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Song Name: Blow, Ye Winds, Westerly (hi-lo) By: Sea Chantey from Newfoundland
Posted By: WaltP Difficulty: Any
Key: G Genre: Folk
Harp Type: Diatonic
Created: 2011-08-17 22:22:05 Modified: 0000-00-00 00:00:00


Song:

BLOW, YE WINDS, WESTERLY hi-lo

Sea Chantey from Newfoundland

Key: G

Time: 3/4

 

 3    4  -4   4    -3” 3   3

 6    7  -8   7    -6  6   6

Come all ye young sail-or men,

 

 5  -5  3  54

 8  -9  6  87

Lis-ten to me

 

 -3   -3” -3 -3” 3   3

 -7   -6  -7 -6  6   6

I’ll sing you a song of

 

 3   -4  5  -4   4

 6   -8  8  -8   7

The fish of the sea

 

 3    5    -4   4     3   2  3

 6    8    -8   7     6   5  6

Then blow, ye winds, west-er-ly

 

 -3” -2”-3”3 2

 -6  -5 -6 6 5

West-er-ly blow

 

  3     4   -4  4   -3”   3

  6     7   -8  7   -6    6

We’re bound to the south-ward

 

3    -4  5 -4   4

6    -8  8 -8   7

So stead-y she goes