Leave Her, Johnny, Sea Shanty arr. Seán Dagher, sung by Chor Leoni and La Nef

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Chor Leoni | Erick Lichte, Artistic Director
Seán Dagher, soloist

La Nef
Seán Dagher, voice, cittern
Nils Brown, tenor
Michiel Schrey, tenor
Clayton Kennedy, baritone
David Gossage, flutes, percussion, voice
Nelson Carter, violin, voice, percussion
Bill Gossage, double bass, voice


I thought I heard the old man say,
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!

Tomorrow you will get your pay,
and it's time for us to leave her!

Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
Oh! Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
For the voyage is done,
And the winds don't blow,
And it's time for us to leave her!

I hate to sail on this rotten tub.
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!

No grog allowed and rotten grun,
And it's time for us to leave her!

Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
Oh! Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
For the voyage is done,
And the winds don't blow,
And it's time for us to leave her!

The cook's a drunk and the mate is, too.
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!

And the crew is fourteen men too few,
And it's time for us to leave her!

Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
Oh! Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
For the voyage is done,
And the winds don't blow,
And it's time for us to leave her!

We'd be better off in a nice clean jail,
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!

With smuggled in whores and smuggled in ale,
And it's time for us to leave her!

Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
Oh! Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
For the voyage is done,
And the winds don't blow,
And it's time for us to leave her!

We swear by rote for want of more,
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!

The voyage is done so go on shore,
And it's time for us to leave her!

Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
Oh! Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
For the voyage is done,
And the winds don't blow,
And it's time for us to leave her!

And it's time for us to leave her!