Alas, Alas - too slow

O2
ARC Music
03:26
2026-01-22 09:50
Sea Shanty, Heroic, Voice, 4/4, Male
[Intro]
0:00
[pre-chorus]
0:00
Where is my mistress? Where is my whore?
0:00
Where is my lover? Left ’em ashore.
0:19
Where is my Molly? My buxom lass?
0:25
Left ’em all ashore. Alas, alas!
0:31
[chorus]
0:40
Alas, alas!
0:40
Alas, alas!
0:44
Left ’em all ashore. Alas, alas!
0:46
[verse]
0:53
We sailed out of Dover, the morn cold and black.
0:53
The lads in the riggin’ sing “Alas, alas”.
1:00
The captain in his cabin, first mate down below,
1:06
up above at the wheel, “Steady as she goes!”
1:12
[pre-chorus]
1:17
Where is my mistress? Where is my whore?
1:17
Where is my lover? Left ’em ashore.
1:24
Where is my Molly? My buxom lass?
1:30
Left ’em all ashore. Alas, alas!
1:36
[chorus]
1:46
Alas, alas!
1:46
Alas, alas!
1:49
Left ’em all ashore. Alas, alas!
1:52
[verse]
1:59
Sails catch the Westwind, strainin’ the tack.
1:59
The lads in the riggin’ sing “Alas, alas”.
2:05
Had to leave old Blighty, head for foreign shores,
2:11
we’d rather head from our lovers and whores.
2:18
[pre-chorus]
2:23
Where is my mistress? Where is my whore?
2:23
Where is my lover? Left ’em ashore.
2:29
Where is my Molly? My buxom lass?
2:36
Left ’em all ashore. Alas, alas!
2:42
[chorus]
2:52
Alas, alas!
2:52
Alas, alas!
2:55
Left ’em all ashore. Alas, alas!Left ’em all ashore. Alas, alas!
2:57