It was a Friday morn when we set sail
And we were not far from the land
When the captain he spied this little mermaid
With a comb and a glass in her hand

And the ocean waves do roll
And the stormy winds do blow
We jolly sailor boys skippin' up aloft
And the land-lubbers lyin' down below, below, below
And the land-lubbers lyin' below

Then up spoke the captain of this gallant ship
And a fine old captain was he
'This little mermaid has told me of her due
We shall sink to the bottom of the sea!'

And the ocean waves do roll
And the stormy winds do blow
We jolly sailor boys skippin' up aloft
And the land-lubbers lyin' down below, below, below
And the land-lubbers lyin' below

Then up spoke the first mate of this gallant ship
And a fine-spoken chap was he
'Well, I've got a wife in Port Isaac by the sea
And tonight a widow she will be!'
And the ocean waves do roll
And the stormy winds do blow
We jolly sailor boys skippin' up aloft
And the land-lubbers lyin' down below, below, below
And the land-lubbers lyin' below

Then up jumped the cabin boy, from this gallant ship
And a cheeky little chap was he
'Well, I've got three girls in Padstow by the sea
And tonight they'll be weepin' over me!'

And the ocean waves do roll
And the stormy winds do blow
We jolly sailor boys skippin' up aloft
And the land-lubbers lyin' down below, below, below
And the land-lubbers lyin' below

Then up jumped John Cleave, from this gallant ship
And a crazy old fool was he
Well, he cares much more for his jolly old moustache
Than he does for the bottom of the sea!

And the ocean waves do roll
And the stormy winds do blow
We jolly sailor boys skippin' up aloft
And the land-lubbers lyin' down below, below, below
And the land-lubbers lyin' below
Three times around spun our gallant ship
And three times around spun she
Three times around spun our gallant ship
And we sank to the bottom of the sea

And the ocean waves do roll
And the stormy winds do blow
We jolly sailor boys skippin' up aloft
And the land-lubbers lyin' down below, below, below
And the land-lubbers lyin' below

And the ocean waves do roll
And the stormy winds do blow
We jolly sailor boys skippin' up aloft
And the land-lubbers lyin' down below, below, below
And the land-lubbers lyin' below