Lyrics
[Verse 1]
We shipped her out from Liverpool town
With a crooked mast and sails run down
The grub was weevils
The water sour
The old man cursing by the hour
[Chorus]
So leave her
Jonny
Leave her
The tide runs strong and the breeze blows free
Oh leave her
Jonny
Leave her
There’s ale on shore for you and me
[Verse 2]
We broke our backs on her moldy deck
Hands all bleeding
Shirts all wrecked
She groaned and leaked in every storm
No fire
No sleep
No place warm
[Chorus]
So leave her
Jonny
Leave her
The tide runs strong and the breeze blows free
Oh leave her
Jonny
Leave her
There’s ale on shore for you and me
[Bridge]
We’ve sung our songs in foreign bars
Watched dawn crawl up behind the spars
She’s had her share of men and years
We’ll trade her bones for boots and beers (hey!)
[Chorus]
So leave her
Jonny
Leave her
The tide runs strong and the breeze blows free
Oh leave her
Jonny
Leave her
There’s ale on shore for you and me
Oh leave her
Jonny
Leave her
Kick off the lines and let her be
Style
raucous pub-style sea shantystomping boots and table-thumps. unison male vocals on verseshuge gang shout on the hook. fiddle and squeezebox leadthudding floor tom and claps marking the sway. energy starts rowdy and keeps climbing with each chorusvoices getting rougher and more off-the-rails by the final pass.shanty
Prompt
Sea shanty Jonny leave her Jonny
Credits
Prompt by
CANNONS46
CANNONS46GeneratedFeb 8, 2026
ModelAria v5
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