Three Old Whores from Winnipeg
Oh, take up the sheets, me hearties, water the decks with brine!
Bend to the oars, you lousy whores, none is bigger than mine!
Three old whores from Winnipeg were drinking a sherry wine
Said one of them to the other two, "Yours is smaller than mine!
So, take up the sheets, me hearties, water the decks with brine!
Bend to the oars, you lousy whores, none is bigger than mine!
"You're a liar", said the other old whore, "Mine's as big as the sea!"
"The battleships sail in and out and are never a bother to me!"
So, take up the sheets, me hearties, water the decks with brine!
Bend to the oars, you lousy whores, none is bigger than mine!
"You're a liar", said the other old whore, "Mine's as big as the moon!"
"The ships sail in on the first of the year, they never come out 'til June!"
Oh, take up the sheets, me hearties, water the decks with brine!
Bend to the oars, you lousy whores, none is bigger than mine!
"You're a liar", said the other old whore, "Mine's as big as the air!"
"There's many a ship that sails right in and never tickle a hair!"
Oh, take up the sheets, me hearties, water the decks with brine!
Bend to the oars, you lousy whores, none is bigger than mine!
"You're a liar", said the first again, "I'd blush to be so small!"
"There's manys a ship that sails right in – and never come out at all!"
Oh, take up the sheets, me hearties, water the decks with brine!
Bend to the oars, you lousy whores, none is bigger than mine!
- Oscar Brand
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Bawdy Songs and Backroom Ballads: Volume 5. Bawdy Sea Shanties.
(1958)
- You're A Liar [aka Four Old Whores From Winnipeg] Time: 1:29
- Good Ship Venus Time: 2:24
- We Set Sail Time: 2:10
- Can't Ya Dance The Polks Time: 2:29
- Bell Bottom Trousers Time: 3:02
- A Clean Song Time: 1:22
- Johnny Come Down The Hilo Time: 1:43
- Turalai Time: 3:34
- Backside Rules The Navy Time: 1:38
- Blow The Man Down Time: 2:23
- Jinny Wren Bride Time: 2:31
- Keyhole In The Door Time: 1:51
- There's Nothing Else To Do [aka Friggin' In The Riggin'] Time: 1:22
- Lulu Time: 1:48
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