Victoria Nautical Song Circle's
July 1999 Song Of The Month


EAGLE ALLEY

I went to church, I went to chapel
Pull down be-low
I went to church, I went to chapel
Pull down be-low.
 
Refrain:
A-way Eagle Alley, pull down be-low
Oh, Eagle Alley in the valley, pull down be-low
 
And on the road I found an apple. ...
And it's who's been here since I've been gone?...
 
It's a Yankee mate wid his big boots on....
And it's who's been here since I've been gone?...
 
It's Lime Juice mate with his cheese cutter on....
I went to church, I went to chapel....
 
A-way Eagle Alley, pull down be-low
Oh, Eagle Alley in the valley, pull down be-low
Oh oh, oh, away Eagle Alley, pull down be-low
Oh, Eagle Alley in the valley, pull down be-low...

Traditional. Recorded by Shanghaied On The Willamette - Jonathan Lay & Gordy Euler, on "Weighing Anchor". (Their review page on KBOO radio station where they also host.) Collected by James Madison Carpenter who made a partial recording of "Pull Down Below" as sung by Reece Baldwyn in Wales in 1928.


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