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To Hell with the Drunken Sailor

from Midnight Circus by Wakefire

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about

As a Celtic rock band, we're always getting requests for the "standard" Irish songs. One of the most requested songs we get, especially around St. Patrick's Day is for "The Drunken Sailor". Last year on one day it was requested something like 20 times within the span of an hour.

Talking to a musician buddy this year before St. Patrick's day he asked "You ready for all the Drunken Sailor requests?"
My instant response was "To Hell with the Drunken Sailor"....

And then I paused...

"That's a song title..."

lyrics

What do we do with the drunken Sailor,
We don’t care since we sailed away
If we make it back to port, We’ll drink another day
If we can’t find salvation, In a bottle or a dram
To Hell with the drunken sailor, we’ll do the best we can.

The captain calls the men to task
On a voyage we are bound
Put your mark upon the list
and have another round
We’re cut-throats and we’re brigands
And men the world forgot
But for another pint of ale
We’ll sign without a thought.

We’re sailing from the port
Wind within our sails
And from the dock and from the shores
We can hear the women wail
Don’t you go they cry
We’ve seen it in our dreams
An awful crack and the murky brack
and the sound of sailors screams

We’re sailing for our fortune
hope within our eyes
But promises of gold
Make us ignore the captains lies

we’re 20 leagues at sea
trapped by oceans swell
will we make it back to shore
Or find our souls in hell
The ship she creaks and shudders
Tossed by Neptune’s wave
With a lurch she rolls on to her side
And sends us to our graves.

As we slip beneath the waves
Men howl and curse and pray
Begging of forgotten gods
to live another day
But the sea cannot be swayed
She claims her victims well
So if you want to drink with us
We’ll see you down in hell!

What do you do with the drunken Sailor,
We don’t care since we sailed away
If we make it back to port,
We’ll drink another day
What do you do with the drunken Sailor
Our story has reached its end
You’ll find us all in Hell
Raise a drink for us my friend.

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from Midnight Circus, released September 17, 2018
Lyrics and Music by Russ Turner

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