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Lyrics from Sailors’ Delight<\/em>, edited by Cicely Fox Smith, published by Methuen & Co., London, UK, 1931, pp. 9-10; first published in Punch<\/em> magazine, Volume 180, May 20, 1931, p. 546.; Music by Alan Fitsimmons. Stan Hugill had some wonderful tales on this theme – and told them with a sparkle in his eye!<\/p>\n

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  1. “Shanghai Brown, Shanghai Brown!”
    \nThe Skipper o’ the Harvest Moon<\/em> is rampin’ round the town
    \nLooking for some sailormen to beg or steal or borrow \u2014
    \nCan’t get a crew an’ he wants to sail tomorrow!
    \n“Prime seamen’s very scarce just now \u2014 but where’s his money down,
    \nAn’ I’ll see what I can do for him,” says Shanghai Brown.<\/li>\n
  2. “Shanghai Brown, Shanghai Brown,”
    \nHe’s sent his touts an’ runners out all around the town;
    \nHe’s raked in men both high an’ low, he’s got both black an’ white;
    \nHe’s got the Lauderdale ‘s<\/em> port watch that only berthed last night;
    \nHe’s got a brace of farmhands with the hayseeds in their hair;
    \nHe’s got a bridegroom and best man, for what does Shanghai care?<\/li>\n
  3. An’ he’s shipped ’em in the Harvest Moon<\/em>, the toughest packet goin’,
    \n(That never gets a sailorman’ to sign aboard her, knowin’),
    \nWith a hardcase drivin’ skipper, an’ a bull-voiced bucko mate,
    \nBy the Shanghai passage from the Golden Gate.<\/li>\n
  4. They’ll be wonderin’ in the mornin’ what it was they drank las’ night;
    \nThey’ll be wonderin’ what’s hit ’em if they show an ounce of fight;
    \nThey’ll be scoffin’ seaboot duff, they’ll be suppin’ handspike gruel,
    \nAn’ dodgin’ the belayin’-pins, and cursin’ Shanghai cruel;<\/li>\n
  5. But there’s one won’t wake nor wonder, nor scoff no grub at all,
    \nNor drag his achin’ bones along to tally on the fall,
    \nNor jump to please the toughest mate New England ever bred,
    \nNot stand no trick nor lookout \u2014 an’ for why? Because he’s dead!<\/li>\n
  6. “Shanghai Brown, Shanghai Brown!”
    \nThe Skipper o’ the Harvest Moon<\/em> is rampin’ round the town,
    \nLooking for some sailormen to beg or steal or borrow \u2014
    \nCan’t get a crew an’ he wants to sail tomorrow!
    \n“Prime seamen’s very scarce just now!,” says Shanghai Brown,
    \nSo he’s took an’ shipped a corp away, has Shanghai Brown,
    \nBy the Shanghai Passage, outer ‘Frisco Town!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Lyrics from Sailors’ Delight, edited by Cicely Fox Smith, published by Methuen & Co., London, UK, 1931, pp. 9-10; first published in Punch magazine, Volume 180, May 20, 1931, p. 546.; Music by Alan Fitsimmons. Stan Hugill had some wonderful tales on this theme – and told them with a sparkle in his eye! “Shanghai…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwalser.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwalser.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwalser.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwalser.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwalser.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwalser.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwalser.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwalser.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwalser.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}