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Pump Shanty
Pump me boys, pump her dry
Down to hell, and up to the sky
Bend your back and break your bones
We're just a thousand miles from home
Down to hell, and up to the sky
Bend your back and break your bones
We're just a thousand miles from home
- The captain's daughter I suppose
Could be called an English rose
What would you think when I propose
The pox, to me she gave a dose?
- This rose well did she prick me so
I never felt so bad bеfore
Thanks to the girl I did adore
I thought I'd nеver pump no more
- I called the doctor right away
To find out what he had to say;
"That's two pounds ten, get on your way"
I'm sure the girl is in his pay
- They say life has it's ups and downs
That really now is quite profound
I'd like to push the capstan 'round
But it's "pump, me boys, before we drown!"
- The ocean we do all adore
So come on lads, let's pump some more
No worries if you're stiff and sore
But I'm sure we've pumped this bit before
- Well sometimes when I'm in me bed
And thinking of me day ahead
I wish that I could wake up dead
But pumping's all I get instead
- Oh how I wish that I could die
The swine who built this tub to fight
I'd bring him back from where he fries
To pump until the beggar's dry!
- If Noah used it for his ark
Now wouldn't that have been a lark!
From rising sun to getting dark
The animals all hard at work
- There's so much water down below
Just how it got there, I don't know
The old man says "let's roll and go!"
But I'm sure we're bound for Davey Jones
Pump me boys, pump her dry
Down to hell, and up to the sky
Bend your back and break your bones
We're just a thousand miles from home(ter)