Oh I thought I heard the old man say
Leave her Johnny leave her
It’s a long hard pull to the next pay day
and it’s time for us to leave her
Leave her Johnny leave her O-h leave her Johnny leave her
It’s a long hard pull to the next pay day and it’s time for us to leave her
The skipper was bad but the mate was worse
He’d blow you down with a spike and a curse
Oh it’s rotten meat and weevily bread
It’s pump or drown the old man said
Oh what will us poor shellbacks do
When the money’s gone no work to do
Oh it’s one more pull and that will do
For we’re the lads to kick her through
Oh I thought I heard the old man say
It’s a long hard pull to the next pay day