Shanty man - Nathan Evans

Now modern ships carry mighty funny gear (and away, get away, you shanty man).

Ain't seen a halyard for many's a year (and they got no use for a shanty man).

Slick new fittings are all your style (and away, get away, you shanty man).

All very clever, but it just ain't right (and they got no use for a shanty man).

Levers to pull and buttons to press (and away, get away, you shanty man).

Real-life sailors you meet 'em less (and they got no use for a shanty man).

Floating computer dressed as a ship (and away, get away, you shanty man).

Skippered and crewed by a microchip (and they got no use for a shanty man).

Soon they'll be sailing by remote control (and away, get away, you shanty man).

That'll be pleasing for the owners' soul (and they got no use for a shanty man).

Send their ships from dock to dock (and away, get away, you shanty man).

While sat upon their arses in an office block (and they got no use for a shanty man).

Newfangled gear's no use to you (and away, get away, you shanty man).

When you're off Cape Horn with your fuses blew (and they got no use for a shanty man).

Then's the time you rue the day (and away, get away, you shanty man).

You sent your shanty man away (and they got no use for a shanty man).

A sailor's life it once was hard (and away, get away, you shanty man).

Laid out aloft on a topsail yard (and they got no use for a shanty man).

Now it don't matter if the winds blow high (and away, get away, you shanty man).

You can take force ten with your feet still dry )and they got no use for a shanty man).

Listen at night and you might hear (and away, get away, you shanty man).

A ghostly sound on the cool night air (and they got no use for a shanty man).

Was it a ghost from the distant past? (And away, get away, you shanty man).

Or just a breeze in the radar mast? (And they got no use for a shanty man).