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Artist: Mekons
Canonical path: /mekons/shanty
Related lyric paths: 6
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Shanty
Read Shanty lyrics by Mekons on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Shanty
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Let a captain come lead us and chart us a course
Through the icebergs, the fog, and the hail
On the dogwatch a strange fear invaded my heart
And my blood froze like rain on the sail
With a Yo and a Ho and there's one thing I know
We're not in the same boat at all
With a Yo and a Ho and the wind starts to blow
As we float off the edge of the world
A long list of saints will watch over me
As I'm casting my nets in the sea
A long list of saints just as long as your arm
A candle is burning for me
Concrete and steel and a flame in the night
Cromarty dogger and bight
A diver gets bends when he's pulled up too light
And the fish can play tune on him bone
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Mekons performs "Shanty", and this lyric page sits inside the Mekons catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to (Sometimes I Feel Like) Fletcher Christian and Abernant 1984/85 with a short reason for opening each page next.
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