Chicken on a Raft

Skipper’s in the wardroom drinking gin
Hi ho, chicken on a raft
I don’t mind knocking, but I ain’t going in!
Hi ho, chicken on a raft
The Jimmy’s laughing like a drain,
Hi ho, chicken on a raft
He’s looking at me “comic cuts” again!
Hi ho, chicken on a raft

Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning
Oh, what a terrible sight to see
’Dabtoe’s for’ard and the dustman’s aft
Sittin’ there pickin’ at a chicken on a raft
Hi ho, chicken on a raft
Hi ho, chicken on a raft

Gave me the middle and the forenoon too
And now I’m pulling in the whaler’s crew
Seagulls wheeling overhead
I oughter be home in me featherbed

I had a little girl in Donny-Bee
And did she make a fool of me
Her heart was like a dorm room shower,
Run hot to cold in a quarter of an hour

I had a little girl lived in Dumfries
Only had her kids in twos and threes
Her sister lives in Maryhill
Says she won’t,
(And I respect her free will!)
(And I respect her decision!)
(And I think she won’t!)