Georgie, Me Neck A Broke

as led by Neil Downey on Fathom This © 2007
Barry Finn and Neil Downey

Georgy, me neck-a-broke,
Hold 'im, George,
Think he break me neck!

Georgy, me neck-a-broke,
Hold 'im, George,
Think he break me neck!

Pull on the oar now,
Think he break me neck!

Cut through the water,
Think he break me neck!

Blackfish rising,
Think he break me neck!

Pull on the oar now,
Think he break me neck!

Georgy, me neck-a-broke,
Hold 'im, George,
Think he break me neck!
Georgy, me neck-a-broke,
Hold 'im, George,
Think he break me neck!

Put in the stick now,
Think he break me neck!

Put it on the loggerhead,
Think he break me neck!

Pull on the oar now,
Think he break me neck!

George, don'cha lose him,
Think he break me neck!

Donna let 'im take you,
Think he break me neck!

Georgy, me neck-a-broke,
Hold 'im, George,
Think he break me neck!

Georgy, me neck-a-broke,
Hold 'im, George,
Think he break me neck!

A BWI shanty used for lifting or shoving a boat or house. Neil got it from Roger D. Abrahams's collection Deep the Water, Shallow the Shore.