The Worst Old Ship
- Bob Roberts
Key: G G ·
Orig: G ·
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Time: 4/4 ·
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Verse 1
G C F
The worst old ship that ever did sail
C G
Sailed out of Harwich on a windy day
Chorus
C
And we're waiting for the day
F
Waiting for the day
C
Waiting for the day
G7 C
That we get our pay
Verse 2
C F
She was built in Roman time
C G
Held together with bits of twine
Chorus
C
And we're waiting for the day
F
Waiting for the day
C
Waiting for the day
G7 C
That we get our pay
Verse 3
C F
The skipper's half drunk and the mate is too,
C G
And the crew is fourteen men too few
Chorus
C
And we're waiting for the day
F
Waiting for the day
C
Waiting for the day
G7 C
That we get our pay
Verse 4
C F
As we shoved off from the Surrey Dock,
C G
The skipper caught his knickers in the main sheet block
Chorus
C
And we're waiting for the day
F
Waiting for the day
C
Waiting for the day
G7 C
That we get our pay
Verse 5
C F
Nothing in the galley—nothing in the hold
C G
But the skipper's turned in with a bag of gold
Chorus
C
And we're waiting for the day
F
Waiting for the day
C
Waiting for the day
G7 C
That we get our pay
Verse 6
C F
Off Orford Ness she sprang a leak
C G
Hear her poor old timbers creak
Chorus
C
And we're waiting for the day
F
Waiting for the day
C
Waiting for the day
G7 C
That we get our pay
Verse 7
C F
We pumped our way round scalby Ness
C G
When the wind backed round to the west-nor'-west
Chorus
C
And we're waiting for the day
F
Waiting for the day
C
Waiting for the day
G7 C
That we get our pay
Verse 8
C F
Through the Cockle to Cromer cliff
C G
Steering like a wagon with a wheel adrift
Chorus
C
And we're waiting for the day
F
Waiting for the day
C
Waiting for the day
G7 C
That we get our pay
Verse 9
C F
Into the Humber and up the town
C G
Pump you blighters—pump or drown
Chorus
C
And we're waiting for the day
F
Waiting for the day
C
Waiting for the day
G7 C
That we get our pay
Verse 10
C F
Her coal was shot by a Keadby crew,
C G
But her bottom was rotten and it all fell through...
Chorus
C
And we're waiting for the day
F
Waiting for the day
C
Waiting for the day
G7 C
That we get our pay
Verse 11
C F
So after all our fears and alarms,
C G
We're all ended up in "The Druid's Arms."
Chorus
C
And we're waiting for the day
F
Waiting for the day
C
Waiting for the day
G7 C
That we get our pay
Chorus
C
And we're waiting for the day
F
Waiting for the day
C
Waiting for the day
G7 C
That we get our pay
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