Don’t forget your old shipmate.
Safe and sound at home again,
let the waters roar,Jack.
Safe and sound at home again,
let the waters roar,Jack
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Long we’ve tossed the rolling main,
now we’re safe ashore,Jack.
Don’t forget your old shipmate.
Faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!
Since we sailed from Plymouth Sound,
four years gone,or nigh,Jack.
Was there ever chummies,now,
such as you J,Jack.
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We have worked the self-same gun,
quarterdeek division.
Sponger I and loader you,
through the whole commission.
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Oftentimes have we laid out,
toil nor danger fearing.
Tugging out the flapping sail,
to the weater earring.
Don’t forget your old shipmate (2)
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When the middle watch was on,
and the time went slow,boy.
Who could choose a rousing stave,
who like Jack or Joe,boy?
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There she swings,an empty hulk,
not a soul below now.
Number seven starboard mess,
misses Jack and Joe now.
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But the of frends must part,
fair or foul the weather,
Hand your flipper for a shake,
now a drink together.
Chorus: 2x