I haven't recorded my shanty yet, but maybe before launch. It's a call-and-response song -- and I have ideas for instrumental interludes between the verses -- so it wouldn't be a quick and easy recording. "Heave Ho" is the title for now. A forum member requested I add the verse about the kraken.
heave ho! heave ho!
fetch up the lines and raise the stone
heave ho! heave ho!
open her sails and let her go
arrgh, aye! arrgh, aye!
chase the wind and plead the sky
arrgh, aye! arrgh, aye!
we probably will sail until we die
heave ho! heave ho!
what do you see from up high, crow?
heave ho! heave ho!
nothing but blue and sailors old
hold now! hold now!
i see a ship afore the prow
cannons now! cannons now!
sing 'em a surly thunder, how!
heave all! heave all!
we'll chase 'em through the blackest squall
heave all! heave all!
boom! and crack! and crash! and snap!
heave, yell! heave, yell!
iron forged harder than hell
heave, yell! heave, yell!
ye gotta live to tell the tale
kraken ho! kraken ho!
man the cannons! give it all
kraken ho! kraken ho!
we barely scratched the beast! where did it go?
captain, fly! captain, fly!
but i can see its evil eye
captain, fly! captain, fly!
probably will chase until we die
gold ho! gold ho!
every man will swim in gold
no gold! no gold!
bury the captain in the bloody hold!
arrgh, aye! arrgh, aye!
none survives the empty prize
arrgh, aye! arrgh, aye!
we probably will sail until we die!