Chords for Forty-Seven Ginger-Headed Sailors, Jack Hylton,1928

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[F] There's a [C] good ship, [F] _ [C] [F] HMS Cuff Robin, on a [A] home trip.
[Dm] Up and down she's bobbing, [C] though the crew's pretty tough,
the weather's so rough.
[F] They're all fed [Eb] up and say that [C] they've had more than enough.
I've [F] got a _ [C] brother, [F] he's an able seaman, [Bb] and they call him Red [A] Head Tom. _
[G] I've written to [C] say I'll meet you, [G] and with your [C] pals I'll treat [Dm] you,
so who'd you think [G] I've had a [C] message from? _ _
[Fm] Forty-seven ginger-headed [F] sailors, _ [C] coming home across the briny sea.
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[C] When the anchors wave [Dm] and the churn is made,
then [G] they'll start the party [C] with a heave-ho me hearty.
When there's forty [Fm]-seven ginger-headed [F] sailors,
[Db] you can bet [D] you're going to hear [Gm] them when they hail us.
[Ab] And as they step ashore, there'll be [G] one mighty [C] roar
from forty-seven ginger-headed sailors.
Give a hoist there!
Ten, twenty, thirty, forty-seven ginger-headed sailors, [F] hoist! _ _ _
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] Don't hold [Cm] me [G] down in heaven, that's my idea of [C] heaven.
It's forty-seven ginger [F]-headed sailors.
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