Sea Shanty September: Get on the Ship and Call it a Day

05 Sep Sea Shanty September: Get on the Ship and Call it a Day

To kick off Sea Shanty September, one of our ship’s creative crewmembers, Maddie, wanted to try her hand at writing her own sea shanty in the style of a halyard shanty. There are several types of songs sailors sing on a ship be it a fo’c’s’l song to a sea shanty. A halyard shanty generally has a repetitive nature with a significant amount of call and response so the crew can continue to haul to a rhythm. This song is all about how sometimes things don’t go to plan, but the ship is your home so you get on the ship and call it a day. Join Maddie and our shanty singers in singing along!

Somebody put the rat in their mouth
So get on the ship and call it a day
Somebody slipped and fell off the dock

so get on the ship and call it a day

Rats in the hold, snakes on the dock,
If you’re too rowdy then the deck will rock
Yo hoo

Buttons are falling off everyone’s pants
So get on the ship and call it a day
Who took the floor out of the hold
“It wasn’t me!”
So call it a day

Rats in the hold, snakes on the dock,
If you’re too rowdy then the deck will rock
Yo hoo

Dried meat and beans are fun to eat
So get on the ship and call it a day
Going on the yard is a scary thing
So get on the ship and call it a day

Rats in the hold, snakes on the dock,
If you’re too rowdy then the deck will rock
Yo hoo

Somebodies watch fell from aloft
So get on the ship and call it a day

We love our ship so we call it a day
Get on the ship and call it a day