The Shaver. Collected by Hugill and found in his book Shanties from the Seven Seas. His notes state that this is one of the few chanteys that dealt with homosexuality.
The Shaver
When I was a little hairless boy
I went to sea in Stormy's employ.
Shipped away as a cabin boy.
When I was just a shaver, a shaver.
Oh, I was fed up with the sea,
When I was just a shaver.
They whacked me up and they whacked me down,
The mate he cracked me on the crown,
And then he buggered me round and round.
When I was just a shaver etc.
When I went aloft through the lubbers' hole
The mate he said, "Goddamn your soul,
You'll do, me son, what you're bloody well told."
When I was just a shaver etc.
And when we lollopped around the Horn
I wished to God I never was born;
I felt like a sheep with it's wool all shorn.
When I was just a shaver etc.
When we'd left behind the ice and rain,
And once more to the tropics we came,
The mate came buggering once again.
When I was just a shaver etc.
So when we reached port well I skipped ship,
I'd had enough for one bleeding trip.
I'd stay ashore and never more ship.
When I was just a shaver etc.
- Salty Dick
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Salty Dick's Uncensored Sailor Songs
- The Shaver Time: 1:38
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