THE OLD MAN IS A BUGGER
(Coll. Ron Baxter)        
Tune:- "Deutschland über Alles"

Oh, the Old Man is a bugger!
And the Mate is one as well.
The Purser is a robbing bastard -
How we wish he'd go to Hell!
Bo'sun Jack, he is an "alcy" -
He sees snakes crawling up the wall.
Our two stewards are both Nancies -
Sue and Doris they are called.

We've got cockies in the sugar;
We've got rat-shit in our tea;
Last night's stew had some meat in it -
The cat is missing, surprisingly.
In the bilge lives something nasty,
The thought of it just makes us wince.
The 'prentice went down there last Friday;
No-one here has seen him since!

Note (RB) Collected on M.V. King James, 1972

Ross