St. Catherine's [Ont.] Standard (Dec. 20, 1923), referring to the 1890s in Western Australia:
"I will only try to give about one verse out of the 37 verses that were in the song as he used to sing it....:
Now you know there was a great demand for sailors For India, China, America, and for France, So I shipped aboard a vessel bound for Rio, And went and had a spree on my advance; Paddy lay back, take in the slack, Heave at the capstan, heave and pawl, heave and pawl. About ship, station boys, be handy, A long pull, a strong pull, and warp the 'hooker' out."