To Be Sung on the High Seas
In a Pieces, Particles entry, I referenced a magazine article about the fading history of sea shanties. Roger Chartier Music & Publishing has created a wonderful resource about this almost-lost art, featuring some history, related links... and lyrics! Here's an excerpt from "Cape Cod Girls":

Cape Cod girls ain't got no combs. Heave away, haul away.
They comb their hair with codfish bones. Heave away, haul away.

Cape Cod doctors ain't got no pills. Heave away, haul away.
They feed their patients codfish gills. Heave away, haul away.

Cape Cod women don't bake no pies. Heave away, haul away.
They feed their babies codfish eyes. Heave away, haul away.

All of that might very well be true. I guess my question is, "What about those Cape Anne girls?"

Thanks to Memepool.