Nathan Evans - The Last Shanty (Official Video)

[00:05.59] Well me father often told me when I was just a lad

[00:10.91] A sailor's life is very hard, the food is always bad

[00:13.83] But now I've joined the navy, I'm aboard a man-o-war

[00:17.01] And now I've found a sailor ain't a sailor any more

[00:19.94] Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast

[00:23.66] If you see a sailing ship it might be your last

[00:26.58] Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore

[00:29.76] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore

[00:31.91] Well the killick of our mess he says we had it soft

[00:36.16] It wasn't like that in his day when we were up aloft

[00:39.08] We like our bunks and sleeping bags, but what's a hammock for?

[00:42.80] Swinging from the deckhead, or lying on the floor?

[00:45.72] Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast

[00:49.17] If you see a sailing ship it might be your last

[00:52.09] Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore

[00:55.28] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore

[00:58.47] They gave us an engine that first went up and down

[01:01.66] Then with more technology the engine went around

[01:04.84] We know our steam and diesels but what's a mainyard for?

[01:08.04] A stoker ain't a stoker with a shovel anymore

[01:10.95] Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast

[01:14.96] If you see a sailing ship it might be your last

[01:17.61] Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore

[01:20.80] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore

[01:24.25] They gave us an Aldiss Lamp so we could do it right

[01:27.44] They gave us a radio, we signaled day and night

[01:27.70] We know our codes and cyphers but what's a sema for?

[01:32.22] A bunting-tosser doesn't toss the bunting anymore

[01:35.41] Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast

[01:35.94] If you see a sailing ship it might be your last

[01:38.35] Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore

[01:40.47] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore

[01:41.00] Two cans of beer a day and that's your bleeding lot

[01:41.53] And now we've got an extra one because they stopped The Tot

[01:42.33] So we'll put on our civvy-clothes find a pub ashore

[01:45.79] A sailor's just a sailor just like he was before

[01:47.11] Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast

[01:47.91] If you see a sailing ship it might be your last

[01:48.71] Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore

[01:49.25] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore

[01:50.30] Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast

[01:53.49] If you see a sailing ship it might be your last

[01:54.81] Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore

[01:56.41] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore

[01:59.61] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore

[02:01.45] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore