{"id":6972,"date":"1996-07-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1996-07-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"1996-07-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1996-07-01T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=6972","title":{"rendered":"New York Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/NYgirls.jpg\" height=\"155\" width=\"200\" alt=\"NYgirls.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"><a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\">Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/NYgirls.mp3\">New York Girls<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"about\">This is another example of a young sailor&#039;s warning about the dangers of shore leave. Getting drunk and into trouble with the women in seaport towns was a common theme that ran through many sea chanties. This verse in the song &#039;Go To Sea No More&#039; is another illustration of the sailor&#039;s admonitions.<\/p>\n<p>Come all you bold seafaring lads<br \/>\nWho listen to my song<br \/>\nAnd when you go out on them long trips<br \/>\nPray that you don&#039;t go wrong<br \/>\nTake my advice drink no strong drink<br \/>\nDon&#039;t go sleeping with no whore<br \/>\nBut get married lads and have all night in<br \/>\nAnd go to sea no more<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\nG<br \/>\nAs I walked down the Broadway<br \/>\n                 C<br \/>\nOne evening in July<br \/>\n G                  C<br \/>\nI met a maid who asked me trade<br \/>\n       C               D<br \/>\nAnd a sailor John says I<\/p>\n<p>To Tiffany&#039;s I took her<br \/>\nI did not mind expense<br \/>\nI bought her two gold earrings<br \/>\nAnd they cost me fifteen cents<\/p>\n<p>    G<br \/>\n   AND AWAY, YOU SANTEE<br \/>\n    C        G<br \/>\n   MY DEAR ANNIE<br \/>\n    C           Am<br \/>\n   OH, YOU NEW YORK GIRLS<br \/>\n    D                    G<br \/>\n   CAN&#039;T YOU DANCE THE POLKA?<\/p>\n<p>Says she, &#039;You Limejuice sailor<br \/>\nNow see me home you may&#039;<br \/>\nBut when we reached her cottage door<br \/>\nShe this to me did say<\/p>\n<p>My flash man he&#039;s a Yankee<br \/>\nWith his hair cut short behind<br \/>\nHe wears a pair of long sea-boots<br \/>\nAnd he sails in the Blackball Line<\/p>\n<p>He&#039;s homeward bound this evening<br \/>\nAnd with me he will stay<br \/>\nSo get a move on, sailor-boy<br \/>\nGet cracking on your way<\/p>\n<p>So I kissed her hard and proper<br \/>\nAfore her flash man came<br \/>\nAnd fare ye well, me Bowery gal<br \/>\nI know your little game<\/p>\n<p>I wrapped me glad rags round me<br \/>\nAnd to the docks did steer<br \/>\nI&#039;ll never court another maid<br \/>\nI&#039;ll stick to rum and beer<\/p>\n<p>I joined a Yankee blood-boat<br \/>\nAnd sailed away next morn<br \/>\nDon&#039;t ever fool around with gals<br \/>\nYou&#039;re safer off Cape Horn\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: New York Girls This is another example of a young sailor&#039;s warning about the dangers of shore leave. Getting drunk and into trouble with the women in seaport towns was a common theme that ran through many sea chanties. This verse in the song &#039;Go To Sea No &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=6972\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New York Girls&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seafaring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8412,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6972\/revisions\/8412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}