Victoria Nautical Song Circle's
April 2009 Song Of The Month


BILGE PAD SHANTY

(Eco Shanty)
Tune: Drunken Sailor
What shall we do with absorbent bilge pads
What shall we do with absorbent bilge pads
What shall we do with absorbent bilge pads
Ear-lye in the morning?
 
Chorus:
Soak up those hydrocarbons,
Soak up those hydrocarbons,
Soak up those hydrocarbons,
Before they hit the water!
 
Roll 'em up tight and stuff 'em in our bilges,
Roll 'em up tight and stuff 'em in our bilges,
Roll 'em up tight and stuff 'em in our bilges,
Ear-lye in the morning!
 
Chorus
Lay 'em out flat underneath our engines,
Lay 'em out flat underneath our engines,
Lay 'em out flat underneath our engines,
Ear-lye in the morning!
Chorus
Wrap 'em round the nozzle when we put the fuel in,
Wrap 'em round the nozzle when we put the fuel in,
Wrap 'em round the nozzle when we put the fuel in,
Ear-lye in the morning!
Chorus
If they don't fit we'll cut 'em into pieces,
If they don't fit we'll cut 'em into pieces,
If they don't fit we'll cut 'em into pieces,
Ear-lye in the morning!
Chorus
That's what we'll do with absorbent bilge pads,
That's what we'll do with absorbent bilge pads,
That's what we'll do with absorbent bilge pads,
Ear-lye in the morning!

Submitted by the Georgia Strait Alliance's Green Boating program. Pam Murray and friends were stationed at their GSA booth on Granville Island (Vancouver, BC) during the 2008 Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival. Fortunately, or unfortunately I suppose, this was in the immediate vicinity of an area where several nautical sing outs were held. An example of one of the smaller collection of bilge rats gathering there was the Friday afternoon event when Michael Pratt, Paddy Hernon, Tom Lewis and myself ('JD') warmed up the air, the folks and ourselves with a bit of volume. Conflating their interests and message of some things mariners, whether kayakers, sailors of traditionally rigged vessels or anyone else on the water paying attention, see with this musical context and . . . this fell out.

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