTY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11948, 6 March 1917, Page 4
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