SINK THE CHEERIO
Pete Sutherland

Oh me name is Aidan Murphy and I'm but three years of age
I'll tell you folks I'm passin' through me toilet training stage
Me dad says, Dear, whene'er ye hear the call from down below
Set sail for the nearest bathroom and sink the cheerio

Sink the cheerio, me boys
Sink the cheerio
Set sail for the nearest bathroom and sink the cheerio

Now the thing they call the cheerio, I've eaten 'em by the score
But to toss one in the toilet it grieves me heart full sore
But target practice bein' me trade, me hunger I'll lay low
And train me guns upon it and sink the cheerio

Sink the cheerio, me boys
Sink the cheerio
Train me guns upon it and sink the cheerio

Well when first I went to pee, me boys, the place was quite a wreck
And many's the time me poor old Mam would have to swab the deck
Indeed 'twas she did first decree the way that things should go
And bade me stand upon me stool and sink the cheerio

Sink the cheerio, me boys
Sink the cheerio
She bade me stand upon me stool and sink the cheerio

Now the sinkin' of the cheerio is no an easy task
A bit of oat designed to float, so stubbornly does it bask
Like an arrow through a bullseye ye must direct your flow
Takes much coordination to sink the cheerio

Sink the cheerio, me boys
Sink the cheerio
Takes much coordination to sink the cheerio

Well when first unto the cereal aisle me folks and I did stray
I stepped up to a grocery boy and to him I did say
Avast, me gallant grocery boy, I'll bet ye didn't know
Ye now behold the sailor bold that sank the cheerio!

Sink the cheerio, me boys
Sink the cheerio
Ye now behold the sailor bold that sank the cheerio!

So come all me jolly playmates and listen unto me
Be proud of your pea-shooters* as ever a lad should be
For someday when we're big boys, to some tavern we will go
Fill up the bowl again, me boys, and sink the cheerio!

Sink the cheerio, me boys
Sink the cheerio
Fill up the bowl again, me boys, and sink the cheerio!


* Not necessarily spelled this way.