{"id":8297,"date":"2018-11-01T07:59:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T11:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=8297"},"modified":"2018-11-01T07:59:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T11:59:58","slug":"dont-forget-your-old-shipmate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=8297","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Forget Your Old Shipmate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Dont_Forget_Your_Old_Shipmate.jpg\" width=400\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"> <a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\"> Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Dont_Forget_Your_Old_Shipmate.mp3\"><br \/>\nDon&#8217;t Forget Your Old Shipmate &#8211; Click To Play <\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"about\">\n This song was popular with the Royal Navy during the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleonic_Wars\">Napoleonic Wars<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t forget yer old shipmate<\/p>\n<p>Safe and sound at home again, let the waters roar, Jack.<br \/>\nSafe and sound at home again, let the waters roar, Jack.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<br \/>\nLong we&#8217;ve tossed on the rolling main, now we&#8217;re safe ashore, Jack.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!<\/p>\n<p>Since we sailed from Plymouth Sound, four years gone, or nigh, Jack.<br \/>\nWas there ever chummies, now, such as you and I, Jack?<\/p>\n<p>Long we&#8217;ve tossed on the rolling main, now we&#8217;re safe ashore, Jack.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!<\/p>\n<p>We have worked the self-same gun, quarterdeck division.<br \/>\nSponger I and loader you, through the whole commission.<\/p>\n<p>Long we&#8217;ve tossed on the rolling main, now we&#8217;re safe ashore, Jack.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!<\/p>\n<p>Oftentimes have we laid out, toil nor danger fearing,<br \/>\nTugging out the flapping sail to the weather earing.<\/p>\n<p>Long we&#8217;ve tossed on the rolling main, now we&#8217;re safe ashore, Jack.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!<\/p>\n<p>When the middle watch was on, and the time went slow, boy,<br \/>\nWho could choose a rousing stave, who like Jack or Joe, boy?<\/p>\n<p>Long we&#8217;ve tossed on the rolling main, now we&#8217;re safe ashore, Jack.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!<\/p>\n<p>There she swings, an empty hulk, not a soul below now.<br \/>\nNumber seven starboard mess misses Jack and Joe now.<\/p>\n<p>Long we&#8217;ve tossed on the rolling main, now we&#8217;re safe ashore, Jack.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!<\/p>\n<p>But the best of friends must part, fair or foul the weather.<br \/>\nHand yer flipper for a shake, now a drink together.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Don&#8217;t Forget Your Old Shipmate &#8211; Click To Play This song was popular with the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Lyrics: Don&#8217;t forget yer old shipmate Safe and sound at home again, let the waters roar, Jack. 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