The Dandy Highwaymen’s Land Shanties lyrics archive: Raid with MeTo the tune of “Lean on Me” by Bill Withers note: this one didn’t end up on the album. Sometimes on our raidsWe botch the jobAnd we have sorrowBut if we are cunningWe know that weCan get them tomorrow Raid with meWhen you’re not strongI’ll be […]
The Dandy Highwaymen’s Land Shanties lyrics archive: What Do You Do with a Drunk Highwayman? What do you do with a drunk highwayman?What do you do with a drunk highwayman?What do you do with a drunk highwaymanEarly (earl-eye) in the morning Away s/he must go ridingAway s/he must go ridingAway s/he must go ridingEarly (earl-eye)
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The Dandy Highwaymen’s Land Shanties lyrics archive: French Court LadiesTo the tune of “Spanish Ladies” – traditional sea shanty (or sea chantey, if you like) Farewell and Adieu – to you French court ladiesFarewell and adeiu – you ladies of FranceFor we must return to the forests of Old EnglandFor a life on the highway
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The Dandy Highwaymen’s Land Shanties lyrics archive: East Australia To the tune of “South Australia” (traditional) From Southern England she was tornHeave away, haul awayFrom Southern England where she was born She is bound for East Australia Haul away our rolling queenHeave away, haul awayAll the way you’ll hear her sing“I am bound for East
To the tune of “Heart of Oak” – not really a traditional sea shanty, but written for a play and then embraced by the Royal Navy Cheer up my mates – ‘tis to treasure we rideTo take from all them who have too much prideIn their chests they have rubies and riches untoldAll to be
The Dandy Highwaymen’s Land Shanties lyrics archive: Four Finger Frederick Four-finger Frederick had four fingers on each hand –but if you count his thumbs, then there were five.Taken altogether, that would be…ten fingerson four-finger Frederick, when he was still alive. You see, Four-finger Frederick loved a five-finger discount,and he fancied lady fingers quite as well.So
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The Dandy Highwaymen’s Land Shanties lyrics archive: Let’s GoTo the tune of “Way Ho!” a modern sea shanty of hope and community by Gregory David Caunt (aka Jean-Jacques J’adore) Chorus: Let’s go, me dandies, let’s go to gay Paris!Let’s go across the channel for a tour!We’ll take our grifting ‘cross that ever-shifting seato escape our
Welcome to the Dandy Highwaymen’s online hideout! We’re a Rococo Punk band that formed in 2017. We’ve started making some serious progress on our recordings, and are anticipating that our first album will be released in Spring 2020. We hope you’ll join our email list and follow us on Instagram so that we can keep
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