Name: Bully Boys (Row Me Bully Boys)
Written By: Alan Doyle / Rambling Sailors
Tuning: Standard (Capo on 3rd)
Key: D (played in F)
Time Signature: 6/8
Tempo: 180 bpm on the eighth note
This song was made by Alan Doyle on the set of Robin Hood as a drinking song. The movie is one of my
favorites, and this song always gets stuck in my head. Alan wrote the 4 choruses, but the verses were written
by fans who enjoyed the tuned and wanted to enhance it. Personally, I this combination sounds the best to me,
and I feel like I'm following the style of a folk tale as discribed by Alan himself. So, hopefully, others
will enjoy this as much as I do. :)
[Chorus 1]
D
Row? me bully boys
G
We're in a hurry boys
D A
We've got a long way to go
D
And we'll sing and we'll dance
G
And bid farewell to france
D A D
And it's row me bully boys row
[Verse 1]
D G
I'll sing you a song, it's a song of the sea
D A
Row me bully boys row
D G
I'll sing you a song if you'll sing it with me
D A D
And it's row me bully boys row
[Chorus 2]
D
Row me bully boys
G
Steady and surely boys
D A
Don't ye dare stop? or slow
D
Till at long last we're home
G
On our way we will go
D A D
So row me bully boys row
[Verse 2]
D G
While the first mate is plating the captain aboard
D A
Row me bully boys row
D G
He looks like a peacock with pistols and sword
D A D
And it's row me bully boys row
[Chorus 3]
D
Row me bully boys
G
I am so weary boys
D A
We left home ten years ago
D
So we'll fly out our sails
G
And drink all of the ale
D A D
And row me? bully boys row
[Verse 3]
D G
The captain likes whiskey, the mate, he likes rum
D A
Row me bully boys row
D G
Us sailers like both but we can't get us none
D A D
And it's row me bully boys row
[Chorus 4]
D
Row me? bully boys
G
No need to worry boys
D A
We'll be home sooner than no
D
Then we'll drink and we'll feast
G
Have no care in the least
D A D
So let's row me bully boys row
[interlude]
D G D A ,D G D A D
[Verse 4]
D G
Well, farewell my love it is time for to roam
D A
Row me bully boys row
D G
The old blue peters are a callin' us home
D A D
And it's row me bully boys row
[Chorus 1]
D
Row? me bully boys
G
We're in a hurry boys
D A
We've got a long way to go
D
And we'll sing and we'll dance
G
And bid farewell to france
D A D
And it's row me bully boys row
D
Row? me bully boys
G
We're in a hurry boys
D A
We've got a long way to go
D
And we'll sing and we'll dance
G
And bid farewell to france
D A D
And it's row me bully boys row