Lyrics




When first I landed in Liverpool
I went upon a spree
Me money alas, I spent it fast
Got drunk as drunk could be
And when that me money was all gone
Twas then I wanted more
But a man must be blind, to make up his mind, to go to sea once more
Once more boys, once more, go to sea once more!
But a man must be blind, to make up his mind, to go to sea once more
I spent the night with Angelene too drunk to roll in bed
Me watch was new and me money too
In the morning with them she fled
And as I walked the streets about
The whores they all did roar
"There goes Jack Spratt the poor
Sailor lad, he must go to sea once more"
Once more boys, once more, go to sea once more!
"There goes Jack Spratt the poor
Sailor lad, he must go to sea once more"
And as I walked the streets about
I met with the Rapper Browne
I asked him for to take me on
As he looked at me with a frown
He said last time you was paid off
With me you cut no store
But I'll give you a chance and I'll take
Your advance and I'll send you to sea once more
Once more boys, once more! Send you to sea once more!
I'll give you a chance and I'll take your
Advance and I'll send you to sea once more
He shipped me on board of a whaling ship bound for the artic sea
Where the cold wind blows through the
Frost and snow and Jamaican rum would freeze.
But worse to bear I'd no hard weather gear
For I spent all me money on shore
'Twas then that I wished that I was dead and could go to sea no more
No more boys, no more, go to sea no more
'Twas then that I wished that I was dead and could go to sea no more
So come all you bold sea-faring men who listen to me song
When you come off those long trips I'll have you not go wrong
Take my advice drink no strong
Drink don't go sleeping with them whores
Get married instead and spend all night in bed and go to sea no more
No more, boys, no more go to sea no more
Get married instead and spend all night in bed and go to sea no more



Writer(s): Traditional, Luke Kelly, Ciaron Bourke, John Edmund Sheahan, Mike Hamilton, Ronald Drew


Luke Kelly - The Definitive Collection
Album The Definitive Collection
date of release
19-11-2010

1   Thank You For the Days
2   Farewell to Carlingford
3   Muirshin Durkin
4   Scorn Not His Simplicity
5   The Gartan Mother's Lullaby
6   Peggy Gordon
7   The Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe
8   Kelly The Boy From Killane
9   The Travelling People
10   Go To Sea No More
11   The Net Hauling Song
12   The Sun Is Burning
13   Alabama '58
14   The Auld Triangle
15   For What Died the Sons of Róisín
16   Whiskey in the Jar
17   The Black Velvet Band
18   The Town I Loved So Well
19   Joe Hill
20   A Song For Ireland
21   Maids When You're Young Never Wed An Old Man
22   The Rocky Road to Dublin
23   The Shoals of Herring
24   Paddy on the Railway
25   Raglan Road
26   School Days Over
27   The Dundee Weaver
28   The Thirty Foot Trailer
29   The Banks of the Sweet Primroses
30   I Know My Love
31   Dirty Old Town
32   I'm a Rover
33   Tramps and Hawkers
34   The Rising Of The Moon
35   The Galway Races
36   The Peat Bog Soldiers
37   The Lifeboat Mona
38   The Springhill Mining Disaster
39   The Night Visiting Song
40   The Wild Rover




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