LEATHER-HEADED SONGSTERS



cho: You leather-headed songsters who will mutilate the song (2x)



You sailor laddies great and small

I pray you lend an ear

Attention pay and you straightaway

A tale of truth shall hear,

About those louts who we despise

Correct us if we're wrong

You leather etc.





They do not care for meter

They do not care for rhyme

A song they'll slash and fiercely dash

We've heard it manys the time

One line short full it sadly limps

The other steps too long

You leather etc.



It is the jolly sailor man

Who does delight to sing

He'll pick his choice and with his voice

The welkin make to ring;

But though one sad voice

Be loud or harsh

It generally is strong

You leather etc.



And when his voice is out

With lofty whoops and howls,

You wolves would swear

And, yes, declare

Around your shack it prowls.

Such once one never could believe

To mortal did belong,

You leather etc.



Sometimes it is a song of love

Sometimes a song marine

Or a song of war bedaubed with gore

Or maybe, song of sea.

But as a rule

'Tis of a maid

Subjected unto wrong

You leather etc.



So you songsters all

Both great and small

Who essay us to charm,

Even though your yells be worse then knells

We wish to you no harm;

But Hades blight we boldly lay

And lay it on full strong

On you etc.



Heard from Dick Swain

From Minstrelsy of Maine

@singing @music @bitching

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