Celtic Connection

[00:06.15] My father often told me, when I was just a lad,

[00:09.40] A sailor's life was very hard, the food was always bad;

[00:12.91] But now I've joined the navy, I'm on board a man-o-war,

[00:16.40] And now I find a sailor ain't a sailor any more!

[00:19.41] Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,

[00:23.16] If you see a sailing-ship, it might be your last;

[00:26.91] Get your civvies ready for another run ashore,

[00:29.90] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more!

[00:40.07] Well the 'killick' of our mess, he says we've had it soft,

[00:43.57] It wasn't like this in his day, when he was up aloft;

[00:47.07] We like our bunks and sleeping bags, but what's a hammock for?

[00:50.57] Swinging from the deckhead, or lying on the floor?

[00:53.57] Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,

[00:57.32] If you see a sailing-ship, it might be your last;

[01:00.82] Get your civvies ready for another run ashore,

[01:04.07] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more!

[01:14.32] Well they gave us an engine that first went up and down,

[01:17.57] Then with more technology the engine went around;

[01:21.08] We're now steam and diesel, but what's it mainly for?

[01:24.57] A stoker ain't a stoker with a shovel any more!

[01:27.47] Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,

[01:31.22] If you see a sailing-ship, it might be your last;

[01:34.97] Get your civvies ready for another run ashore,

[01:37.96] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more!

[01:48.21] Well they gave us an Aldis Lamp, so we can do it right,

[01:51.81] They gave us a radio, we signal day and night;

[01:55.06] We know our codes and ciphers, but what's a 'sema' for?

[01:58.31] A 'bunting-tosser' doesn't toss the bunting any more!

[02:01.50] Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,

[02:05.25] If you see a sailing-ship, it might be your last;

[02:08.76] Get your civvies ready for another run ashore,

[02:12.01] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more!

[02:15.56] Two cans of beer a day, that's your bleeding lot!

[02:18.80] But now we have an extra one because they stopped the tot;

[02:22.10] So, we'll put on our civvy-clothes and find a pub ashore,

[02:25.60] A sailor's just a sailor, just like he was before!

[02:28.87] Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,

[02:32.36] If you see a sailing-ship, it might be your last;

[02:35.86] Get your civvies ready for another run ashore,

[02:39.11] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more!

[02:42.36] Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,

[02:46.11] If you see a sailing-ship, it might be your last;

[02:49.62] Get your civvies ready for another run ashore,

[02:52.87] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more!