Seán Dagher's Shanty of the Week 43 The Worst Old Ship

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0:00 Intro
0:05 Opening Theme
0:16 Presentation
1:05 Teaching
1:28 The song
4:13 Acknowledgements
4:33 Closing Theme

The Worst Old Ship - lyrics

1. The worst old brig that ever did weigh,
Sailed out of Harwich on a windy day.

Waiting for the day, Waiting for the day,
Waiting for the day That we get our pay.

2. She was built in Roman times, Held together with bits of twine.

3. Nothing in the galley—nothing in the hold,
But the skipper's turned in with a bag of gold.

4. Off Orford Ness she sprang a leak, Hear her poor old timbers creak.

5. We pumped our way round Lowestoft Ness,
When the wind backed round to the west-sou'-west.

6. Through the Cockle to Cromer cliff,
Steering like a wagon with a wheel adrift.

7. At the top of the tide the barge did fleet,
When the mate sees a ghost on the tops'l sheet.

8. So away we go and the ghost did steer,
And the cook drank the dregs of the Old man's beer.

9. Into the Humber and up the town, Pump you blighters—pump or drown.

10. Her coal was shot by a Keadby crew,
Her bottom was rotten and it went right through.

11. After all our fears and false alarms,
We all ended up in "The Druid's Arms."