Sea shanties:

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Pushing the margin a bit but a song about taking boats and cargo up a river from the sea. From Tsarist times.

Russian	Transliteration	(Poetic) English translation
Эй, ухнем!Эй, ухнем!Ещё разик, ещё да раз!Эй, ухнем!Эй, ухнем!Ещё разик, ещё да раз!Разовьём мы берёзу,Разовьём мы кудряву!Ай-да, да ай-да,Aй-да, да ай-да,Разовьём мы кудряву.Разовьём мы кудряву.Эй, ухнем!Эй, ухнем!Ещё разик, ещё да раз!Мы по бережку идём,Песню солнышку поём.Ай-да, да ай-да,Aй-да, да ай-да,Песню солнышку поём.Эй, эй, тяни канат сильней!Песню солнышку поём.Эй, ухнем!Эй, ухнем!Ещё разик, ещё да раз!Эх ты, Волга, мать-река,Широка и глубока,Ай-да, да ай-да,Aй-да, да ай-да,Волга, Волга, мать-рекаЭй, ухнем!Эй, ухнем!Ещё разик, ещё да раз!Эй, ухнем!Эй, ухнем!	Ey, ukhnyem!Ey, ukhnyem!Yeshcho razik, yeshcho da raz!Ey, ukhnyem!Ey, ukhnyem!Yeshcho razik, yeshcho da raz!Razovyom my byeryozu,Razovyom my kudryavu!Ai-da, da ai-da,Ai-da, da ai-da,Razovyom my kudryavu.Razovyom my kudryavu.Ey, ukhnyem!Ey, ukhnyem!Yeshcho razik, yeshcho da raz!My po byeryezhku idyom,Pyesnyu solnyshku poyom.Ai-da, da ai-da,Ai-da, da ai-da,Pyesnyu solnyshku poyom.Ey, Ey, tyani kanat silney!Pyesnyu solnyshku poyom.Ey, ukhnyem!Ey, ukhnyem!Yeshcho razik, yeshcho da raz!Ekh, ty, Volga, mat'-reka,Shiroka i gluboka,Ai-da, da ai-da,Ai-da, da ai-da,Volga, Volga, mat'-rekaEy, ukhnyem!Ey, ukhnyem!Yeshcho razik, yeshcho da raz!Ey, ukhnyem!Ey, ukhnyem!	Yo, heave ho!Yo, heave ho!Once more, once again, still once more!Yo, heave ho!Yo, heave ho!Once more, once again, still once more!Now we fell the stout birch tree,Now we pull hard: one, two, three.Ay-da, da, ay-da!Ay-da, da, ay-da!Now we pull hard: one, two, three.Now we pull hard: one, two, three.Yo, heave ho!Yo, heave ho!Once more, once again, still once more!As we walk along the shore,To the sun, we sing our song.Ay-da, da, ay-da!Ay-da, da, ay-da!To the sun, we sing our song.Hey, hey, let's heave a-long the wayTo the sun, we sing our song.Yo, heave ho!Yo, heave ho!Once more, once again, still once more!Oh, you, Volga, mother river,Mighty stream so deep and wide.Ay-da, da, ay-da!Ay-da, da, ay-da!Volga, Volga, mother river.Yo, heave ho!Yo, heave ho!Once more, once again, still once more!Yo, heave ho!Yo, heave ho! Greg

 

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Another stretch....



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Reminds me of growing up in my home town in the 60s only there was no land between us and Chile...except maybe Lord How Island.



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