Nathan Evans - The Last Shanty (Official Video)

[00:07.11] Well me father often told me when I was just a lad

[00:10.56] A sailor's life is very hard, the food is always bad

[00:13.75] But now I've joined the navy, I'm aboard a man-o-war

[00:17.20] And now I've found a sailor ain't a sailor any more

[00:19.86] Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast

[00:23.33] If you see a sailing ship it might be your last

[00:26.51] Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore

[00:29.70] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore

[00:33.15] Well the killick of our mess he says we had it soft

[00:36.35] It wasn't like that in his day when we were up aloft

[00:39.27] We like our bunks and sleeping bags, but what's a hammock for?

[00:42.99] Swinging from the deckhead, or lying on the floor?

[00:45.90] Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast

[00:49.09] If you see a sailing ship it might be your last

[00:52.28] Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore

[00:55.21] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore

[00:58.65] They gave us an engine that first went up and down

[01:02.11] Then with more technology the engine went around

[01:05.03] We know our steam and diesels but what's a mainyard for?

[01:08.22] A stoker ain't a stoker with a shovel anymore

[01:11.41] Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast

[01:14.59] If you see a sailing ship it might be your last

[01:17.52] Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore

[01:21.23] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore

[01:24.42] Two cans of beer a day and that's your bleeding lot

[01:30.53] And now we've got an extra one because they stopped The Tot

[01:31.33] So we'll put on our civvy-clothes find a pub ashore

[01:33.45] A sailor's just a sailor just like he was before

[01:36.90] Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast

[01:40.36] If you see a sailing ship it might be your last

[01:43.28] Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore

[01:46.48] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore

[01:49.66] Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast

[01:52.84] If you see a sailing ship it might be your last

[01:56.04] Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore

[01:59.50] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore

[02:02.43] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore

[00:00.00] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore