Four Hours
The Longest Johns * Track #3 On Cures What Ails Ya
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Album Cures What Ails Ya
- #1Hoist up the Thing
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- #2Bonny Ship the Diamond
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- #3Four Hours
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- #4Fire & Flame
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- #5Round the Cape
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- #6Ashes
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- #7The Last Bristolian Pirate
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- #8Oak & Ash & Thorn
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- #9The Banks of the Lee
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- #10Moby Duck
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- #11Got No Beard
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- #12Here’s a Health to the Company
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Four Hours by The Longest Johns
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The third song on The Longest John’s album, Cures What Ails Ya. Four Hours is an original song by the group, written by Josh Bowker.
Four Hours is a sailor’s shanty, singing of the repetitive, dangerous, and grueling work performed in four hour shifts by sailors.
Four Hours Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Come me boys and heave with me
Let's get off this curséd sea
Let's be home to lovers and wives
And leave behind these four hour lives
[Chorus]
(Four Hours)
Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours)
Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours)
Workin' to the bell
(Then Four Hours)
'til it starts again
[Verse 2]
Come me boys and heave with me
The wind's my friend and my enemy
It carries me home but it must be tamed
Everything lost or everything gained
[Chorus]
(Four Hours)
Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours)
Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours)
Workin' to the bell
(Then Four Hours)
'til it starts again
[Verse 3]
Come me boys and heave with me
Got scabrous hands and bloody knees
When the bell tolls, I'll go below
My hands will callous and my strength will grow
[Chorus]
(Four Hours)
Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours)
Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours)
Workin' to the bell
(Then Four Hours)
'til it starts again
[Verse 4]
Come me boys and heave away
Soaked and heavy heaving under the spray
Will I ever shed this salt on my brow?
Better the dust from under my plow
[Chorus]
(Four Hours)
Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours)
Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours)
Workin' to the bell
(Then Four Hours)
'til it starts again
[Verse 5]
When I'm back in Bristol town
I'll buy my love a silken gown
We'll lie in each others arms and rest
Until that bell sounds in my chest
[Chorus]
(Four Hours)
Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours)
Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours)
Workin' to the bell
(Then Four Hours)
'til it starts again
Four Hours
Haulin' on the sheets!
Four Hours
Keepin' our feet!
Four Hours
Wrap me in the shroud
Then Four Hours
Lay me in the ground
Four Hours Q&A
When did The Longest Johns release Four Hours?
The Longest Johns released Four Hours on Wed Jun 10 2020.