Listen to Shanty Man (Music from the Movie) by Fisherman's Friends

Shanty Man (Music from the Movie)

Fisherman's Friends

Alternative Folk

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Fisherman's Friends

Fisherman's Friends

Musician

Billy Hawkins

Vocals

Jason Nicholas

Vocals

Jeremy Brown

Vocals

John Brown

Vocals

John Lethbridge

John Lethbridge

Vocals

John McDonnell

Vocals

Jon Cleave

Vocals

Toby Lobb

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Bob Watson

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Rupert Christie

Rupert Christie

Producer

Sam Burden

Recording Engineer

Dick Beetham

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

Now modern ships carry mighty funny gear

And away, get away, you shantyman

Ain't seen a halyard for many's a year

And they got no use for a shantyman

Slick new fittings are all your style

And away, get away, you shantyman

All very clever, but they just ain't right

And they got no use for a shantyman

Shantyman, oh, shantyman

Who's got a berth for a shantyman?

Sing you a song of a world gone wrong

When they got no use for a shantyman

Levers to pull and buttons to press

And away, get away, you shantyman

Real life sailors, you need 'em less

And they got no use for a shantyman

Floating computer dressed as a ship

And away, get away, you shantyman

Skippered and crewed by a micro chip

And they got no use for a shantyman

Shantyman, oh, shantyman

Who's got a berth for a shantyman?

Sing you a song of a world gone wrong

When they got no use for a shantyman

Soon they'll be sailing by remote control

And away, get away, you shantyman

That'll be pleasing for the owner's soul

And they got no use for a shantyman

Sending the ships from dock to dock

And away, get away, you shantyman

While sat up on our asses in an office block

And they got no use for a shantyman

Shantyman, oh, shantyman

Who's got a berth for a shantyman?

Sing you a song of a world gone wrong

When they got no use for a shantyman

New fangled gears, no use to you

And away, get away, you shantyman

When you're off Cape Horn with your fuses blew

And they got no use for a shantyman

Then's the time you rue the day

And away, get away, you shantyman

You sent your shantyman away

And they got no use for a shantyman

Shantyman, oh, shantyman

Who's got a berth for a shantyman?

Sing you a song of a world gone wrong

When they got no use for a shantyman

A sailor's life was once was hard

And away, get away, you shantyman

While laid in a loft on a top sale yard

And they got no use for a shantyman

Now it don't matter if the winds blow high

And away, get away, you shantyman

You can take force ten with your feet still dry

And they got no use for a shantyman

Shantyman, oh, shantyman

Who's got a berth for a shantyman?

Sing you a song of a world gone wrong

When they got no use for a shantyman

Listen at night and you might hear

And away, get away, you shantyman

A ghostly sound on the cool night air

And they got no use for a shantyman

Was it a ghost from the distant past?

And away, get away, you shantyman

Or just a breeze in the radar mast?

And they got no use for a shantyman

Shantyman, oh, shantyman

Who's got a berth for a shantyman?

Sing you a song of a world gone wrong

When they got no use for a shantyman

Shantyman, oh, shantyman

Who's got a berth for a shantyman?

Sing you a song of a world gone wrong

When they got no use for a shantyman

Written by: Bob Watson

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