In days of old, so the story's told Of boys who went to sea All of seven, eight and nine years old they say To serve upon the warring ships, their captains and their kings To serve the purpose they still serve today To serve the purpose they still serve today To carry up the powder from the magazine below From a hold too dark and crowded for a man They called them Powder Monkies Every schoolchild ought to know The price we pay to keep the promised land The price we pay to keep the promised land Send for the Powder Monkey Send him down into the well Send for the Powder Monkey He'll fetch us a pail o' hell To keep our cannon burnin' He'll fall behind the gun We'll just send for a Powder Monkey 'Cause there's more where he came from They come from the city sidewalks And they come from the family farms To trust their fragile futures to the wind They come from the Land of Plenty Through the evergreens and corn With more to lose than all the angry men With more to lose than all the angry men Was it the hunger of the family Was it the anger of the street That drove a lonely child to Satan's door Where death was all but certain and damnation near complete Save all for the holy innocent ashore Save all the holy innocent ashore Send for the Powder Monkey Send him down into the well Send for the Powder Monkey He'll fetch us a pail o' hell To keep our cannon burnin' He'll fall behind the gun We'll just send for a Powder Monkey 'Cause there's more where he came from From high above the gun deck Ring the orders of the realm To roll out a battle cadence on the drum As forward into darkness Sail the cowards at the helm And they shoot the stars to see how far they've come Look at their sons to see how far they've come In days of old, so the story's told Of boys who went to sea All of seven, eight and nine years old they say To serve upon the warring ships, their captains and their kings To serve the purpose they still serve today To serve the purpose they still serve today Send for the Powder Monkey Send him down into the well Send for the Powder Monkey He'll fetch us a pail o' hell To keep our cannon burnin' He'll fall behind the gun Send for the Powder Monkey Send him down into the well Send for the Powder Monkey He'll fetch us a pail o' hell To keep our cannon burnin' He'll fall behind the gun We'll just send for a Powder Monkey 'Cause there's more where he came from We'll just send for a Powder Monkey 'Cause there's more where he came from We'll just send for a Powder Monkey 'Cause there's more where he came from