The Ghost Pirates

by: William Hope Hodgson

The Ghost Pirates
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Language: English
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The Hell O! O! Chaunty

Chaunty Man . . Man the capstan, bullies!
Men . . . . . . Ha!-o-o! Ha!-o-o!
Chaunty Man . . Capstan-bars, you tarry souls!
Men . . . . . . Ha!-o-o! Ha!-o-o!
Chaunty Man . . Take a turn!
Men . . . . . . Ha!-o-o!
Chaunty Man . . Stand by to fleet!
Men . . . . . . Ha!-o-o!
Chaunty Man . . Stand by to surge!
Men . . . . . . Ha!-o-o!
Chaunty Man . . Ha!—o-o-o-o!
Men . . . . . . TRAMP!
                       And away we go!
Chaunty Man . . Hark to the tramp of the
                       bearded shellbacks!
Men . . . . . . Hush!
                       O hear 'em tramp!
Chaunty Man . . Tramping, stamping—
                       treading, vamping,
                       While the cable
                       comes in ramping.
Men . . . . . . Hark!
                       O hear 'em stamp!
Chaunty Man . . Surge when it rides!
                       Surge when it rides!
                       Round-o-o-o
                       handsome as it slacks!
Men . . . . . . Ha!-o-o-o-o!
                       hear 'em ramp!
                       Ha!-oo-o-o!
                       hear 'em stamp!
                       Ha!-o-o-o-o-oo!
                       Ha!-o-o-o-o-o-o!
Chorus . . . . They're shouting now; oh! hear 'em
                       A-bellow as they stamp:—
                       Ha!-o-o-o! Ha!-o-o-o!
                       Ha!-o-o-o!
                       A-shouting as they tramp!
Chaunty Man . . O hark to the haunting chorus
                       of the capstan and the bars!
                       Chaunty-o-o-o
                       and rattle crash—
                       Bash against the stars!
Men . . . . . . Ha-a!-o-o-o!
                       Tramp and go!
                       Ha-a!-o-o-o!
                       Ha-a!-o-o-o!
Chaunty Man . . Hear the pawls a-ranting: with
                       the bearded men a-chaunting;
                       While the brazen dome above 'em
                       Bellows back the 'bars.'
Men . . . . . . Hear and hark!
                       O hear 'em!
                       Ha-a!-o-o!
                       Ha-a!-o-o!
Chaunty Man . . Hurling songs towards the
                       heavens—!
Men . . . . . . Ha-a!-o-o!
                       Ha-a!-o-o...!

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