Burl Ives
Burl Ives - Go down you red red roses lyrics
Your rating:
Burl Ives - Go down, you red, red roses Come sailors listen unto me: Chorus: Come down you bunch of roses, come down A lovely song I'll sing to thee. Chorus: Oh, you pinks and posies, Come down, you red, red roses, come down. A whale is bigger than a mouse; Come down you bunch of roses, come down A sailor's lower than a louse. Oh, you pinks and posies, Come down, you red, red roses, come down. The cook he rolled out all the grub: One split pea in a ten-pound tub. In eighteen hundred and fifty-three We set sail for the Southern Sea. In eighteen hundred and fifty-five I was breathing but not alive. In eighteen hundred and fifty-seven We sailed up to the gates of Heaven. Saint Peter would not let us in. He sent us back to earth again. All this is true that I do tell. The ship we're on's a livin' Hell. The captain's covered o'er with fur; Has grown a tail like Lucifer.