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The Often Wrongly Named and Forgotten Legend of Captain Henry Wishart

from Blood & Bones & Fins & Glory by The Southern Ocean Sea Band

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lyrics

THE CAPTAIN WAS A STRONG MAN,
MERCY WAS HIS DESIRE NEVER LOST A SHIP HE SAILED,
AND ALWAYS FOUND A BUYER SPENT HIS LIFE AT SEA,
8 SHIPS HE’D COMMAND
HIS HEART WAS A RUSTY GOLD COLOUR,
HIS TROUBLES WERE ON LAND
HIS TROUBLES WERE ON LAND

THE MEN WHO FLED FROM PORTLAND TOWN,
WOULD DIE UPON ‘PERCY’
THEIR FORTUNES WERE THEIR VIRTUES,
AND GLORY FOUND AT SEA
CHASING THE CHEEKY CONVICTS,
‘FAIRY’ WAS BLOWN AWAY
THE FOUNDING OF PORT FAIRY,
HENRY DECIDED TO STAY
WHILE SHELTERING HIS CUTTER,
FROM THE MIGHTY STORM
THEY WRONGLY NAMED HIM JAMES WISHART,
A NEW MYTH HAD BEEN BORN
A NEW MYTH HAD BEEN BORN

WHEN SAILING THE ‘ACTIVE’, IN AOTEAROA
THE MEN DID FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES FROM THE SPEAR THROWER THE NATIVES HELD THEM CAPTIVE,
CAUSE THEY WANTED HENRY’S SHIP
WISHART OUTSMARTED TARANAKI,
WHEN HE CRACKED THE WHIP
WHEN HE CRACKED THE WHIP

“MAN THE WINDLASS”,
WAREPOWRE DROPPED HIS MARIE
PUT THEM IN THE LONG BOAT,
THERE’S A CHANCE WE MIGHT FLEE
HE GAVE THEM BACK THEIR TOMAHAWKS AND PAID THEM FOR THE BONE
THESE MUSKETS WILL NOT FIRE!
THE ACTIVE’S HEADING HOME!
THE ACTIVE’S HEADING HOME!

IT WAS IN THE WILSONS PROMONTORY
ON THIS WINTERS DAY
WHEN A GREAT WHITE SHARK TOOK WISHART AWAY
SEND HIM BACK TO HOBART ON-BOARD THE WALLABY
IT’S A SAILOR’S LIFE HE DID LIVE, HE EVEN DIED AT SEA
SEND HIS BODY HOME YE LADS, SEND HIM TO HIS WIFE
IT BROKE THE CREWMAN’S HEARTS
HE LIVED A NOBLE LIFE
HE LIVED A NOBLE LIFE
HE LIVED A NOBLE LIFE
HE LIVED A NOBLE LIFE

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from Blood & Bones & Fins & Glory, released September 5, 2016
(Lyrics: Lockett. Music: Lockett, Franklin, Dyson.)

Jordan Lockett: Lead Vocals, 3 x 1.5 (wood planks).
Gus Franklin: Backing Vocals.
James Dyson: Acoustic Guitar, Dobro, Backing Vocals.
David Gibb: Banjo, Dobro.
Merran Moir: Whistle.
Tim Conlan: Double Bass.
Lachlan Davidson: Fiddle.

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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.
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