I've just got back from Cleckheaton festival... Hilary Spencer... formerly of Artisan, sang a brilliant song to the tune of the sailors hornpipe... I just about had the hang of the chorus by the end...

Willie went to sea for a sailor he would be he planned to be the skipper of a packet or a clipper so he hid inside the rigging while the crew were busy jigging to the rythm of a hornpipe on the deck below..

I'm hoping against hope that someone will have the lyrics... any chance