Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Row Row Row your boat Out past the harbor’s glow Salt on your lips and an ache in your bones Chasing a pay you ain’t sure that you’ll own [Chorus] Row Row on the tide Boys (hey!) Sing till your throats run dry If the storm wants a name It can borrow mine Row Row on the tide Boys Pull like your heart’s on fire If the sea wants a song Let it hear you cry [Verse 2] Cold dawn Cracked hands Torn coat Laugh as the black waves rise Home is a rumor you keep in your chest Tied to a voice and a flicker of light [Chorus] Row Row on the tide Boys (oh!) Sing till your throats run dry If the storm wants a name It can borrow mine Row Row on the tide Boys Pull like your heart’s on fire If the sea wants a song Let it hear you cry
Tags
Rolling folk sea shanty feel, stomps and claps driving the groove. Call-and-response male vocals up front, gang harmonies on the hook, fiddle and concertina weaving between lines. Verses stay tight and rhythmic; chorus bursts wider with stacked “row” chants and a rising drum swell toward the final repeat., shanty
Duration
1:44
Instrumental
No
Created
2/3/2026