Sea Shanty

**Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:30 am**

I adore this song! Does anyone else feel the same?
When I listen to their first album (which is my favourite) I always have to listen to it again full blast.
I was disappointed to not find anything about it in either A drink with Shane Macgowan or Kiss My Arse: The Story of the Pogues.

"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 fuck all the whores in damnation me boys
Though they wriggled and hollered and made a great noise
Then Id drink till I stank and then drink plenty more
And I wont go down to the sea any more
But if I had ten pounds then Id raise a loud cheer
And Id toast all me neighbours both distant and dear
And Id shoot back great belly-crippling buckets of beer
And a pox and a curse on the people round here
Wouldnt give you me the price of a half pint of beer
Wouldnt give you me the price of a cup of good cheer
A pox and a curse on the people round here

A mans ambition must indeed be small
To write his name upon a shithouse wall
But before I die Ill add my regal scrawl
To show the world Im left with sweet fuck 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
I called him a whore and he booted me crotch
Then we shared out the jack and we thought it a treat
The compliments pass when the quality meet
The compliments pass when the quality meet
The compliments pass when the quality meet
The compliments pass when the quality meet"

Just love those damn lyrics........

**Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:36 am**

You'll find a bit here: http://www.poguetry.com/roses.htm

I can't imagine them doing this one live now, although I think they did in the beginning.

**Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:12 pm**

Thanks for that

**Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:53 pm**

Christine wrote:I can't imagine them doing this one live now, although I think they did in the beginning.

Yes, they did it back in the day: http://www.pogueslive.com/pogues/1983-84.htm

Great song. It would be good to hear it live now.

**Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:01 pm**

firehazard wrote:It would be good to hear it live now.

What do you think the chances are if we were to put in a request? :wink:

**Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:11 pm**

Christine wrote:
firehazard wrote:It would be good to hear it live now.

What do you think the chances are if we were to put in a request?

Fat, I'd guess. :wink:

But perhaps our ambition is indeed too small.

**Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:29 pm**

Love this song specially the lyrics

**Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:41 pm**

Who was Bill James? Was he a well-known person, or is it just a random name?

**Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:32 pm**

They played Kitty and Poor Paddy last year so you never know.

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