Thank you Tilell, I'm Boston born & bred. Spent my summer youth on the waters of Buzzards Bay (Nantucket Sound), spent sometime living off the Lahinna Roadstead, Maui, lent a hand in rerigging the sailing museum ship the Carthaginian, while there, & was bestowed with the honor of being her shantyman while I lingered, made a Pacfic crossing & have had an active (as possible) interest in sailing ships, related music & culture for the past 20 years, but am not a shellback by any means (one who's crossed the line ), only a polywog. It's all love. Here's one back at ya, from the mouth of George Herbet , recently retired Master Rigger (at 92), of the Golden Plover, Hawaiian Chieftain, Almadopa, from West Geelong. The Albertina

They are building a ship in the haven,
Albertina they will call when she's done,... pump away

CH. Albertina she will serve us, Albertina will preserve us,
Albertina, they will call her when she done....pump away

They say that she is ready & waiting,
To take us all around the horn,.....pump away

CH. Albertina she will serve us, Albertina will preserve us
And take us all around the horn.....pump away

They say that she ready at anchor,
she's loaded down with golden ale & wine,.......pump away

CH. Albertina she will serve us, Albertina will preserve us
And she's loaded down with gloden ale & wine,...pump away

They say that she's lies waiting at anchor,
To take us o'r the the bounding main,.....pump away

They say that there's a sailor's grave awaiting,
beneath the ocean wide & blue,.....pump away.

Barry

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