The worst old ship that ever did sail
Sailed out of Harwich on a windy day

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And we're waiting for the day
Waiting for the day
Waiting for the day
That we get our pay

She was built in Roman time
Held together with bits of twine

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Nothing in the galley—nothing in the hold
But the skipper's turned in with a bag of gold

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Off Orford Ness she sprang a leak
Hear her poor old timbers creak

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We pumped our way round scalby Ness
When the wind backed round to the west-nor'-west
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Into the Humber and up the town
Pump you blighters—pump or drown

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