Haul Away On the Halyard
Dead in the water black flies everywhere (oh no too slow)
Sunscreenin' and sweatin' and prayin' for air (oh no too slow)
Might as well drop the sails and go for a swim
But all we need is a puff and we're destined to win
Way oh heave ho haul away on the halyard
In the days of old the ships were all tall (oh no too old)
Took twenty men to hoist them all (oh no too old)
For sails they had many, we've only got two
If we only had wind, a main and genny would do
Way oh heave ho haul away on the halyard
It's simple today, our halyards are short (oh no too slow)
Instead of racing for pay, we're racing for sport (oh no too slow)
With no lady luck to blow us away
We'll get those sails up and sing anyway
Way oh heave ho haul away on the halyard
Well back in the day, it took them too long (oh no too long)
By the time they were done
They could sing a whole song (oh no too long)
Our halyards rigged to the cockpit, don't have to go on deck
All we need is a breeze and we might even get wet
Way oh heave ho haul away on the halyard
No one will ever say that we worked too hard (no not too hard)
With technology bought with a credit card (oh no credit card)
They'll say we pushed buttons, sat around and drank
Our winches electric, we don't even have to crank
Way oh heave ho haul away on the halyard
Sailing's easy today, everything's quick (oh no too slow)
But finding the wind is no magic trick (oh no too slow)
So I'll call out a tune, and you can all sing along
It's time to beat the doldrums, and sing a windsong
Way oh heave ho haul away on the halyard
Since we're going nowhere fast (oh no too slow)
We've got to prepare so we don't come in last (oh no too slow)
We've got plenty of time to take it up slow
So let's sing while we work like the days of old
Way oh heave ho haul away on the halyard
We'll haul it up one yard at a time (oh no too slow)
Hand over hand as the sails slowly rise (oh no biding our time)
Finally a gust is starting to blow
Yo ho hey and away we go
Way oh heave ho haul away on the halyard
Sunscreenin' and sweatin' and prayin' for air (oh no too slow)
Might as well drop the sails and go for a swim
But all we need is a puff and we're destined to win
Way oh heave ho haul away on the halyard
In the days of old the ships were all tall (oh no too old)
Took twenty men to hoist them all (oh no too old)
For sails they had many, we've only got two
If we only had wind, a main and genny would do
Way oh heave ho haul away on the halyard
It's simple today, our halyards are short (oh no too slow)
Instead of racing for pay, we're racing for sport (oh no too slow)
With no lady luck to blow us away
We'll get those sails up and sing anyway
Way oh heave ho haul away on the halyard
Well back in the day, it took them too long (oh no too long)
By the time they were done
They could sing a whole song (oh no too long)
Our halyards rigged to the cockpit, don't have to go on deck
All we need is a breeze and we might even get wet
Way oh heave ho haul away on the halyard
No one will ever say that we worked too hard (no not too hard)
With technology bought with a credit card (oh no credit card)
They'll say we pushed buttons, sat around and drank
Our winches electric, we don't even have to crank
Way oh heave ho haul away on the halyard
Sailing's easy today, everything's quick (oh no too slow)
But finding the wind is no magic trick (oh no too slow)
So I'll call out a tune, and you can all sing along
It's time to beat the doldrums, and sing a windsong
Way oh heave ho haul away on the halyard
Since we're going nowhere fast (oh no too slow)
We've got to prepare so we don't come in last (oh no too slow)
We've got plenty of time to take it up slow
So let's sing while we work like the days of old
Way oh heave ho haul away on the halyard
We'll haul it up one yard at a time (oh no too slow)
Hand over hand as the sails slowly rise (oh no biding our time)
Finally a gust is starting to blow
Yo ho hey and away we go
Way oh heave ho haul away on the halyard
Credits
Writer(s): Scott Richard Cooley
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