| It's poor old Reuben Ranzo | |
| Ranzo, boys, Ranzo! | |
| It's poor old Reuben Ranzo | |
| Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo! | |
| Well Ranzo was no sailor, | |
| Ranzo, boys, Ranzo! | |
| He was an Oak Bay tailor, | |
| Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo! | |
| And though he was no sailor | |
| Ranzo, boys, Ranzo! | |
| They shipped him aboard a whaler. | |
| Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo! | |
| They put him to holy-stonin' | |
| Ranzo, boys, Ranzo! | |
| Because of all his groanin'. | |
| Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo! | |
| They gave him lashes thirty, | |
| Ranzo, boys, Ranzo! | |
| Because he was so dirty. | |
| Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo! | |
| The captain's daughter Susie, | |
| Ranzo, boys, Ranzo! | |
| She begged her dad for mercy. | |
| Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo! | |
| She gave him rum and water, | |
| Ranzo, boys, Ranzo! | |
| And a bit more than she oughter. | |
| Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo! | |
| She taught him navigation, | |
| Ranzo, boys, Ranzo! | |
| She gave him an education. | |
| Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo! | |
| She made him the best sailor | |
| Ranzo, boys, Ranzo! | |
| On board that Oak Bay whaler | |
| Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo! | |
| He married the captain's daughter, | |
| Ranzo, boys, Ranzo! | |
| And still sails on blue water. | |
| Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo! | |
| And now wherever the whale fish blow, | |
| Ranzo, boys, Ranzo! | |
| He's the hardest bastard on the go | |
| Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo! | |
| Hurrah for Reuben Ranzo, | |
| Ranzo, boys, Ranzo! | |
| Hurrah for Captain Ranzo. | |
| Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo! | |