Okay - this seems to be pretty well known (based on the number of recordings I saw listed for it) but I can't find it in the DT or the Forum - so here it is.YE MARINERS ALL
Ye mariners all, as ye pass by
Come in and drink if you are dry
Come spend, me lads, your money brisk
And pop your nose in a jug of this
Oh mariners all, if you've half a crown
You're welcome all for to sit down
Come spend, me lads, your money brisk
And pop your nose in a jug of this
Oh tipplers all, as you pass by
Come in and drink if you are dry
Come in and drink, think not amiss
And pop your nose in a jug of this
Oh now I'm old and can scarcely crawl
I've a long grey beard and a head that's bald
Crown my desire, fulfill my bliss
A pretty girl and a jug of this
And when I'm in my grave and dead
And all my sorrows are past and fled
Transform me then into a fish
And let me swim in a jug of this
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w:Ye mar-iners all,_ as ye pass by Come
w:in and drink_ if you are dry Come
w:spend, me lads,_ your mo-ney brisk And pop your nose in a jug of this