BUCKET MOUTH McGINTY

Bucketmouth McGinty was quite a drinking man.
He was skipper of the schooner they call the Peter Pan.
Whenever he got loaded, he would call the men aside

CHORUS: Save the kids and women first, then save the alcohol.

Each time they left the harbor, he would call the crew aside,
Give each man his orders—his chest would swell with pride—
And then as he'd dismiss them, he'd tell them one and all

One day the ship was rolling upon the stormy sea.
The waves were getting higher and the wind was making free.
McGinty told his crewmen "we're in for quite a squall

"I'm going to my cabin and pour myself a drink.
I don't give an awful damn if this tub should sink,
But if this thing should happen," he added with his drawl,

They rushed into his cabin in time to see him go.
As they gathered round him, he spoke with words so low:
"Just bury me at sea, boys. I hear the angels call."

Oh, whiskey got old Mac at last. It finally caused his death.
40 years before the mast without a sober breath.
He tripped upon a bottle and perished from the fall.
They couldn't save McGinty but they saved the alcohol.

McGinty's in the ocean with lots of sea above.
The mermaids follow him around, their hearts so full of love.
No matter how they smile at him, he can't hear them at all.
He just keeps yelling, "ring me out and save the alcohol."

Learned from Gene Patten U-Conn 1951 ^^