CZTERY REFY - Hej, gardla przeplukac!

Hej, gardla przeplukac!

Polish words: Zbigniew Zakrzewski
Music traditional: "Slave Ho!"

Hej, gardla przeplukac i wrzasnac co sil: - Hay ho!
"Za zdrowie Neptuna , by laskaw nam byl!" - Hay ho!
Hej, gardla przeplukac i wrzasnac co sil:
"Za zdrowie Neptuna , by laskaw nam byl!"
Hay ho! Wypijmy! Hay ho! Krzyknijmy! Hay ho!

"Hej, gardla przeplukac!" ("Hey! Rinse your Throats!") - part of a well-known capstan shanty, derived from the song "Slave Ho!". It can be used either as a sing-out, or with Polish words as a toast to Neptune's health. The full-length version, known as "The Saltpetre Shanty", tells about a voyage to South America round the Horn, and ...extremely hot girls.