WYSIWYG mentioned the time that could elapse before "...someone wanders in here..." Well, I just "wandered in," and remember that the chorus was not always the same. For example, after the verse that begins: One day the ship was rolling..., I remember the chorus being :"Throw the cargo overboard, but save the alcohol."

Another verse that I remember was missing from the WYSIWYG post:

At last the storm abated
And quiet reigned once more
When from McGinty's cabin
There came a drunken roar
The First Mate saw him stagger,
The Bos'n heard him call
Pick me up...etc.

I also remember the chorus after the verse that begins "We rushed into his cabin" as being:
Save the watch and save the chain
And save the alcohol.

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