Pete Seeger - Blow the Man Down lyrics

As I was out walkin' down paradise street
To me way, hey blow the man down
A pretty young damsel I chanced for to meet
Give me some time to blow the man down

She was round in the counter
And bluff in the bow
So I took in all sail and cried
"Way enough now" i hailed her in English
She answered me clear
"I'm from the Black Arrow
Bound to the Shakespeare"

So I tailed her my flipper
And took her in tow
And yard arm to yard arm, away we did go
But as we were a going she said unto me
"There's a spankin' full rigger
Just ready for sea"
That spankin' full rigger to
New York was bound
She was very well mannered
And very well found
But as soon as that packet
Was clear of the bar
The mate knocked me down with
The end of a spar

As soon as that packet was out on the sea
It was devilish hard treatment
Of every degree
So I give you fair warning before we belay
Don't never take heed of
What pretty girls say