Ranzo Reuben

From Barefoot the Bootless

Oh Ranzo was no sailor
Ranzo me boys, Ranzo
He shipped aboard a whaler
Ranzo me boys, Ranzo

He shipped with Captain Taylor
The man who shot the sailor

He couldn’t do his duty
So they gave him lashes thirty

The skipper’s daugher Suzy
She begged her dad for mercy

She gave him wine and water
And a little more than she ought’a

He got his first mate’s papers
Now he’s Captain of a Whaler