YA HO

First released 1988

Ya Ho began life as a primarily acoustic slower number in the early eighties and featured in a Peel Session in 1987.

Ya Ho was originally intended as the first single off the Strip Mine album before the decision was made to remix the album, so the eventual release is a different mix to the album version and bears an earlier catalogue number to What For even though it was released six months later.

A live version appears only on the CD version of One Man Clapping.

WHERE TO GET

Single Version : Ya Ho 7" (NEG 26)

Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles (2 disc version)

Extended Version : Ya Ho 12" (NEG 26T)

Album Version : Strip-Mine (JIMLP 2), CAS (JIMC 2), CD (JIMCD 2)

Album Version : The Gathering Sound boxset USB stick

Alternative version : Just Say Yes, Sire compilation album

Live Version : One Man Clapping CD (ONE MAN 1 CD)

LYRICS

I nearly died, when you jumped in

But you had to drown before you could swim

All the people on the beach, they were so impressed

That they wanted to join you

But no, they wouldn't undress

Or let that wetness splash their skin

So they pray for a whirlpool to pull you in

Ya Ho Ya Ho Ya Ho

So they looked away, and they tried to pretend

That it was for you, but no it wasn't for them

So the fear of sinking remains in place

But it's the fear of failure that's a real disgrace

Ya Ho Ya Ho Ya Ho

Let me be the one, let me be the one, let me be the one, let me be the one

To get over your wall, to get over your wall

Head in the sand, sea out of reach

Swept away by the games of the beach

Those people sat and watched your stand

And the weight of their fears

Pulled them underground

Will anyone learn from the stories that are told

Of the tribe who drowned in the grave of gold

Ya Ho Ya Ho Ya Ho Ya Ho

Let me be the one, let me be the one, let me be the one, let me be the one

To take a cool long look with eyes prised wide

To face those fears from which I hide

Ya Ho Ya Ho Ya Ho Ya Ho Ya Ho Ya Ho Ya Ho Ya Ho Ya Ho

Heads down, someone's calling, but your head's down

Someone's drowning

Look up, see what's before your eyes

Someone escaping or someone drowning

Head's down, you can help them, but your head's down

Your head is underground, your head is underground

Your head is underground, your head is underground

Your head is under the ground