I shipp’d on board of the Ebenezer,
Ev’ry day ‘t was scrub an’ grease ‘er,
Send us a-loft to scrape ‘er down.
An’ if we growl’d they’d blow us down.
Oh git-a-long, boys, git-a-long do, handy, me boys, so handy!
git-a-long, boys, git-a-long do, handy me boys, so handy!

The old man was a drunken geezer,

couldn’t sail the Ebenezer,
Learnt his trade on a Chinese junk,
He spent mos’time, sir in his bunk.
Oh git-a-long, boys, git-a-long do, handy, me boys, so handy!
git-a-long, boys, git-a-long do, handy me boys, so handy!

The chief mate’s name was Dickie Green, sir
The dirtiest beggar ye’ve ev’r seen, sir,
Walkin’his poop with a bucko roll,
May the sharks have his body an’the devil have his soul.
Oh git-a-long, boys, git-a-long do, handy, me boys, so handy!
git-a-long, boys, git-a-long do, handy me boys, so handy!

The bosun came from Tennessee, sir,
He always wore a Blackball cheeser,
He had a gal in every port,
At least that’s what his Missus thought.
Oh git-a-long, boys, git-a-long do, handy, me boys, so handy!
git-a-long, boys, git-a-long do, handy me boys, so handy!

The Ebenezer was so old, sir,
She knew Columbus as a boy, sir,
‘T was pump her, bullies, night an’day,
To help her get to Liverpool Bay.
Oh git-a-long, boys, git-a-long do, handy, me boys, so handy!
git-a-long, boys, git-a-long do, handy me boys, so handy!