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CHICKEN ON A RAFT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (more or less as we sing it) Chickenonaraft.com<\/a><\/p>\n Skipper in the wardroom drinkin’ gin, cho: Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning,<\/em><\/strong> They gave me the middle and the forenoon too,\u00a0 (duty watch in the Navy) I had a little girl in Donny-B, An amazon girl lived in Dumfries, We kissed goodbye on a midnight bus, <\/p>\n *Note – Dabtoes and dustmen are Royal Naval slang terms… Dabtoes are general (not specialized) seamen doing general\u00a0 labour, such as swabbing… Dustmen is the term originally meant for stokers (as in feeding the engines) but now applies to “Engine Room Specialists”.<\/p>\n You MUST visit this link!<\/a><\/p>\n Also…
\nWritten by the eternal Cyril Tawney<\/a><\/p>\n
\nHey yo, chicken on a raft!<\/em><\/strong>
\nI don’t mind knockin’, but I ain’t goin’ in!
\nHey yo, chicken on a raft!<\/em><\/strong>
\nThe jimmy’s laughin’ like it’d rain,
\nHey yo, chicken on a raft!<\/em><\/strong>
\nHe’s lookin’ at me comic cuts again!
\nHey yo, chicken on a raft!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n Oh, what a terrible sight to see,<\/em><\/strong>
\n Dabtoes forward and the dustmen aft*…<\/em><\/strong>
\n Sittin’ there a’pickin’ at a chicken on a raft!<\/em><\/strong>
\nHi, ho, chicken on a raft!<\/em><\/strong>
\nHey, ho, chicken on a raft!<\/em><\/strong>
\nHi, ho, chicken on a raft!<\/em><\/strong>
\nHey, ho, chicken on a raft!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nNow I’m pullin’ in a whaler’s crew.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (not to catch whales; one of the ship’s boats)
\nSeagulls wheelin’ overhead,
\nI oughta be floating in a featherbed!<\/p>\n
\nAnd did she make a fool of me.
\nHer heart was like a pusser’s shower,
\nRun hot to cold in a quarter of an hour!<\/p>\n
\nOnly had her kids in two’s and three’s,
\nShe’s got a sister in Maryhill,
\nSays she won’t but I think she will!<\/p>\n
\nShe didn’t cry and she didn’t fuss,
\nAm I that one she loves the best,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (No!)
\nOr just a cuckoo in another man’s nest?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Yes!)<\/p>\n
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