The Ebenezer
We shipped on board of th' Ebenezer,
All day long it was "Scrub and grease 'er."
Send us aloft to scrape 'er down,
And if we growl they'd blow us down.
cho: Oh, git along boys, git along, do,
Handy, me boys, so handy.
Git along boys, git along do,
Handy, me boys, so handy.
The Ebenezer was so old, sir,
Knew Columbus as a boy, sir.
It was pump her bullies twice a day
To help her get to Liverpool Bay.
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The captain was a drunken geezer
Couldn't sail the Ebenezer.
Learned his trade in a Chinese junk,
Spent most of his time lying in his bunk.
Chorus
Our first mates name was Dickie Green, sir,
Ugliest bugger you've ever seen, sir!
Walking the deck with a bucko roll
May the sharks have his body and the devil have his soul.
Chorus
Our bosun hailed from Tennessee, sir,
Always wore his blackball cheezer.
Had him a wife in every port--
At least that's what his missus thought.
Chorus
Wet hash it was our only grub, sir
For breakfast, dinner and for supper.
Our bread was hard as any brass
And our meat was as salt as Lot's wife's ass.
Chorus
We sailed away before a breeze, sir
Bound away for Valap-i-reaser
Round the Horn we lost our sticks
The mollyhawks picked up the bits.
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