Sea Shanties - the best Shanty Lyrics of all time

There once was a ship that put to sea
And the name of that ship was the Billy o' Tea
The winds blew hard, her bow dipped down
Blow, me bully boys, blow

Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguing' is done
We'll take our leave and go

Ho! Ho! and up she rises
What shall we do with a drunken sailor
Early in the morning?
Chuck him in the long boat 'til he's sober
Shave his chin with a rusty razor
Give him a dose of salt and water
Pull out the plug and wet him all over

A poor old man came riding by
And we say so, and we know so
O, a poor old man Came riding by
O, poor old man

Says I, "Old man, Your horse will die"
And we say so, and we know so.
And if he dies we'll tan his hide
O, poor old man

Now we are ready to head for the Horn
Way hey, roll and go!
Our boots and our clothes, boys, are all in the pawn
To me, rollicking randy dandy-o!

Oh, the times were hard and the wages are low,
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
I guess it's time for us to go,
And it's time for us to leave her!

Beware these packet ships, I say!
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
They'll steal your stores and your clothes away
And it's time for us to leave her!

Leave her, Johnny, leave her
Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her
For the voyage is done, and the winds don't blow
and it's time for us to leave her

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

The human world... it's a mess.

No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm.

The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.

The ocean is where I go
To lose my mind and find my soul

For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),
it's always our self we find in the sea.

When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused.

May all your blues be the ocean and the sky!

Right down here, the ocean has a depth of almost 4,000 meters. Man has mapped out every corner of this world. Been to the farthest deserts, the top of the highest mountains. But what's down there is still a mystery. A hidden world in the shadows.

The watery part of this world has a way of healing even the deepest of wounds.

Why does the ocean have live so far away from my home?

The ocean may not be the answer, but it makes you forget the question!

The oceans are home for up to 80% of all life on Earth.

If the ocean dies, so do we.

The landscapes underwater don't know any borders.

Bottom of the sea's the top of another world.

See the line where the sky meets the sea? It calls me
And no one knows, how far it goes
If the wind in my sail on the sea stays behind me
One day I'll know, if I go there's just no telling how far I'll go

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.

Lord, give me coffee to change the things I can and the ocean to accept the things I can't.

Tyrion: "If the ship goes down, I'll go with it."
Varys: "That is good to hear. Though I'm sure many captains say the same while their ship is afloat."

Captains always favor the ship over the crew.

Jules Verne once wrote, "Put two ships in the open sea without wind or tide, it will come together." That’s how my parents met. Like two ships destined for each other.

When your ship's taking on water, you don't jump. You grab a bucket.

Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats and planes.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

Edith Crawley: "[About the Titanic] I thought it was supposed to be unsinkable."
Robert Crawley: "Every mountain is unclimbable until someone climbs it; so every ship is unsinkable until it sinks."

A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.

Will Turner: "We're going to steal a ship? That ship?"
Jack Sparrow: "Commandeer. We're going to commandeer that ship. Nautical term."

Feels like we're on the edge right now
I wish that I could say I'm proud
I'm sorry that I let you down
Let you down
All these voices in my head get loud
I wish that I could shut them out
I'm sorry that I let you down
Le-le-let you down

I'll dance, dance, dance
With my hands, hands, hands
Above my head, head, head
Like Jesus said
I'm gonna dance, dance, dance
With my hands, hands, hands
Above my head, hands together
Forgive him before he's dead because