She was the parson’s daughter
with red and rosy cheeks.
(Way, hey, hee, hi, ho!)
She went to church on Sunday
and sang the anthem sweet
(and there’s fire down below.)
The parson was a misery,
so scraggy and so thin
(Way, hey, hee, hi, ho!)
Look here you motherfuckers
if you lead a life of sin
and there’s fire down below.
He took his text from Malachi
and pulled a weary face
(Way, hey, hee, hi, ho!)
and I fucked off for Africa
and there I fell from grace
’cause there’s fire down below.
The parson’s little daughter
was as sweet as sugar candy
(Way, hey, hee, hi, ho!)
I said to her us sailors
would make lovers neat and handy
’cause there’s fire down below.
She says to me: You sailors
are a bunch of fucking liars
(Way, hey, hee, hi, ho!)
And all of you are bound to hell
to feed the fucking fires
’cause there’s fire down below.
Well there’s fire down below, my lads,
so we must do what we oughtta
(Way, hey, hee, hi, ho!)
'Cause the fire is not half as hot
as the parson’s little daughter
And there’s fire down below.