The Ebenezer



I shipped on board of th' Ebenezer

Every day you "Scrub and grease 'er"

Send us aloft to scrape 'er down

And if we growl they'll knock us down



cho: Oh, git along boys,

Git along, do;

Be handy, boys, be handy.



Our first mates name was Dickie Green, sir,

The dirtiest man you ever seen, sir!

Walking the quarter with a bucko cap,

He thought himself no common chap.

A Boston buck for second greaser,

He used to ship in Limejuice greasers.

The Limejuice greasers got too hot;

He made a jump for Boston dock.

We had no spuds for our dinner,

As sure as I'm a living sinner;

Our bread was tough as any brass

And our meat was as salt as Lot's wife's. . . .



from Shanteymen and Shantyboys, Doerflinger

@sailor @bitching

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