Letra de Shanghai Kelly
Waves roll on Days drag by And the wind, and the sea birds cryRain washes down And the night turns grey All I can do is prayWell on me own in San Francisco In the year of 1849 No money in me pockets But there's mischief on me mind It was Jimmy Kelly's birthday A businessman of high renown He said he'd host a party, he invited half the town! He said we'd all go drinkin' on a paddle-steamer in the bay With barrels full of whiskey Sure we didn't have to pay But Kelly swiped the liquor With a jigger full of maudlin A pint of chloral-hydrate and a shot of opium!Beat-down! Black-eyed! Hobbled-up and hog-tied! Shipped-out! Shanghaied! Ne'er a "fare thee well"! Rope-burned! Whip-cracked! Burnt-back and hard-tack! Davey Jones will steal your bones and send you down to Hell! Davey Jones will steal your bones and send you down to Hell!Well a lot of us, we hit the floor Ninety men or maybe more They rolled us up in blankets And they dragged us to the door They sold us to the Reefer just before she passed the Golden Gate Before we all got sober, we were married to our fate And miles away from all I knew Stranded with this rotten crew With naught but work for us to do until we reached Peru With blistered hands we'd haul the line Man the sails, swab the deck And dream of Shanghai Kelly with a rope around his neck!Beat-down! Black-eyed! Hobbled-up and hog-tied! Shipped-out! Shanghaied! Ne'er a "fare thee well"! Rope-burned! Whip-cracked! Burnt-back and hard-tack! Davey Jones will steal your bones and send you down to Hell! Davey Jones will steal your bones and send you down to Hell!Now if you meet that Shanghai Kelly You'd best take care around the booze A pint of piquet special, and you're surely bound to lose A year at sea and all I've got When they dumped me on the docks A broken heart, a broken head, the scurvy and the pox A broken heart, a broken head, the scurvy and the poxBeat-down! Black-eyed! Hobbled-up and hog-tied! Shipped-out! Shanghaied! Ne'er a "fare thee well"! Rope-burned! Whip-cracked! Burnt-back and hard-tack! Davey Jones will steal your bones and send you down to Hell! Davey Jones will steal your bones and send you down to Hell! Hey!