| Skipper in the wardroom drinkin' gin, | |
| Hey yo, chicken on a raft! | |
| I don't mind knockin', but I ain't goin' in! | |
| Hey yo, chicken on a raft! | |
| The Jimmy's laughin' like a drain, | |
| Hey yo, chicken on a raft! | |
| He's lookin' at me,'comic cuts' again! | |
| Hey yo, chicken on a raft! | |
| Chorus: | |
| Chicken on a raft on a Monday mornin', | |
| Oh, what a terrible sight to see, | |
| 'Dabtoe's for'ard and the dustman's aft, | |
| Sittin' there pickin' at a chicken on a raft! | |
| Hi ho! | |
| Chicken on a raft! | |
| Hey yo, | |
| Chicken on a raft! | |
| Hi ho! | |
| Chicken on a raft! | |
| Hey yo, | |
| Chicken on a raft! | |
| Gave me the middle and the forenoon too, | |
| And now I'm pullin' in the whaler's crew. | |
| Seagulls wheelin' overhead, | |
| I oughter be home in me featherbed! | |
| I had a little girl in Donny-Bee, | |
| And did she make a fool of me. | |
| Her heart was like a pusser's shower, | |
| Run hot to cold in a quarter of an hour! | |
| We kissed goodbye on a midnight bus, | |
| She didn't cry and she didn't fuss, | |
| Am I the one she loves the best, | |
| Or just a cuckoo in another man's nest? | |
| An Amazon girl lived in Dumfries, | |
| Only had her kids in two's and three's, | |
| She's got a sister in Maryhill, | |
| Says she won't but I think she will! | |
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