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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Fisherman's Friends
The Fisherman's Friends
Musician
Billy Hawkins
Billy Hawkins
Vocals
Jason Nicholas
Jason Nicholas
Vocals
Jeremy Brown
Jeremy Brown
Vocals
John Brown
John Brown
Vocals
John Lethbridge
John Lethbridge
Vocals
John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Vocals
Jon Cleave
Jon Cleave
Vocals
Toby Lobb
Toby Lobb
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bob Watson
Bob Watson
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Rupert Christie
Rupert Christie
Producer
Sam Burden
Sam Burden
Recording Engineer
Dick Beetham
Dick Beetham
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

Now modern ships carry mighty funny gear And away, get away, you shanty man Ain't seen a halyard for many's a year And they got no use for a shanty man Slick new fittings are all your style And away, get away, you shanty man All very clever, but it just ain't right And they got no use for a shanty man Shanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a berth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they got no use for a shanty man Levers to pull and buttons to press And away, get away, you shanty man Real-life sailors you meet 'em less And they got no use for a shanty man Floating computer dressed as a ship And away, get away, you shanty man Skippered and crewed by a microchip And they got no use for a shanty man Shanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a berth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they got no use for a shanty man Soon they'll be sailing by remote control And away, get away, you shanty man That'll be pleasing for the owners' soul And they got no use for a shanty man Send their ships from dock to dock And away, get away, you shanty man While sat upon their arses in an office block And they got no use for a shanty man Shanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a berth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they got no use for a shanty man Newfangled gear's no use to you And away, get away, you shanty man When you're off Cape Horn with your fuses blew And they got no use for a shanty man Then's the time you rue the day And away, get away, you shanty man You sent your shanty man away And they got no use for a shanty man Shanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a berth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they got no use for a shanty man A sailor's life it once was hard And away, get away, you shanty man Laid out aloft on a topsail yard And they got no use for a shanty man Now it don't matter if the winds blow high And away, get away, you shanty man You can take force ten with your feet still dry And they got no use for a shanty man Shanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a berth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they got no use for a shanty man Listen at night and you might hear And away, get away, you shanty man A ghostly sound on the cool night air And they got no use for a shanty man Was it a ghost from the distant past? And away, get away, you shanty man Or just a breeze in the radar mast? And they got no use for a shanty man Shanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a berth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they got no use for a shanty man Shanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a berth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they got no use for a shanty man
Writer(s): Bob Watson Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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