The Last Shanty
(专辑: Wellerman - The Album - 2022)
Well me father often told me when I
was just a
lad A
sailor's life is very hard, the
food is always bad But now I've joined the
navy, I'm aboard a
man-o-war And now I've found a
sailor ain't a
sailor any more Don't haul on the
rope, don't climb up the
mast And if you see a
sailing ship it might be your last Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore A
sailor ain't a
sailor, ain't a
sailor anymore Well the
killick of our mess he says we had it soft It wasn't like that in his day when we were up aloft We like our bunks and sleeping bags, but what's a
hammock for? Swinging from the
deckhead, or lying on the
floor? Don't haul on the
rope, don't climb up the
mast And if you see a
sailing ship it might be your last Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore A
sailor ain't a
sailor, ain't a
sailor anymore They gave us an engine that first went up and down And then with more technology the
engine went around We know our steam and diesels but what's a
mainyard for? A
stoker ain't a
stoker with a
shovel anymore Don't haul on the
rope, don't climb up the
mast And if you see a
sailing ship it might be your last Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore A
sailor ain't a
sailor, ain't a
sailor anymore Two cans of beer a
day and that's your bleeding lot And now I've got an extra one because they stopped The
Tot So we'll put on our civvy-clothes and find a
pub ashore A
sailor's just a
sailor just like he was before Don't haul on the
rope, don't climb up the
mast And if you see a
sailing ship it might be your last Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore A
sailor ain't a
sailor, ain't a
sailor anymore Don't haul on the
rope, don't climb up the
mast And if you see a
sailing ship it might be your last Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore A
sailor ain't a
sailor, ain't a
sailor anymore