Anthems

2016-11-06T12:05:02Z

Pierce:

==The Wild Rover==
I've been a wild rover for many's the year
I've spent all me money on whiskey and beer
But now I'm returning with gold in great store
And I never will play the wild rover no more

Chorus:
And it's No, Nay, never,
No, nay never no more
Will I play the wild rover,
No never no more

I went in to an alehouse I used to frequent
And I told the landlady me money was spent
I asked her for credit, she answered me nay
Such a customer as you I can have any day

Chorus

I took up from my pocket, ten sovereigns bright
And the landlady's eyes opened wide with delight
She says "I have whiskeys and wines of the best
And the words that you told me were only in jest"

Chorus

I'll go home to my parents, confess what I've done
And I'll ask them to pardon their prodigal son
And, when they've caressed me as oft times before
I never will play the wild rover no more

Chourus

==The Fields of Athenry==
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling
Micheal they have taken you away
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
So the young might see the morn.
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.

Chorus:
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.

By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young man calling
Nothing matters Mary when you're free,
Against the Famine and the Crown
I rebelled they ran me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity.

Chorus

By a lonely harbor wall
She watched the last star falling
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray
For her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.

Chorus

==Rattlin' Bog==
Chorus:
Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog
The bog down in the valley-o
Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog
The bog down in the valley-o
And in that bog there was a tree
A rare tree and a rattlin' tree
And the tree in the bog
And the bog down in the valley-o

Chorus

And on that tree there was a limb
A rare limb and a rattlin' limb
And the limb on the tree
And the tree in the bog
And the bog down in the valley-o

Chorus

Now on that limb there was a branch
A rare branch and a rattlin' branch
And the branch on the limb
And the limb on the tree
And the tree in the bog
And the bog down in the valley-o

Chorus

Now on that branch there was a twig
A rare twig and a rattlin' twig
And the twig on the branch
And the branch on the limb
And the limb on the tree
And the tree in the bog
And the bog down in the valley-o

Chorus

Now on that twig there was a nest
A rare nest and a rattlin' nest
And the nest on the twig
And the twig on the branch
And the branch on the limb
And the limb on the tree
And the tree in the bog
And the bog down in the valley-o

Chorus

Now in that nest there was an egg
A rare egg and a rattlin' egg
And the egg in the nest
And the nest on the twig
And the twig on the branch
And the branch on the limb
And the limb on the tree
And the tree in the bog
And the bog down in the valley-o

Chorus

Now in that egg there was a bird
A rare bird and a rattlin' bird
And the bird on the egg
And the egg in the nest
And the nest on the twig
And the twig on the branch
And the branch on the limb
And the limb on the tree
And the tree in the bog
And the bog down in the valley-o

Chorus

Now on that bird there was a feather
A rare feather and a rattlin' feather
And the feather on the bird
And the bird on the egg
And the egg in the nest
And the nest on the twig
And the twig on the branch
And the branch on the limb
And the limb on the tree
And the tree in the bog
And the bog down in the valley-o

Chorus

Now on that feather there was a flea
A rare flea and a rattlin' flea
And the flea on the feather
And the feather on the bird
And the bird on the egg
And the egg in the nest
And the nest on the twig
And the twig on the branch
And the branch on the limb
And the limb in the tree
And the tree in the bog
And the bog down in the valley-o

== Climbers Days of Christmas ==
''(Same as the regular tune with the altered words)''

On the first day of Christmas,
my belayer sent to me:
A screwgate Carbiner

On the second day of Christmas,
my belayer sent to me:
Two sets of nuts.
and a screwgate carabiner.

Continue with:

Three French Grades

Four Belay Plates

Five Nut Keys

Six hexes jangling

Seven prussiks tightening

Eight cams a walking

Nine leaders leading

Ten pitons scarring

Eleven anchors failing

Twelve hands a jamming

== Drunken Climber ==
''(Same tune as the Drunken Sailor but change the verses)''

What shall we do with the drunken climber,
What shall we do with the drunken climber,
What shall we do with the drunken climber,
Early in the morning.

Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Early in the morning!

Save his belly with a rusty razor

Fill his chalk bag up with water

Rub some soap on him climbing shoes

Put him on a top rope till he's sober

Put him in a bed with the Captain's girlfriend

That's what we do with a drunken climber,
That's what we do with a drunken climber,
That's what we do with a drunken climber,
Early in the morning!

Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Early in the morning!

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