ERROR ALERT! I made a mistake about “pawls.“ They’re actually the ratchet bits that prevent the capstan from turning backwards.
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Randy Dandy, O - Lyrics
1. Now we are ready to sail for the Horn,
Way Hey Roll and go!
Our boots and our clothes, boys, are all in the pawn.
To me rollockin’ randy dandy, O.
Heave a pawl, O heave away. Way Hey Roll and go!
The anchor’s on
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