Anna Pink

from Revel and Rhyme by Nettlebone

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lyrics

ANNA PINK

My sweetheart's name is Anna
She sails upon the sea
Slender and sleek
The pride of Anson's fleet

On her deck we muster
Our bearing's for The Horn
Promises of plunder
From Spanish galleons

Up the rigging high me boys
Sail in clear blue sky me boys
A thousand miles
and many, many more
We make for distant shores ahoy!

Keep your spirits high me boys
Eyes upon the prize me boys
Don't be glum
we'll have another rum
Good fortune's on our side ahoy!

Black skies on the horizon
Mad sirens shriek with glee
The rage of the tempest
And violence of the sea

Batten down the hatches
Clear the decking floor
Drop and drag the anchors
To keep from leeward shore

Tie the rigging down me boys
Hang on for your lives me boys
All as one
or we be dead and gone
And down with Davy Jones ahoy!

Great waves rising high me boys
Tossed from side to side me boys
Anna groans
and shakes from bow to stern
A salty end is nigh ahoy!

Our Anna's still our sweetheart
She weathered mighty storm
Now limps to the bay
Her body cracked and torn

On the master's orders
We strip her to the bone
No grave nor a headstone
A thousand miles from home

Raise your cags up high me boys
Remember her with pride me boys
Anna Pink
we drink until we sink
And slip down by your side ahoy!

The wind's gone from our sails me boys
Bellies filled with ale me boys
Pitch and yaw
and fall down to the floor
So ends this sailors tale ahoy!

credits

from Revel and Rhyme, released September 2, 2019
All music and lyrics by Dominic Forrest and Justin Forrest

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about

Nettlebone London, UK

Revel & Rhyme is a musical collaboration between two brothers with significant additions from two wonderful musicians, Jude Rees and Jon Loomes. Dealing with historical themes the album is a journey through England’s largely neglected social and political history using a wide range of traditional instrumentation, evocative lyrics and atmospheric musical soundscapes. ... more