Don't Forget Your Old Shipmates
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"Don't Forget Your Old Shipmates" is a naval traditional song that was sung by sailors in the Napoleonic Era
. It is sung in the Wardroom
scene in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
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Napoleonic Era
The Napoleonic Era is a period in the history of France and Europe. It is generally classified as including the fourth and final stage of the French Revolution, the first being the National Assembly, the second being the Legislative Assembly, and the third being the Directory...
. It is sung in the Wardroom
Wardroom
The wardroom is the mess-cabin of naval commissioned officers above the rank of Midshipman. The term the wardroom is also used to refer to those individuals with the right to occupy that wardroom, meaning "the officers of the wardroom"....
scene in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is a 2003 film directed by Peter Weir, starring Russell Crowe as Jack Aubrey, with Paul Bettany as Stephen Maturin and released by 20th Century Fox, Miramax Films and Universal Studios...
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Lyrics
- Safe and sound at home again, let the waters roar, Jack.
- Safe and sound at home again, let the waters roar, Jack.
- Chorus
- Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
- Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!
- Since we sailed from Plymouth Sound, four years gone, or nigh, Jack.
- Was there ever chummies, now, such as you and I, Jack?
- Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
- Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!
- We have worked the self-same gun, quarterdeck division.
- Sponger I and loader you, through the whole commission.
- Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
- Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!
- Oftentimes have we laid out, toil nor danger fearing,
- Tugging out the flapping sail to the weather earring.
- Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
- Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!
- When the middle watch was on and the time went slow, boy,
- Who could choose a rousing stave, who like Jack or Joe, boy?
- Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
- Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!
- There she swings, an empty hulk, not a soul below now.
- Number seven starboard mess misses Jack and Joe now.
- Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
- Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!
- But the best of friends must part, fair or foul the weather.
- Hand yer flipper for a shake, now a drink together.
- Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
- Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!