Stormy Weather
by John Goodluck
We're already to go but we're out of luck
'Cause the skipper's half drunk in the Dog and Duck
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Stormy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys,
When the wind blows our barge will go.
The skipper's in the bar of the Dog and Duck
Asking the barmaid for a pint
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The skipper loves the barmaid very much
He asked her if she would, but she kicked him in the trousers
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Then the skipper came aboard with the girl on his arm
Says he's giving up barging, taking on a farm.
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We shoved her off and away we go,
But the bugger's got a barrel of beer below.
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Then up jumped a mermaid covered in muck
We took her down the focsle and had a good time.
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On the top of the tide our barge did fleet,
When the mate sees a ghost on the tops'l sheet
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So the mate ran forrard and the cook fell in the dock
And the skipper caught his fingers in the mainsheet block
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So away we go and the ghost did steer,
And we all drank the dregs of the old man's beer.
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The Bosun said the skipper couldn't row a punt
We all agreed, he’s a silly old Captain
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Well the Skipper loved the girl with the curly locks
And now he's in bed with a dose of the measles
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