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Well, I’ve drunk to drown on every ocean I’ve been
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Lake Tanganyika, where the crocodiles swim
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Halifax, Nova Scotia to Van Diemen’s land
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Well I drank with the Sultan down the Suez Canal
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Cause every dog has it’s day
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Like every woman, she gets her own way
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And if there’s a ship that sails tonight
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I’ll captain that, too... just to be there with you
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Well there was old Jerry Rooney, who was mad as a mule
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Spillblood Maloney had a head like one, too
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That night on the bridge with my shovel in hand
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Well he threatened to kill me I’m sure he picked the wrong man
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Well there was mutiny in Lagos aboard the mean ship Skondi
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Ten or twelve days in prison till the bastards set me free
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McCloskey, you’re free
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Chorus.
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Now I love the sea, and she wants me back
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So I leave this ol’ harbor with the wind at me back
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Goodbye mother Theresa I hope the kids settle down
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I must head for the Chinas Pray to God I don’t drown
Chorus.
