Heave a Paw - The Furry Sea Shanty (video) (Patreon)

Here we are! A week or so ago I asked you to send in clips of you singing this song. Well I've mixed all... jeeze 60 takes together and we got THIS!

I genuinely love projects like these, and as long as participation stays high, I'll keep doing them! Virtual choir is super fun, and it gives me a chance to get to know my financial supporters a little more intimately. I appreciate your courage sending in something as personal as your voice, and I hope you are as happy with the result as I am.

CREDITS: Bennie Tiger was instrumental in making this happen (@BiggusTiggus on twitter). He suggested the original Shanty this one is based on (Randy Dandy-o) wrote most of the new lyrics along with his wife Sue Deer, AND he organized the soloists. Speaking of soloists, they were all great to work with as well, especially considering my relatively tight deadline. They all have their own musical projects and I hope you check them out. Links below, lyrics at bottom.

Group vocals (your fellow patrons):

Vannin

Hentaiphiliac

Uncle Kage

Elijah Barrett

Wheelie

Jade Lynn

Siphedious

Niko Fox

Hollud

Hachi Shibaru

Xander The Blue

Lutris

MohrGears

Sue Deer

LimeGreenTeknii

Soloists:

Pepper Coyote - Hi

Tonya Song - https://tonyasong.bandcamp.com/releases

Bennie Tiger

Omnom - @OmnomTheNom \ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXav6zf2JDWbbJlXItCF8Bw

Cassidy Civet - https://cassidycivet.bandcamp.com/

JakeM - https://jakem-wolf.bandcamp.com/

Lyrics:

Now we're outward bound from dalgety bay

Vacate, home ya go!

Our fursuits were stored in the hold here today

To be sailing ahead, we’re going home!

Chorus:

Heave a paw, oh, heave away

Vacate, home ya go!

The plague is on shore and there’s no room on board

To be sailing ahead, we’re going home!

Heave away, bullies, ye parish-rigged bums

Vacate, home ya go!

The Captain demands we make cake from their crumbs

To be sailing ahead, we’re going home!

There's no more conventions to have in this place

Vacate, home ya go!

Yer sprinters will fall in this endurance race

To be sailing ahead, we’re going home!

Chorus:

The pay don’t exist and there's nowhere to be

Vacate, home ya go!

More time here adrift on the endless dark sea

To be sailing ahead, we’re going home!

All hands to the deck, cast off from the pier

Vacate, home ya go!

If we hold to ourselves we have nothing to fear

To be sailing ahead, we’re going home!

Chorus:

Stand tall on your watch, we've got a long way

Vacate, home ya go!

Tell all of our friends that well see them some day

To be sailing ahead, we’re going home!

We'll sail to their docks and drink of their beer

Vacate, home ya go!

Then we'll sail the rest back and we'll drink some more here.

To be sailing ahead, we’re going home!

Chorus:

So strike, strike the bell, eight times it shall sound**

Vacate, home ya go!

Ship-bound we will be till the cure goes around

To be sailing ahead, we’re going home!

The captain has chose a mighty long way.

Vacate, home ya go!

But one year, we'll put in-to Dalgety bay.

To be sailing ahead, we’re going home!

Chorus x2

(2nd chorus end) 

The plague is on shore and there’s no room on board

may we Call for the captain ashore

Let me go - home —————————