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ooooh there once was a ship that put to sea and the name of the ship was the evergreen her screws spun up her bow spun round oh turn my evergreen turn soon may excavation men come to dig us out of the suez's run one day when the diggin is done we'll take our leave and gooooooo!

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had not been so many miles inland when the helmsman did unsteady his hand the captain called all stop and swore he'd give that mate what for! soon may excavation men come to dig us out of the suez's run one day when the diggin is done we'll take our leave and gooooooo!

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fore the crew did come to stop her the canal bank rose up and caught her this was not the way to dock her stuck there to the shore soon may excavation men come to dig us out of the suez's run one day when the diggin is done we'll take our leave and gooooooo!

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the sand is deep, no ship is freed of unfettered trade do we have need but here we remain quite trapped indeed perhaps we'll need a tow soon may excavation men come to dig us out of the suez's run one day when the diggin is done we'll take our leave and gooooooo!

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All four verses, and that's all folks.

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Folks we have of what I believe is the first of many vocal renditions from

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The Evergiven(green) Blockade

Sea (desert?) shanty about March 2021 constipation in the Suez canal.Lyrics by @jezebelKat on Twitter, with some "artistic" additions by Starboard Larboard's...

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Second rendition! twitter.com/littledreamer_

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Okay, so I gave it a try. But it needs music.

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Fourth, and this one has music! twitter.com/estrasoft/stat

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Y'all, there are more recordings being made. I will post when people let me know. Also, I just had to explain this all to my mother. It... took a while.

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I started a new one, conclusion pending when we know how the Ever Given gets out of this mess:

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Shipping Arrears (to the tune of Barrett's Privateers) oooh the year was 2020 and 1 (I wish I was in Amsterdam now) a blockade came and trade did slow from th'unluckiest vessel I'd ever rode god damn them all #Suezshanty

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Why the internet loves the Suez Canal stuck ship saga. (Published 2021)

The sheer oddity of one ship single-handedly snarling global trade has grabbed the world’s attention, and spawned thousands of relatable memes.

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(cont'd) six days it took to break her free while the world was watching on their screens the diggin' took so many teams but now the suez flows! now have excavation men come and dug us out of the suez's run! now that the diggin' is done we'll take our leave and gooooooo!

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With the extra verse!

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i guess...singing these is my life now? #seashanty #seashanties #suezcanal #evergiven twitter.com/jezebelkat/sta

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