Misc Traditional – Ben Backstay (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
F
[tab]  Bb         C
A very merry boy,

F
For no one half so more merrily

      Bb              C
Could pipe all hands ahoy.

F
And when unto his summons

   Bb             C
We did not well attend,

F
No lad than he more merrily

      Bb              C
Could handle a rope's end
[Pre-Chorus]
      Bb     C        F
Could handle a rope's end

      Bb     C        F
Could handle a rope's end
N.C. Sing it [Chorus]
F          Bb
Chip chow, cherry chow,

F             C
Faldee riddle idle ow,

F          Bb
Chip chow, cherry chow,

C            F
Faldee radle day

F          Bb
Chip chow, cherry chow,

F             C
Faldee riddle idle ow,

F          Bb
Chip chow, cherry chow,

C            F
Faldee radle day
[Verse 2]
F
While sailing once our Captain

    Bb          C
Who was a jolly dog

F
Served out to all our company

  Bb              C
A double whack of grog

F
Ben backstay he got tipsy

    Bb             C
All to his heart’s content

F
And he being half seas over

       Bb          C
Right overboard he went
[Pre-Chorus]
      Bb  C        F
Right overboard he went

      Bb  C        F
Right overboard he went
N.C. Sing it! [Chorus]
F          Bb
Chip chow, cherry chow,

F             C
Faldee riddle idle ow,

F          Bb
Chip chow, cherry chow,

C            F
Faldee radle day

F          Bb
Chip chow, cherry chow,

F             C
Faldee riddle idle ow,

F          Bb
Chip chow, cherry chow,

C            F
Faldee radle day
[Verse 3]
F
A shark was on the starboard bow

    Bb                C
And Sharks no man can stand

F
For they do grapple everything

     Bb                  C
Just like your sharks on land

F
We heaved Ben out some tackling

   Bb                 C
to give his life some hope

F
But as the shark bit his head off

   Bb               C
he couldn't see the rope
[Pre-Chorus]
   Bb       C       F
He couldn't see the rope

   Bb       C       F
He couldn't see the rope
N.C. Sing it! [Chorus]
F          Bb
Chip chow, cherry chow,

F             C
Faldee riddle idle ow,

F          Bb
Chip chow, cherry chow,

C            F
Faldee radle day

F          Bb
Chip chow, cherry chow,

F             C
Faldee riddle idle ow,

F          Bb
Chip chow, cherry chow,

C            F
Faldee radle day
[Verse 4]
F
Without a head his ghost appeared

    Bb           C
All on the briny lake

F
He piped all hands ahoy and cried

     Bb            C
Lads warning by me take

F
By drinking grog I lost me life

    Bb          C
And you my fate you meet

F
So never mix your liquors lads

    Bb             C
But always take it neat
[Pre-Chorus]
    Bb     C       F
But always take it neat

    Bb     C       F
But always take it neat
N.C. Sing it! [Chorus]
F          Bb
Chip chow, cherry chow,

F             C
Faldee riddle idle ow,

F          Bb
Chip chow, cherry chow,

C            F
Faldee radle day

F          Bb
Chip chow, cherry chow,

F             C
Faldee riddle idle ow,

F          Bb
Chip chow, cherry chow,

C            F
Faldee radle day