Snow Shanties #4: Way Hey! Scrape and Shovel!

Good Trouble, with our punny friend Karen Martinson, rewrote some classic sea shanties* for our landlocked Mni'sota winters. They were shared at the Art Shanty Projects festival during the Subzero Singalong this winter 2023 and were a hit!

Central Mni'sota is about to receive a foot or more of snow this week. So, we thought it's a good time to release these for use beyond the Art Shanty festival. Enjoy!

Four shanties were re-worked. Here is the last one!

* Shanties are work songs so a group, say on a ship, could work in time together. A leader would spool out the first line and everyone would echo it back.

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Way hey, scrape and shovel

Chorus
Way hey, scrape and shovel!

Way hey, scrape and shovel!

Way hey, scrape and shovel!

Early in the morning!

Verse 1
What would we do without our shovels (x3)

Early in the morning?    Chorus

Verse 2
Use a snowblower, is it cheating? ... 

Verse 3
Not if a wheelchair can get through it...

Verse 4
Please go check on your shut in neighbors ...

Verse 5

Gotta get to work, let's pray my car starts ...

Verse 6

Are the wipers frozen to the windshield? ...

Verse 7

Is it day one of a snow emergency, is it day two..., is day three...

Verse 8
Is the parking odd or even? ...

Verse 9
Will the kids finally get a snow day? ...

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What verses would you add? Drop them in the comments!