Ships may come and ships may go as long as the sea does roll each sailor lad just like his dad he loves the blowin' foam a trip on shore he does adore with a girl who's nice and round But when the money's gone it's the same old song Get up Jack Jones! Sit down!
Chorus Come along, come along Ye jolly ray boys there's lots of grog in the jar We'll plow the briney ocean with the Jolly Rovin' Tar
Jack he then, he climbs the stairs to some old boarding house They'll welcome him with rum and gin and feed him on port stout he will spend and he won't end till he's lying drunk on the ground But when the money's gone it's the same old song Get up Jack Jones! Sit down! CHORUS
Jack he then all bent he'll sail on down for New Foundland All the ladies in Placentia there they love that sailor man He'll go to shore all on a tear and he'll buy some girl a gown But when the money's gone it's the same old song Get up Jack Jones! Sit down! CHORUS
When Jack gets old and weatherbeat too old to roam about They'll let him stop in some rum shop till eight bells calls him out Then he'll raise his eyes up to the skys singin' \"Boys, we're homeward bound!\" But when the money's gone it's the same old song Get up Jack Jones! Sit down! CHORUS