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The Legend of Bully Forbes (It's Melbourne or it's Hell)

from Into The Blue by The Southern Ocean Sea Band

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lyrics

MY NAME IS BULLY FORBES, I’M THE CAPTAIN OF THIS SHIP
TAKE A TURN SUNNY AND I’LL CRACK YOU WITH MY WHIP
A FILTHY OLD BRIG WAS MY FIRST COMMAND
A FASTER SHIP WAS NEEDED, IT’S MINE TO DEMAND!
MARIA & CLEOPATRA SAILED THE AUSTRALIAN RUN
STANDING PROUDLY ON THE DECK WITH MY KNIFE AND GUN
MARCO POLO WAS THE FASTEST SHIP O’ THE TIME
SHE MADE ME THE PRIDE OF THE BLACK BALL LINE!

HIS NAME IS BULLY FORBES
HE'S THE PRIDE OF THE BLACK BALL LINE
SAILED THE QUICKEST TRIP TO MELBOURNE
WHEN HE WAS IN HIS PRIME

I LOCKED UP THE CREW FROM RUNNING TO THE GOLD
THAT DIRTY LITTLE SCHOMBERG WAS NOT WHAT I WAS SOLD
WE HAD A COW CALLED TONY THAT GAVE US LOVELY MILK
MY SHEETS THEY WERE DISGUSTING BUT MADE FROM WOVEN SILK
THAT HEAD WIND WAS RELENTLESS, “IT’S TIME TO HAUL AND TACK”!
A 1000 YARDS OF SAIL, SHE BENT AND BROKE THEIR BACKS
THE SCHOMBERG WAS A JUNK, SHE LOVED TO CHASE A WHALE
SLUGGISH AS ALL HELL - EVEN AT FULL SAIL!

HIS NAME IS BULLY FORBES
HE'S THE PRIDE OF THE BLACK BALL LINE
THEY LISTEN WHEN HE YELLS
IT'S MELBOURNE OR IT'S HELL

WAS LUCKY ON SUNDAY, T’WAS MY TIME TO SHINE
FETCH THE CABIN BOY, WHERE’S MY GIN AND WINE!
CUT THE DECK DOWN BELOW I KNEW I MISSED MY GOAL
“LET HER GO TO HELL!”, IT PAINS MY SCOTTISH SOUL
WRONG WIND, LOW SWELL, BUT WE RAN INTO THE REEF
CHRISTMAS TIME WAS RUINED, YOU’LL COP MY RAGE AND GRIEF
I DON’T BELIEVE IN JESUS BUT MAYBE IT’S A SIGN,
I’LL ALWAYS BE THE PRIDE OF THE BLACK BALL LINE!

AND THE CREW SING

HIS NAME WAS BULLY FORBES
THE PRIDE OF BLACK BALL LINE
SAILED THE QUICKEST TRIP TO MELBOURNE - WHEN HE WAS IN HIS PRIME
HIS NAME WAS BULLY FORBES
THE PRIDE OF BLACK BALL LINE
THEY LISTEN WHEN HE YELLS
IT'S MELBOURNE OR IT'S HELL

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from Into The Blue, released March 10, 2023

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The Southern Ocean Sea Band Port Fairy, Australia

The Southern Ocean Sea Band are a 10-piece band singing historical songs & shanties about their hometown.

Borne directly from the late Danny Spooner’s ‘Shanties at the River,’ sessions, they made their Port Fairy Folk Festival debut to launch their album, 'Blood & Bones & Fins & Glory,' in 2017, and have since toured the regions, spreading their historical songs & shanty love far and wide. ... more

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