“The Campanero”

Description

The sailor complains about the conditions on the Campanero. "The skipper is a bulldozer... The mate he wants to fight." He finally concludes that getting married -- even getting married twice -- is better than serving on that ship

Supplemental text

Campanero, The
  Partial text(s)

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From William Main Doerflinger, Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman,
revised edition (1972), pp. 84-85. From the singing of Captain Patrick
Tayluer, New York, NY.

Introduction
Oh, whenever I went away, the story I'd like to tell,
About an 'andy little bark, the Campanero.

  Chorus
  Oh' it's between the cook and the pump,
  Well, they drive me off me chump
  On this 'andy little bark, the Campanero!
  If I ever go to sea,
  Well, it won't be up to me,
  To go in that handy little bark, the Campanero!

1. Oh, the skipper, he is a bulldozer,
   And you never did hear
   The words that come from a man's mouth so often.
   The mate he wants to fight,
   and the durin' every night,
   The boys around the hatch they all surround him.

(2 additional stanzas)

References

1. Doerflinger, pp. 84-85, "The Campanero" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Hugill, pp. 471-472, "The Handy Bandy Barque" (1 text, 1 tune) [AbEd, pp. 349-350]
3. ST Doe084 (Partial)
4. Roud #3094
5. BI, Doe084