
Lyrics
(Sea shanty)
Yeo heave ho, ’round the capstan go,
Heave men with a will,
Tramp and tramp it still!
The anchor must be weighed,
The anchor must be weighed.
Refrain
Yeo ho, heave ho!
Yeo ho, heave ho!
Yeo heave ho, cheerily we go,
Heave men with a will,
Tramp and tramp it still,
The anchor grips the ground,
The anchor grips the ground. Refrain
Yeo heave ho, raise her from below,
Heave men with a will,
Tramp and tramp it still,
The anchor’s off the ground
And we are outward bound. Refrain
Yeo heave ho, round the capstan go,
Heave men with a will,
Tramp and tramp it still,
The anchor now is weighed,
The anchor now is weighed. Refrain
See also
- Subject: sea shanties
- Form: AB
- Harmony: chords I, II, V
- Meter: 6/8
- Source: Fireside Book of Folk Songs, Margaret Bradford Boni, Simon and Schuster, 1947
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody

