I shipped on board of the Ebenezer,
Every day 'twas scrub and grease her,
send us a loft to scrape her down,
And if we growl they blow us down.
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Get along boys, get along do,
Handy me boys, so handy.
Get along boys, get along do,
Handy me boys, so handy.
The old man was a drunken geezer,
couldn't sail the Ebenezer.
Learned his trade on a Chinese junk,
He spent most time sir in his bunk.
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The chief mate's name was Dickie Green, sir,
The dirtest begger I've ever seen, sir,
Walkinhis poop wid a bucko roll,
May the sharks have his body and the devil have his soul.
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Boston Buck was the second greaser,
He used to ship in Lime juice ships sir,
The limey packets got too hot,
He jumped them an'cursed the lot.
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The bosun came from Tennessee sir
He always wo re a blackball cheeser
He had a gal in ev'ry port
At least that's what bis Missus thougt
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The Ebenezer was so old sir,
She knew Columbus as a boy sir,
T'was pump her bullies night an' day,
To help her git to Liverpool Bay.
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Wet hash it was our only grub sir
for Breakfast, dinner an' for supper
our bread was tough as any brass
An' the meat was as salt as Lot's wife's ass
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