Alan Doyle - Bully Boys

      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