Saltpetre Shanty
Traditional (Collected by Stan Hugill).
Arr.: Grzegorz Majewski
(Recorded by Tom Lewis on Poles Apart)
To old Callao we are bound away - HO ROLL
To old Callao we are bound away - HO ROLL
We're bound away to Valipo Bay,
Where those flash senoritas will grab all our pay.
HO, ROLL, ROCK YOUR BARS,
HEAVE HER HI-O, ROCK HER, OH
ROLL.
Old Pedro the crimp, boys, you know him of old
He's priming his vino and doping his beer,
To the Chinchas he'll ship us if we don't steer clear.
Them flash girls of Chile they cannot be beat
They'll greet us and love us and treat us to wine,
But we know they are robbing us most of the time.
