Haul Away, Joe

Now when I wuz a little boy, an’ so me mother told me,
Way haul away, we’ll haul away, Joe!
That if I didn’t kiss the gals me lips ‘ud all grow mouldy.
Way haul away, we’ll haul away, Joe!

I sailed the seas fer many a year not sure what I wuz missin’,
Then I set me sails afore the gals an’ started me a-kissin’.

Now first I had a Spanish gal, an’ she wuz fat an’ lazy,
An’ then I git an Irish girl, she nearly druv me crazy.

% Way, haul awa-hey! We’ll haul away tergether!
  Way, haul awa-hey! We’ll haul away, Joe!  %


I found meself a Yankee gal, an’ sure she wasn’t civil,
So I stuck a plaster on her back an’ sent her to the Devil.

Then I git meself an Irish gal, an’ her name it wuz O’Flannigan,
She stole me boots, she stole me clothes, she pinched me plate an’ pannikin.

I courted then a Frenchie gal, she took things free an’ easy,
But now I’ve got an English gal, an’ sure she is a daisy.

% Way, haul awa-hey! We’ll haul away tergether!
  Way, haul awa-hey! We’ll haul away, Joe!  %


So listen while I sing ter yer about me darlin’ Nancy,
She’s copper-bottomed, clipper-built, she’s just me style an’ fancy.

Ye may sing about yer Yankee gals an’ round the corner Sallies,
But they couldn’t make the grades, me boys, with the gals from down our alley.

We sailed away fer the China Seas, our boys so neat an’ handy,
The Ol’ Man in his cabin, boys, a-drinkin’ rum an’ brandy.

We squared our yards, an’ away we rolled, with the fiddles playin’ handy,
Wid a roll an’ go, an’ a westward ho, an’ a Yankee Doodle Dandy.

% Way, haul awa-hey! We’ll haul away tergether!
  Way, haul awa-hey! We’ll haul away, Joe!  %


Oh, King Loui wuz the King o’ France afore the Revolut-i-an,
But the Frenchies cut his big head orf an’ spoiled his constitut-i-an.

Oh, once I wuz in Irieland a-diggin’ turf an’ taters,
But now I’m on a Limejuice ship an’ a-haulin’ on the braces.

Yiz call yerself a second mate an’ cannot tie a bowline,
Ye cannot even stand up straight when the packet she’s a-rollin’.

Way haul away, we’ll haul fer better weather,
Way haul away, we’ll haul away tergether.

% Way, haul awa-hey! We’ll haul away tergether!
  Way, haul awa-hey! We’ll haul away, Joe!  %