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The Exmouth Shanty Men - On Board a Man o' War lyrics

Artist: The Exmouth Shanty Men

album: Ten Years Before the Mast: The Best Of


As I walked out on London Street
Press gang there I chanced for to meet
They asked me if I'd join the fleet!
On board a man-of-war
Boys, on board a man-of-war
Come brother shipmates, tell me do
What kind of treatment they give to you
That I might know before I go!
On board a man-of-war
Boys, on board a man-of-war
When I got there to my surprise
All that they told me was rotten lies
There was no round and jolly old man!
On board a man-of-war
Boys, on board a man-of-war
The first thing they done, they took me in hand
They whipped me with the tar and the strand
They whipped me 'til I could not stand!
On board a man-of-war
Boys, on board a man-of-war
Well I was married, my wife's name was Gray
'Twas she that led me to go astray
'Twas she that made me go away!
On board a man-of-war
Boys, on board a man-of-war
Next I get my feet on the shore
To see them London girls once more
I'll never go to sea no more!
On board a man-of-war
Boys, on board a man-of-war

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