THE HELL O! O! CHAUNTY
 
(Chaunty Man): Man the capstan, bullies!
(Men): Ha!-o-o! Ha!-o-o!
(Chaunty Man): Capstan-bars, you tarry souls!
(Men): Ha!-o-o! Ha!-o-o!
(Chaunty Man): Take a turn!
(Men): Ha!-o-o!
(Chaunty Man): Stand by to fleet!
(Men): Ha!-o-o!
(Chaunty Man): Stand by to surge!
(Men): Ha!-o-o!
(Chaunty Man): Ha!--o-o-o-o!
(Men): TRAMP! And away we go!
 
(Chaunty Man): Hark to the tramp of the bearded shellbacks!
(Men): Hush! O hear 'em tramp!
(Chaunty Man): Tramping, stamping -- treading, vamping,
While the cable comes in ramping.
(Men): Hark! O hear 'em stamp!
(Chaunty Man): Surge when it rides!
Surge when it rides!
Round-o-o-o handsome as it slacks!
(Men): Ha!-o-o-o-o! hear 'em ramp!
Ha!-o-o-o-o! hear 'em stamp!
Ha!-o-o-o-o-o-o!
Ha!-o-o-o-o-o-o!
 
(Chorus): They're shouting now; oh! hear 'em
A-bellow as they stamp:--
Ha!-o-o-o! Ha!-o-o-o!
Ha!-o-o-o!
A-shouting as they tramp!
 
(Chaunty Man): O hark to the haunting chorus
of the capstan and the bars!
Chaunty-o-o-o and rattle crash--
Bash against the stars!
(Men): Ha-a!-o-o-o!
Tramp and go!
Ha-a!-o-o-o!
Ha-a!-o-o-o!
(Chaunty Man): Hear the pawls a-ranting:
with the bearded men a-chaunting;
While the brazen dome above 'em
Bellows back the 'bars.'
(Men): Hear and hark!
O hear 'em!
Ha-a!-o-o!
Ha-a!-o-o!
(Chaunty Man): Hurling songs towards the heavens--!
(Men): Ha-a!-o-o!
Ha-a!-o-o!
(Chaunty Man): Hush! O hear 'em!
Hark! O hear 'em!
Hurling oaths among their spars!
(Men): Hark! O hear 'em!
Hush! O hear 'em!
(Chaunty Man): Tramping round between the bars!
 
(Chorus): They're shouting now; oh! hear 'em
A-bellow as they stamp:--
Ha-a!-o-o-o! Ha-a!-o-o-o!
Ha-a!-o-o-o!
A-shouting as they tramp!
 
(Chaunty Man): O do you hear the capstan-chaunty!
Thunder round the pawls!
Men:  Click a-clack, a-clatter
Surge! And scatter bawls!
(Chaunty Man): Click-a-clack, my bonny boys,
while it comes in handsome!
(Men): Ha-a!-o-o! Hear 'em clack!
(Chaunty Man): Ha-a!-o-o! Click-a-clack!
(Men): Hush! O hear 'em pant!
Hark! O hear 'em rant!
(Chaunty Man): Click, a-clitter, clicker-clack.
(Men): Ha-a!-o-o! Tramp and go!
(Chaunty Man): Surge! And keep away the slack!
(Men): Ha-a!-o-o! Away the slack:
Ha-a!-o-o! Click-a-clack
(Chaunty Man): Bustle now each jolly Jack.
Surging easy! Surging e-a-s-y!!
(Men): Ha-a!-o-o! Surging easy
(Chaunty Man): Click-a-clatter -- Surge; and steady!
Man the stopper there! All ready?
(Men): Ha-a!-o-o! Ha-a!-o-o!
(Chaunty Man): Click-a-clack, my bouncing boys:
(Men): Ha-a!-o-o! Tramp and go!
(Chaunty Man): Lift the pawls, and come back easy.
(Men): Ha-a!-o-o! Steady-o-o-o-o!
(Chaunty Man): Vast the chaunty! Vast the capstan!
Drop the pawls! Be-l-a-y!
 
(Chorus): Ha-a!-o-o! Unship the bars!
Ha-a!-o-o! Tramp and go!
Ha-a!-o-o! Shoulder bars!
Ha-a!-o-o! And away we blow!
Ha-a!-o-o-o!
Ha-a!-o-o-o-o!
Ha-a!-o-o-o-o-o!

From William Hope Hodgson's Ghost Pirates