Silly Wizard: The Ferryland Sealer (07)

Silly Wizard: The Ferryland Sealer (Caledonian Hardy Sons) Lyrics: Oh our schooner and our sloop in Ferryland they do lie. They are already rigged to be bound for the ice, All you lads of the Southern we will have you be aware She is going to the ice in the spring of the year. Laddie whack fall the laddie, laddie whack fall the day. We had vittles for to last more than two months at the least, And plenty of good rum, boys, stowed away in our chest, We will give her a rally for to praise all our fency, All our seals will be collected by the William and the Nancy. Our course be east-north-east two days and two nights, Out captain he cried out, “Boys, look ahead for the ice!“ And we hove her about standing in for the land, And ’twas in a few hours we were firm in the jam. Oh our captain he cried out, “Come on, boys, and bear a’hand. Our cook he gets the breakfast and each man takes a dram, With their bats in the