Black Ball Line

Well, I served me time in the Black Ball Line.
To me, way, hey, heave hurr-i-o.
In the Black Ball Line I wasted me prime.
Hurrah for the Black Ball Line-O.

Oh, the Black Ball Ships they are good and true.
To me, way, hey, heave hurr-i-o.
They are the ships for me and you.
Hurrah for the Black Ball Line-O.

Once there was a Black Ball ship.
To me, way, hey, heave hurr-i-o.
That fourteen knots an hour could clip.
Hurrah for the Black Ball Line-O.

There's tinkers, tailors, soldiers all,
To me, way, hey, heave hurr-i-o.
But never a sailor on board the Black Ball.
Hurrah for the Black Ball Line-O.

And when you get to Liverpool,
To me, way, hey, heave hurr-i-o.
To Liverpool that packet school.
Hurrah for the Black Ball Line-O.

Some Yankee sailors you'll see there,
To me, way, hey, heave hurr-i-o.
With their red top boots and short cut hair.
Hurrah for the Black Ball Line-O.

In the Black Ball Line I wasted me prime.
To me, way, hey, heave hurr-i-o.
Oh, the Black Ball Line is a very fine time.
Hurrah for the Black Ball Line-O.

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