The mate was drunk and he went below to take a swig at his bottle o
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So early in the morning the sailor likes his bottle o
The bottle o, the bottle o, the sailor loves his bottle o
A bottle of rum, a bottle of gin, a bottle of Irish whiskey o
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The baccy o, tabaccy o, the sailor loves his baccy o
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A packet of shag, a packet of cut, a plug of hard terbaccy o
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The lassies o, the maidens o, the sailor loves the judies o
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A lass from the 'pool, a girl from the Tyne, a chowlah so fine and dandy o
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A bully rough house, a bully rough house, the sailor like his rough house o
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Tread on me coat, and all hands in, a bully good rough and tumble o
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A sing song o, a sing song o, the sailor likes a sing song o
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A drinking song, a song of love, a ditty of seas and shipmates o
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