Prompt / 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
Tags
Raucous pub-style sea shanty, stomping boots and table-thumps. Unison male vocals on verses, huge gang shout on the hook. Fiddle and squeezebox lead, thudding floor tom and claps marking the sway. Energy starts rowdy and keeps climbing with each chorus, voices getting rougher and more off-the-rails by the final pass., shanty
Duration
2:24
Instrumental
No
Created
2/8/2026