Liverpool Judies

(Traditional)

1. From Liverpool to ‘Frisco a roving I went

    For to stay in that country it was my intent

    But girls and strong whiskey, like other damn fools

    I soon was transported, back to Liverpool

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    And it’s row, row bullies row, them Liverpool judies have got us in tow

2. I signed on the Alaska lyin’ out in the bay

    We was waiting for a fair wind to get under way

    The sailors all drunk and their backs is all sore

    Their whiskey’s all gone and they can’t get no more

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3.  I remember one day we was crossing the line

     When I think of it now sure we had a fine time

     She was drivin’ bows under and her sails were all wet

     She was doin’ twelve knots with her main skys’l set

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4.  Well here comes the mate in a hell of a stew

     He’s lookin’ for work for us sailors to do

     And it’s foretops and halyards he rants and he roars

     And lay aloft paddy you son of a whore

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5.  And now we’ve arrived in the Bramley Moore Dock

     All the fair maids and lassies around us do flock

     Our whiskey’s all gone and our six quid advance

     So I think it’s high time for to get up and dance

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6.  Here’s a health to our captain where e’er he may be

     He’s a bucko on land and a bully at sea

     And as for the first mate that dirty old brute

     We hope when he dies straight to Hell he’ll skyhoot

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