^GMy father often told me, when I was just a lad, A sailor's life was very hard, ^Athe food was always ^Dbad; ^GBut now I've joined the navy, I'm on board a man-o-war, And now I find a sailor ain't a ^Asailor ^Dany ^Gmore!

Don't h^Gaul on the rope, don't climb up the mast, ^AIf you see a sailing ship, it ^Dmight be your last; ^GGet your civvies ready for another run ashore, ^GA sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a ^Asailor ^Dany ^Gmore!

The 'k^Gillick' of our mess, he says we've had it soft, It w^Gasn't like this in his day, w^Ahen he was up a^Dloft; ^GWe like our bunks and sleeping bags, but what's a hammock for? ^GSwinging from the deckhead, or l^Aying on^D the fl^Goor?

Don't h^Gaul on the rope, don't climb up the mast, ^AIf you see a sailing ship, it ^Dmight be your last; ^GGet your civvies ready for another run ashore, A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a ^Asailor ^Dany ^Gmore!

They g^Gave us an engine that ^Gfirst went up and down, ^GThen with more technology the e^Angine went arou^Dnd; We're g^Good with steam and diesel, but what's a mainyard for? A stoker ain't a stoker with a ^Ashovel ^Dany ^Gmore!

Don't h^Gaul on the rope, don't climb up the mast, ^AIf you see a sailing ship, it ^Dmight be your last; ^GGet your civvies ready for another run ashore, ^GA sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a ^Asailor ^Dany ^Gmore!

They ga^Gve us an Aldis Lamp, we can do it right, ^GThey gave us a radio, ^Awe signal day and ^Dnight; ^GWe know our codes and ciphers, but what's a 'sema' for? A 'bunting-tosser' doesn't toss the ^Abunting ^Dany ^Gmore!

Don't h^Gaul on the rope, don't climb up the mast, ^AIf you see a sailing ship, it ^Dmight be your last; ^GGet your civvies ready for another run ashore, ^GA sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a ^Asailor ^Dany ^Gmore!

They ^Ggave us a radar set to pierce the fog and gloom, So ^Anow the lookout's sitting in a t^Diny darkened room; ^GLoran does navigation, the Sonar says how deep, The Jimmy's three sheets to the wind, the Sk^Aipper's f^Dast as^Gleep.

Don't h^Gaul on the rope, don't climb up the mast, ^AIf you see a sailing ship, it ^Dmight be your last; ^GGet your civvies ready for another run ashore, ^GA sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a ^Asailor ^Dany ^Gmore!

^GTwo cans of beer a day, that's your bleeding lot! ^ABut now we get an extra one ^Dbecause they stopped the tot; ^GSo, we'll put on our civvy-clothes and find a pub ashore, A sailor's still a sailor, just ^Alike he wa^Ds be^Gfore!

Don't h^Gaul on the rope, don't climb up the mast, ^AIf you see a sailing ship, it ^Dmight be your last; ^GGet your civvies ready for another run ashore, ^GA sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a ^Asailor ^Dany ^Gmore!