Cape Cod Girls (Primitivo)

by Robert Palomo - New Old Sea Shanties & Songs

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Here's a sparse, primitive-sounding arrangement of a traditional American sea shanty. It might have been sung like this on shipboard back in the days of sail. There is only a banjo, voice, and a set of 6 antique brass door keys. The drum-like sound is tapping on the banjo head.

This was recorded in my home studio late one night when I couldn't sleep and was just fooling around. I just recently discovered it on an external drive. I remember I had been reading about the US opoid drug crisis created by big pharmaceutical companies, and evidently some disgust lingered in my consciousness, because a snide reference found it's way into one verse. I decided to leave it.

This one's a freebie, with a Creative Commons license, but any donations will be most appreciated.

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Well Cape Cod girls don't use no combs
Heave away, haul away
They combs their hair with codfish bones
And we're bound away
For Australia

CHORUS:
Well heave her up my bully bully boys
Heave away, haul away
Heave her up and don't you make a noise
We are bound away
For Australia

Cape Cod boys don't have no sleds
Heave away, haul away
They slides downhill on codfish heads
And we're bound away
For Australia

Cape Cod dames don't wear no frills
Heave away, haul away
They're bony and thin like codfish gills
And we're bound away
For Australia

Now them Cape Cod cats ain't got no tails
Heave away, haul away
They all blew off in the Cape Cod gales
And we're bound away
For Australia

The Cape Cod folks don't have no ills
Heave away, haul away
'Cause the doctors feed 'em opoid pills
And we're bound away
For Australia

Now them Cape Cod girls don't wear no clothes
Heave away, haul away
We'd keep them warm when the north wind blows
But we're bound away
For Australia

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released November 1, 2021
Banjo: Nechville Atlas all-wood banjo

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Robert Palomo - New Old Sea Shanties & Songs Saint Petersburg, Russia

Robert Palomo plays & records "new old sea songs" - his own brand of Sea Shanties & Maritime Folk Music. After 26 years in the historic and beautiful port of Saint Petersburg, Russia, he and his wife and dogs were forced to abandon ship for their own safety in the spring of 2022. ... more

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