Sea Shanty Lyrics

The song Sea Shanty is performed by The Pogues in the album named Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say...Pogue Mahone in the year 2008 .



(Shane MacGowan)
Dear dirty London in the pouring rain
I wish to God I was back on the sea again
Though that belongs to the world of never will be
There was never a wilder bastard than me on the sea
I could f**k all the whores in damnation me boys
Though they wriggled and hollered and made a great noise
Then I'd drink till I stank and then drink plenty more
And I won't go down to the sea any more
But if I had ten pounds then I'd raise a loud cheer
And I'd toast all me neighbours both distant and dear
And I'd shoot back great belly-crippling buckets of beer
And a pox and a curse on the people round here
Wouldn't give you the price of a half pint of beer
Wouldn't give you the price of a cup of good cheer
A pox and a curse on the people round here

A man's ambition must indeed be small
To write his name upon a shithouse wall
But before I die I'll add my regal scrawl
To show the world I'm left with sweet f**k all
And when all of us bold shithouse poets do die
A monument grand they will raise to the sky
A monument made just to mark our great wit
A monument of solid shit now me boys
I met with Bill James we fought over crusts
He called me a whore and I booted his crutch
Then we shared out the jack and we thought it a treat
The compliments pa*s when the quality meet



The Pogues - Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say...Pogue Mahone

Jul 2008

  1. Kerry Polka [#]
  2. The Rocky Road to Dublin [#]
  3. Boys from the Country Hell ["Radio-Friendly" Version]
  4. NW3 [#]
  5. The Donegal Express/The Hen and the Cock Are in Carrickmacross [Rehearsal R
  6. Do You Believe in Magic? [#]
  7. Hot Asphalt [#]
  8. Danny Boy [BBC John Peel Show]
  9. Maggie May [#]
  10. Haunted [From Sid and Nancy]
  11. 0The Travelling People [Rehearsal Recording][#]
  12. Eve of Destruction [#]
  13. My Baby's Gone [Demo Recording][#]
  14. North Sea Holes [#]
  15. Garbo (Aka in and Out) [From Garbo]
  16. The Last of McGee [#]
  17. Afro-Cuban Be-Bop [From I Hired a Contract Killer]
  18. Young Ned of the Hill [Dub Version]
  19. Pinned Down/I'm Alone in the Wilderness [#]
  20. When the Ship Comes In [Demo Recording][#]
  21. Waxies Dargle [Live][#]
  22. Repeal of the Licensing Laws [Demo Recording][#]
  23. Dark Streets of London [Demo Recording][#]
  24. Greenland Whale Fisheries [Demo Recording][#]
  25. Streams of Whiskey [Demo Recording]
  26. The Auld Triangle [BBC John Peel Show]
  27. Poor Paddy on the Railway [BBC David "Kid" Jensen Show]
  28. Sea Shanty [Demo Recording][#]
  29. Transmetropolitan [Demo Recording][#]
  30. Kitty [Demo Recording][#]
  31. Boys from the County Hell [BBC David "Kid" Jensen Show]
  32. Connemara, Let's Go! (Aka Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go) [De
  33. Billy's Bones [BBC Janice Long Show]
  34. The Old Main Drag [BBC Janice Long Show]
  35. Sally Maclennane [BBC John Peel Show]
  36. The Town That Never Sleeps [#]
  37. Something Wild [#]
  38. Driving Through the City [#]
  39. Rainy Night in Soho [Oboe Version]
  40. Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#]
  41. Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#]
  42. Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#]
  43. Navigatoer [Live][#]
  44. The Aria [#]
  45. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly [From Straight to Hell]
  46. Haunted [Demo Recording][#]
  47. Love Theme from Sid and Nancy [#]
  48. Junk Theme [From Sid and Nancy]
  49. Glued Up and Speeding [From Sid and Nancy]
  50. Paris [From Sid and Nancy]
  51. A Needle for Paddy Garcia [From Sid and Nancy]
  52. JB 57 [#]
  53. Bowery Snax/Spiked [From Sid and Nancy]
  54. Hot Dogs with Everything [From Sid and Nancy]
  55. Rince del Emplacada [#]
  56. The Rake at the Gates of Hell [BBC Janice Long Show]
  57. Turkish Song of the Damned [BBC Janice Long Show]
  58. If I Should Fall from Grace with God [BBC Janice Long Show]
  59. Battle March [Demo Recording][#]
  60. Lullaby of London [Demo Recording][#]
  61. Shanne Bradley [Demo Recording][#]
  62. Streets of Sorrow [Demo Recording][#]
  63. Thousands Are Sailing [#]
  64. The Balinalee [#]
  65. Nicaragua Libré [#]
  66. Japan [Live][#]
  67. Sally Maclennane [Live]
  68. A Pair of Brown Eyes [Live]
  69. Kitty [Live]
  70. Maggie May [Live]
  71. Dirty Old Town [Live]
  72. The Sickbed of Cuchulainn [Live]
  73. Fiesta [7" Single Remix]
  74. If I Should Fall from Grace with God [12" Single Remix]
  75. Johnny Come Lately
  76. Boat Train [Demo Recording][#]
  77. Night Train to Lorca [Demo Recording][#]
  78. The Mistlethrush [#]
  79. Got a Lot of Livin' to Do
  80. Victoria [#]
  81. Murder [Version 1][#]
  82. Lust for Vomit [#]
  83. The Wake of the Medusa [Demo Recording][#]
  84. The Black Dogs Ditch [#]
  85. Aisling [#]
  86. Murder [Version 2][#]
  87. Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah [12" Single Remix]
  88. Maidrín Rua [#]
  89. Johnny Come Lately [Live][#]
  90. John Was [#]
  91. Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things
  92. All the Tears That I Cried
  93. The One and Only
  94. Afro-Cuban Be-Bop [From I Hired a Contract Killer]
  95. Turkish Song of the Damned [Live]
  96. London Calling [Live]
  97. I Fought the Law [Live]
  98. The Girl from the Wadi-Hammamat [Demo Recording][*]
  99. Moving to Moldova [Demo Recording][#]
  100. Call My Name [#]
  101. The Sun and the Moon [Demo Recording][#]
  102. Living in a World Without Her [Demo Recording][#]
  103. Who Said Romance Is Dead? [Demo Recording][#]
  104. Sound of the City Night [Demo Recording][#]
  105. Four O'Clock in the Morning [Demo Recording][#]
  106. The Star of the County Down [Live][#]
  107. White City [Live][#]
  108. Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road to Dublin/The Galway Rac
  109. The Parting Glass/Lord Santry's Fairest Daughter [Live][#]
  110. Goodnight Irene [Live][#][*]

Sea Shanty