We set sail at half past four, Looking for a new tomorrow Don't know when we're coming home So we drink and we dance and we drown our sorrow
chorus: Whey, hey, hey laddy hey Whey hey hey and we'll drink the night away
We don't know what there lies in store But it's better than this, that's why I'm willing To stake my claim on a foreign shore With me spoons and me fiddle and half a shilling
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They've dreamt a place and I know it's true Where the dolphins play and it's always pretty They dance around in the old true blue That's what you do but you make more money
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I must be off by morinng's light, I can hear our bosun's whistle blowin One more kiss and one more fight And one more song while the beer is flowing
chorus Hey!
When the sky is grey look out to sea When the waves are high and the light is dying Well raise a glass and think of me When I'm home again boys I'll be buying