Blood Red Roses

1.Our boots and clothes are all in pawn
Go down you blood red roses go down
And it's mighty draughty round Cape Horn
Go down you blood red roses go down
Oh you pinks and posies
Go down you blood red roses go down
 
2.You've had your advance to sea you must go
Go down you blood red roses go down
A-chasing whales through the frost and snow
Go down you blood red roses go down
Oh you pinks and posies
Go down you blood red roses go down
 
3.Oh my old mother she wrote to me
Go down you blood red roses go down
My sailor son come home from sea
Go down you blood red roses go down
Oh you pinks and posies
Go down you blood red roses go down
 
4.But round Cape Horn you've got to go
Go down you blood red roses go down
For that is where them whale fish blow
Go down you blood red roses go down
Oh you pinks and posies
Go down you blood red roses go down
 
5.Just one more pull and that will do
Go down you blood red roses go down
For we're the lads to kick her through
Go down you blood red roses go down
Oh you pinks and posies
Go down you blood red roses go down
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Traditional
 
Sung by Dick Willard

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